Your favorite hunting knife?

[Back Country Hunter 2]

I take 3

EDC pocket knife is a benchmade bugout

Outdoor edge replaceable blade knife. The 3.5” version in orange so I don’t lose it

MKC stoned goat

 

[Freewilly]

I’m a knife guy , just love em. I like to take different ones for a walk.

 

[BigWoods]

Helle ARV. Made in Norway. Phenomenal field dressing knife.

 

[Cheesy]

A good knife is a one time lifetime purchase

Come on man. What if my wife reads this? Do better.

 

[Speaks]

I ordered an MKC speed goat and a Sharptailed this year.

I love the sharptailed, its fine as a bird knife though you dont really need much for upland birds. I also used it to field dress, skin, and break down a whitetail and it did a super good job at that. It was getting a touch dull right at the end and likely could have used a touch up part way through the breakdown but did just fine without it. I tend to like smaller blades like that for more control.

Im kind of mehhh... on the speedgoat. Its a nice blade but I dont love the paracord handle. I might send it down the road, or keep for backpacking / canoe trips where its seeing less serious use but where I care about the weight savings.

Im pretty sure I am getting a blackfoot for Christmas which I think will pair nicely with the sharptailed as a pair to take hunting.

I also always have a kershaw leek on me though dont tend to use it on game.

 

[Arithson]

Weekly reminder that life is too short for ugly knives boys and girls

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Look up Benes Blades. Ryan Benes on Facebook. You may like them!

 

[Freewilly]

View attachment 803110I’m a knife guy , just love em. I like to take different ones for a walk.

This is 500 layer Damascus. Handle is spalted ash from Ukraine

 

[Freewilly]

This is 500 layer Damascus. Handle is spalted ash from Ukraine

Correction, stabilized spalted alder

 

[stooxie]

I did a search for "leatherman" in this thread and was shocked that I didn't find anyone talking about the Leatherman Klamath or Nehalem. I'd put up money that it's the finest, most useful, hunting knife ever made. So, of course, they discontinued it. I bought a few, in case I live multiple lifetimes, and they can still be found on eBay for $500-$600. It was $100 retail.

Stays razor sharp, deer after deer, and the gut hook absolutely unzips them like a lightsaber. The dull nose on the gut hook means it won't pierce anything else while you're at it. (I see lots of knives that have gut hooks on the blade, but you've still got a sharp end in there.

The blade is also heavy enough to cut through the rib cage cartilage if that's part of your process. (I rarely do). Being able to retract the gut hook and fold up the blade when either is not in use is great.

I can't believe no one else has duplicated this design.

-Stooxie

 

[Wanttohuntmore]

A Gitzu knife. Remember them? Joking, but I did bone out a deer with one in the backcountry because I left my buck 110 at home in 2002, and we had a gitzu in camp that I wrapped in cardboard and carried. Lately been using Moraknivs, got one in each pack and truck. For feel though I prefer the US buck 110. Used the havelon piranha for 10 years or so, to keep things light and simple, but decided this year it's a little small for use on a moose.

 

[kodiak725]

Not my actual knife but was given one as gift when I first started hunting and it is by far my favorite.

 

[Skibness92]

Fixed blade buck seems to do the trick for everything I do!

 

[Jake Larsen]

I ordered an MKC speed goat and a Sharptailed this year.

I love the sharptailed, its fine as a bird knife though you dont really need much for upland birds. I also used it to field dress, skin, and break down a whitetail and it did a super good job at that. It was getting a touch dull right at the end and likely could have used a touch up part way through the breakdown but did just fine without it. I tend to like smaller blades like that for more control.

Im kind of mehhh... on the speedgoat. Its a nice blade but I dont love the paracord handle. I might send it down the road, or keep for backpacking / canoe trips where its seeing less serious use but where I care about the weight savings.

Im pretty sure I am getting a blackfoot for Christmas which I think will pair nicely with the sharptailed as a pair to take hunting.

I also always have a kershaw leek on me though dont tend to use it on game.

The Blackfoot is sweet. My favorite knife by far. I’ve got the Magnacut version. Did three animals with it this year. Gutless method, full debone. Two elk and a deer. I took the other knives out of my pack. Stayed sharp through the entire animal all three times.


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[6mm Remington]

I alternate carrying two RUANA knives in my hunting pack. First is the 5AD with a 4" blade. It has a custom handle on it and hand filing on the top of the blade. I blued it for corrosion resistance. I love the RUANA knives made in Montana since 1938. Still a family business owned and ran by Mark & Mike Hangus.
5AD



I always have my USA made Schrade Uncle Henry in my pack as well. Sometimes my Buck 110.

 

[6mm Remington]

Here is my Ruana Steelhead. The elk antler grip panels are what typically are on the knives. The Steelhead has a 3 1/2" blade. I blued the knife blade on this one also for corrosion resistance. I love both of the Ruana's and it's hard to state the one I like the best. Really a tossup. The blades are long enough but not too long and I like the shape of each one. Both work great for dressing an animal, breaking it down, and caping it.
RUANA STEELHEAD

 

[Speaks]

The Blackfoot is sweet. My favorite knife by far. I’ve got the Magnacut version. Did three animals with it this year. Gutless method, full debone. Two elk and a deer. I took the other knives out of my pack. Stayed sharp through the entire animal all three times.


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Got mine last night, the regular non-magnacut. Seems like a nearly ideal design, will have to keep my eye out for a magnacut drop as well I think.


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[rifletuner]

View attachment 803110I’m a knife guy , just love em. I like to take different ones for a walk.

Nice mate, and its great it works for you. But it bugs me that the pins in bolster are not lined up vertically. It just jumps out at me.

 

[rifletuner]

Here is my Ruana Steelhead. The elk antler grip panels are what typically are on the knives. The Steelhead has a 3 1/2" blade. I blued the knife blade on this one also for corrosion resistance. I love both of the Ruana's and it's hard to state the one I like the best. Really a tossup. The blades are long enough but not too long and I like the shape of each one. Both work great for dressing an animal, breaking it down, and caping it.
RUANA STEELHEAD
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Ruana knives have a great story. Its neat that they are still made pretty much the same as when they started out

 

[6mm Remington]

Ruana knives have a great story. Its neat that they are still made pretty much the same as when they started out

Mike & Mark are both set to retire in the not too distant future. I'm not sure what's going to happen to Ruana. I'm hoping that one of the local knife company's here will buy them and do a few of their knives. I think that would be special to see it continue.

Here are the local ones I could see possibly doing it.
Montana Knife Company
Behring Made Knives

 

[rifletuner]

Mike & Mark are both set to retire in the not too distant future. I'm not sure what's going to happen to Ruana. I'm hoping that one of the local knife company's here will buy them and do a few of their knives. I think that would be special to see it continue.

Here are the local ones I could see possibly doing it.
Montana Knife Company
Behring Made Knives

Mike & Mark are both set to retire in the not too distant future. I'm not sure what's going to happen to Ruana. I'm hoping that one of the local knife company's here will buy them and do a few of their knives. I think that would be special to see it continue.

Here are the local ones I could see possibly doing it.
Montana Knife Company
Behring Made Knives

Would be a real shame for it not to continue. Hopefully someone gets behind it.