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Title: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: Nala on September 25, 2009, 10:40:00 PM: Hey all,

When you head into the woods what knife will likely be on your side?

If you have pics.....post 'em! We'd like to see your hunting knife.

Thanks
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Post by: 4runr on September 25, 2009, 10:42:00 PM: Doug Campbell sheephorn skinner in a crossdraw.
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Post by: ISP 5353 on September 25, 2009, 11:00:00 PM: Shrew Skinner. Awesome little knife. There are pics on Ron's website.
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Post by: DesertDude on September 25, 2009, 11:03:00 PM: I will have one of my Victor Smith knifes.

(http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp206/desertdude48/Hunter022.jpg)
(http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp206/desertdude48/Hunter025.jpg)
They hold a great edge and have a great feel in the hand.
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Post by: bretto on September 25, 2009, 11:14:00 PM: Those are real nice Mark. I have a new to Me Marbles I'll carry this fall on My belt or in a pack. And I always have a small Gerber folder I carry in My pocket.
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Post by: alligatordond on September 25, 2009, 11:21:00 PM: Randall model 3 or model 26
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Post by: nightowl1 on September 25, 2009, 11:22:00 PM: boker antler handled skinner and a crkt bear claw for the hard to reach spaces
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Post by: Soilarch on September 26, 2009, 12:09:00 AM: Spyderco Bill Moran Featherweight, Upswept (They make a drop point as well). A VG10 blade, and lives up to its name Featherweight.

Love it, it is NOT a kindling, baton-ing, prying knife though...as the blade is on the thin side. But this makes it EXCELLENT for it's intended purpose...fleshing.
(http://worldknifedb.ifrance.com/images_collec/spyderco_bill_moran.jpg)
Not my picture, stole it off google

For a "survival" knife it would be a rubber-handled buck knife with about a 4" blade. I broke the last 1/4" off the tip many years ago and ground it up into nice stout drop point. It's a cheap workhorse that's done it all.
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Post by: Mr.Vic on September 26, 2009, 12:25:00 AM: (http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z232/mrvicattheriver/drpt1_112805.jpg) This was a gift from a trad gang brother a few years ago. It has since cleaned a few animals and not as pretty as the day it arrived. I also carry several other knifes made by Fellow trad ganger. From Neck knife to a 16" Bowie knife.
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: Nala on September 26, 2009, 12:43:00 AM: Thanks for the responses so far....

Really nice knives you all have and I really like the pics...

Trying to decide on a knife for myself.

Keep 'em coming.

Nala
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Post by: celticknot on September 26, 2009, 12:46:00 AM: I go with my grandpas case xx branson mo centennial knife. It will always go with me cause my grandpa and i never got to huntogether and this is the closest way we still can.
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Post by: Soilarch on September 26, 2009, 12:54:00 AM: I don't know what you're looking for, but you owe it to yourself to look through Barks Rivers website. Tons of designs, something for everyone.

As close to custom as you're gonna get without the wait.

If you don't know what you want, buy/try several different blade and handle shapes before spend good money on a quality blade. Clean an animal or two with each to see how it feels...and never forget that quality blades don't have to be expensive. My most expensive knife sees the least action. The handle just doesn't "fit" me or the way I use a knife. As sissy as it seems, a "flowing" handle is the ticket for me. Doesn't have to soft but it does have to comfortable.

Sorry to hijack the thread, just trying to spread the wealth. I've spend more money on more knives than one individual should and I keep coming back to 2 or 3 designs.
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: Nala on September 26, 2009, 01:14:00 AM: I have looked at the Bark River knives and they are certainly really nice, I just can't afford them. I don't have $150-$200 to spend on a knife. No doubt they are worth it though.

Feel free to add your recommendations if you want.

Nala
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Post by: Brian Krebs on September 26, 2009, 01:28:00 AM: I watched a show where a lady was apparently reading the minds of all kinds of animals; and it seems we give off vibes that animals can detect.
How real that is I don't know; but I do know I have been slapped once this year by a black bear; and bluff charged numerous times; including in pitch black darkness to within inches.
So the knife I carry has a strong blade; cuts a wide path; and has a hilt.
I was a cop in another lifetime; and its common for those using knives to break off blades and have their hand slip forward and cut their own hand.
Thus - I like a knife with a good hilt; and with a strong blade that can make a wide cut.
I carry a cheap little locking blade folding knife that has serration on part of it for cutting bone; and I use it for skinning elk and deer; and field dressing them.
My belt knife sees more service as a baling twine cutter than anything... :rolleyes:
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Post by: Nala on September 26, 2009, 01:53:00 AM: Hey all,

Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with the Grohmann belt knives?

Just curious.

Nala
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Post by: unclewhit on September 26, 2009, 02:15:00 AM: Sorry guys, nothing fancy here, just two Buck knives one folder and one fixed, and I carry them in my pack.
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Post by: Mo. Huntin on September 26, 2009, 02:48:00 AM: Buck Folder my dad gave me a long time ago. Fixed blade Buck also. So I guess me and unclewhit think alike. I also have a good Kershaw folding knife but it does not see much action.
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Post by: Al Kidner on September 26, 2009, 03:17:00 AM: That is a nice knife there Mr Vic.

Here are my two. A custom skinner and a Old timer Bruin 50t, that was a US model... not the new China model.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/Longbow_lad/IMG_0872.jpg)

ak.
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Post by: Brian Krebs on September 26, 2009, 03:44:00 AM: Another thing to be careful about with the purchase of any knife that has a sheath- make sure the sheath is worthy.
I have gotten done with hunts and found an empty sheath before; some really really good knives have the most worthless sheaths imaginable.
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Post by: Oliverstacy on September 26, 2009, 04:15:00 AM: My wife got me a really nice Buck Vanguard a few years back and it's all I take. I like the size and weight it has.

Josh
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Post by: Ben Maher on September 26, 2009, 04:53:00 AM: i have and use so many knives that i can never decide ...
i usually have a vintage Puma folder of some type and a custom belt knife ... my trusty and well used Ka Bar is usually in the car
Having said that i recently purchased a Rat 4 inch and it is a real winner . easy to sharpen , tough and well built and very reasonably priced . i hooked up a leather sheath for it and it might be making some of my $$$ customs jealous .
I also always have a tool clip of some sort in my pack .
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Post by: WidowEater on September 26, 2009, 04:55:00 AM: Just a Gerber Freeman fixed blade.

It has a custom sheath though.
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Post by: Killdeer on September 26, 2009, 05:59:00 AM: EverReady, a no-name Italian three-blade pocketknife opens all my deer. Followup is done with a rubber-handled Buck Vanguard. The little knife rides in my right front pocket or a mini-maglight pouch on my pack. The Vanguard is in the pack with a plastic bag and a drag rope.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/TG%20Uploads/Knives/Img_Everready2.jpg)

EverReady before getting new scales:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/Everready.jpg)

Killdeer :campfire:
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Post by: todd smith on September 26, 2009, 06:13:00 AM: I have an old case that I really like and then just got a neck knife from Alaska Bowhunting Supply that I built a convertible sheath for. I can wear it as a neck knife or a belt knife.

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/toddsmith5298/Old_Case_Knife.jpg)

Here's the Case knife. Great for cutting onions and bacon too.

A good sheath is a must. I normally make new ones for all my knives. I also came up with a bead and loop system for a safety strap because I like to be able to know my knife can't slide out of the sheath, but I don't use snaps all my sheaths are deep friction feet designs molded to the shape of the knife.

todd
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Post by: Butch Speer on September 26, 2009, 09:08:00 AM: I use knives by Loyd Lippert.I carry this or another one he makes.

(http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx327/ButchMo/knife.jpg)
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Post by: Kenneth on September 26, 2009, 09:18:00 AM: Gerber longbow, it's big and heavy but it's built like a tank and I can dress out 4 or 5 deer and the edge is still like new, but the sheath is junk and tore apart so I have to carry it in my pack. Gonna have another sheath made for it sometime.
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Post by: Shaun on September 26, 2009, 09:30:00 AM: Gerber LST pocket knife is always with me and it comes out for field dressing. If its dull or I have a lot of work to do, a Marbles fixed blade is in my pack. Also in my pack is a Doug Cambell caper Damascus for the occasional trophy.
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Post by: allan f on September 26, 2009, 09:37:00 AM: Nala,
You asked about the Grohmann belt knife. I have the "classic" style or whatever they call it and I love it. Holds and edge has a nice deep sheath, and fits in the hand well. Not only that but they are very reasonable. I got a new CRKT Alaske guide knife that is a real beauty.....and I still choose to carry my Grohmann....it works and I have been carrying it for so long I would feel strange without it.....strangley that doesn't stop me from buying other knives though :)

Allan
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Post by: Uncle Buck on September 26, 2009, 09:51:00 AM: I own close to 100 pocket and sheath knives, but for the last 30 years I always wind up carring a 4" drop point blade that I bought in the PX at Camp Pendelton. It was marketed by Smith and Wesson but I dont know who actually made it. It has a laminated brown wood handle and a brass guard, the sheath is a simple pouch. It has dressed deer and picked out spinters and everything in between. The biggest reason I carry it is -it just feels right in my hand.
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Post by: ron w on September 26, 2009, 09:57:00 AM: Gerber belt knife, Buck lite folder in my pack, and always some kind of pocket knife in my pants pocket. I have a small collection of belt knifes that I some time switch around... Kinfolks,Kabar,Shrade,Buck and some others.
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Post by: todd smith on September 26, 2009, 10:11:00 AM: Here are some pics of the knives and sheaths I was talking about:

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/toddsmith5298/Keeslar1.jpg)

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/toddsmith5298/Keeslar2.jpg)

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/toddsmith5298/Keeslar3.jpg)

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/toddsmith5298/case1.jpg)

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/toddsmith5298/case1.jpg)

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/toddsmith5298/neck1.jpg)

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/toddsmith5298/neck2.jpg)

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/toddsmith5298/neck3.jpg)

todd
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Post by: todd smith on September 26, 2009, 10:17:00 AM: Oops...

I doubled one and missed one.

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/toddsmith5298/case2.jpg)

there...
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Post by: straitera on September 26, 2009, 10:55:00 AM: Very old ss Kabar #1240 fixed blade drop point hair splitter.
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Post by: akbowbender on September 26, 2009, 11:11:00 AM: Gerber bolt-action when hunting deer, and a fixed blade Buck when hunting moose.
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Post by: FOXXNTROUT on September 26, 2009, 11:14:00 AM: I collect knives, but I have a few users. If you want good custom knives and good prices with the Americans that make them.

I use a custom made neck knife and a really nice fixed blade. I will need to take a few pictures and post them.

FYI Landi and GL Drew are my recommendations to buy from as they make fantastic knives at very reasonable prices.

admin note - no offsite forum links, please.
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Post by: George D. Stout on September 26, 2009, 11:16:00 AM: I have two that were given to me as gifts; a Buck, and a Leatherman that my daughter gave me for Father's Day about ten or so years ago. They aren't fancy or expensive, but they are pretty special and do the job very well.
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Post by: JAG on September 26, 2009, 11:21:00 AM: Chicago Cuttlery "Lamb Skinner". in my boot,an old saw blade (cut out) neck knife of my own design, either a Smith & Wesson Tatical auto open, or a Benchmade military auto, and a gerber lock blade folder.
Thats just a few. But basically what I cary. Sometimes I switch up a bit to let the others play, too! (have several BOXES full)
Never head to the woods without my faithful boot knife, been with me better than 25 yrs, and still does the best job.
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Post by: dragon rider on September 26, 2009, 11:23:00 AM: My lady has given me two, both of which go with me - a Buck 110 folder and a Bob Dozier drop point belt knife. They both hold an edge beautifully and I think you could probably dress out an elephant with either should the occasion present itself.

George, is the "Crusty Curmudgeon Society" accepting membership applications?
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Post by: Frenchymanny on September 26, 2009, 11:58:00 AM: Puma bowie, the one my dad used to carry

F-Manny
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Post by: Otto on September 26, 2009, 12:05:00 PM: Randall model 3-5
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Post by: GingivitisKahn on September 26, 2009, 01:24:00 PM: These are both Gerbers - nothing fancy but they do the job. Left is for field dressing deer; right is thicker and heavier - good for opening chips, fighting off marauding sasquatches, whatever.

(http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff187/GingivitisKahn/20090926_ac_02.jpg)
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Post by: joevan125 on September 26, 2009, 01:29:00 PM: Wayne Clay walker special, the sharpest dang knife i have ever owned. I really cherish these 2 knives because he doesnt make many any more.
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Post by: Bjorn on September 26, 2009, 01:46:00 PM: Jeremy crafted this pair for me a couple of years ago.........a beautiful necker, and matching belt knife.
(http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q291/bjornweb/NeckandSkinner-1.jpg)
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Post by: Hubertus on September 26, 2009, 02:35:00 PM: This season I hope to open up my first deer with the Buck "Alpha Hunter" I picked up this year. (Had it signed by Chuck Buck himself... At least I think that's pretty cool.)
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Post by: Mike Gerardi on September 26, 2009, 03:19:00 PM: My Doug Campbell Caper. Best hunting knife on the planet.....IMHO...
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Post by: Crowbird on September 26, 2009, 04:06:00 PM: (http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac298/Crowbird/DSCN1257-1.jpg)
These are my three prized blades. I will always have one of them in the field with me. From top to bottom: 1)My Fathers K-Bar. Strong and sharp. 2)My German made Linder. I bought it used in new condition. Had it with me when I killed my first deer with a bow the other day. 3)My Grandfathers Utica Sportsman. High carbon blade with an edge like a straight razor. I like this one for rabbits and squirrels.
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Post by: xtrema312 on September 26, 2009, 05:39:00 PM: I have and have had a lot of knives. None really fancy or anything, but I do like some of those sponsor knives. Maybe I will treat myself to one.

I used to always carry a mid size fixed blade belt knife. Now for the last dozen or so years I find I always have a Browing Kodiak F.D.T. 3-Blade on the belt. It has a drop-point blade, saw and unique hide-cutter blade which can be used as a standard gut blade when pushed or as a guthook when pulled. IT has a Zytel handle. It really seems to hold a edge well. All three blades lock, and the saw blade is replaceable. The saw blade is really a fast cutter with a double row of teeth unlike any other saw blade I have seen. It cuts through stuff much faster than other folding saw I have had even at its small size.
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Post by: leftybearfan on September 26, 2009, 05:42:00 PM: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/leftybearfan/hunting%20stuff/Knife1.jpg)

I don't always have a sheath knife with me, but when I do it is this one. My dad gave it to me on my 11th birthday (my first deer season). I have always got a Case slim-trapper in my pocket.
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Post by: Sam McMichael on September 26, 2009, 05:53:00 PM: I carry either single blade a Browning folder (can't remeber the model number) or a Gerber C375 belt knife.
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Post by: todd smith on September 26, 2009, 05:57:00 PM: "My Doug Campbell Caper. Best hunting knife on the planet.....IMHO..."

If Doug is the guy I'm thinking of, he donated a knife to the Compton Traditional Bowhunters a couple of years back and ohhhhhhhh did I want to win that knife. It was a beauty!! todd
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Post by: ken denton on September 26, 2009, 06:02:00 PM: Bob Dozier D2 steel with Kyden sheath. Bob heat treats them himself and they are sharp and stay sharp thru many a deer.
www.dozierknives.com (http://www.dozierknives.com)
The best of the best. Ken
Look at all the hunting knives he offers.
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Post by: bayoulongbowman on September 26, 2009, 07:17:00 PM: emerson...
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Post by: sticshooter on September 26, 2009, 08:25:00 PM: I Plan on carrying this one. I made it a few weeks ago.<><
(http://inlinethumb24.webshots.com/42391/2820544310051876912S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2820544310051876912lfERbe)
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Post by: Rob DiStefano on September 26, 2009, 08:48:00 PM: 2-3/4" neck knife, helle fjording carbon blade, i added the red oak handle and stitched up the leather sheath.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/rfdee/archery/carbon1.jpg)
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Post by: TRB on September 27, 2009, 01:32:00 AM: Puma Skinner
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Post by: reddogge on September 27, 2009, 07:49:00 AM: I carry this old Puma Skinner and a folding Buck.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/reddogge/Archery/IMG_0779.jpg)
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Post by: Charlie Lamb on September 27, 2009, 09:03:00 AM: I have several "favorites". A Tippet, Robtattoo, and the only one I have a picture of is one of my Doug Campbell's.
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/charlie/campbelldamascus.jpg)
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Post by: WTT03 on September 27, 2009, 09:42:00 AM: Knives of Alaska "Magnum Alaskan" on my belt, Helle "Harding" converted to a neck knife and Knives of Alaska "Cub Bear" in my pack for caping work.
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Post by: tippit on September 27, 2009, 09:54:00 AM: It's hard to beat a Campbell Caper! I now carry my own make but Lots of Influence from Mr Campbell! tippit

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/tippit/Knives/ElkBlade002.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/tippit/Knives/DarkTimberElkKnife001.jpg)
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Post by: Ceb on September 27, 2009, 10:20:00 AM: Nothing fancy or special, 'cept to me. I carry a old Buck Woodsman that belonged to my dad. That way he still goes on hunts with me.
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Post by: blind one on September 27, 2009, 10:38:00 AM: Nothing fancy here, but my Schrade phw has never let me down....Roy

(http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr151/bones61427/100_1320.jpg)
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Post by: Curveman on September 27, 2009, 06:33:00 PM: On my belt, along with my Leatherman XTI is my all-around camp knife, a Rat Cutlery RC-4. In my pack is my skinner, a Helle Fjellman. I also have clipped to my pocket a Benchmade Mini-Barrage. It's AO and very useful. Also a good gutting knife.
(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j2/stevet_01/knives.jpg)
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Post by: Moooseran on September 27, 2009, 10:53:00 PM: Randall Model 26 or a Jimmy Lile Model 7......
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Post by: Mojostick on September 28, 2009, 12:38:00 AM: On the belt...
http://www.rapidriverknifeworks.com/products/droppoint.php

In the bag...
http://www.pumaknifeman.com/PumaKnives-Pages/Image49.html
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Post by: Mint on September 28, 2009, 10:37:00 AM: Sometimes a TAT Knife and other times SOG Revolver that I got as a gift or an old cold steel hunter model I bought 15 years ago.
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Post by: Ceb on September 28, 2009, 10:45:00 AM: Is TAT Knives still in business, a search didn't turn up anything. I have one of their knives I bought in the early '90s I need a sheath for.
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Post by: robtattoo on September 28, 2009, 03:55:00 PM: I carry a litte allrounder that I made myself.

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/robtattoo/TX002.jpg)

OAL is 6-3/4" with a scary, scary sharp 2-7/8" blade.

Shouldn't be easy to loose ether!
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Post by: Wolfkiss on September 28, 2009, 03:59:00 PM: Hey Rob, you back at the anvil yet?
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Post by: robtattoo on September 28, 2009, 04:01:00 PM: pffft. I wish!

Still a while before I can get a workshop up & running. Life seems to have inconveniently got in the way :D
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Post by: Diamond Paul on September 28, 2009, 06:04:00 PM: Some kind of Dozier knife-I have three and a fourth one coming. They are not cheap, but not really expensive for a handmade knife either, when you consider what some of the higher end factory blades are going for these days. They are simple, functional knives made to cut things, not to look at, and his sheaths are the best in the business. Only problem is finding one available, as his wait time is up to 12 months now.
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Post by: maineac on September 28, 2009, 06:31:00 PM: I carry one of my knives. Usually my Damascus 'Longbeards", or one my "Whitetails".
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Post by: GANGGREEN on September 28, 2009, 06:38:00 PM: I've got a pretty nice Marbles knife that I won a few years back in a Hunt of a Lifetime raffle but I've never used it. The knife that I've been using for 17 years is a knife that my wife bought me for Christmas from Cabelas. It wasn't very expensive then (or now) but I've gutted a BUNCH of whitetails with it and it's still hanging in there.

I also received a Kabar knife with a fluorescent orange rubber handle (anyone that's ever lost a knife in the woods will appreciate that feature) as a gift from a church men's group that I spoke to, it's very nice. I used it for the first time last year on my 13 year old's first deer and it worked famously.
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Post by: easyup on September 28, 2009, 09:59:00 PM: In my pocket is the ever present Chris Reeves small Sebenza w/ S30V blade, nothing more simple or effective. If larger game or where it will be cold I like to have a generous finger guard for safety and have seveal knives that ride in my pack and do the job very well. Have a couple of S30v and a Dozier D-2 that sometimes get used by others in deer camp for caping as even if I have used them they are still much sharper than their knives.
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Post by: Lin Rhea on September 28, 2009, 10:10:00 PM: I like this one for the size. Blade is 4 1/4 inch which I forged and twisted the 1084 and L-6 and used stainless for the guard and Mahogany Stag for the handle. Lin
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2758762661_c9626633ca.jpg)
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Post by: ccampbell2546 on September 28, 2009, 10:10:00 PM: I'm a big fan of Helle knives and Scandinavian style knives. I've got three different fixed blades that I carry from time to time. A Helle Harmoni, Cold Steel FinnBear, and a Frost fixed blade. I like to have more than one knife with me.
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Post by: JEFF B on September 28, 2009, 10:16:00 PM: what ever i can lay my hands on at the time
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Post by: Recurve50 LBS on September 28, 2009, 11:49:00 PM: There must be a problem with me because I carry 4 knives to the woods with me. There are 3 in my pack and a pocket knife in my pocket. I'm a knife nut what can I say.
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Post by: todd smith on September 29, 2009, 08:14:00 AM: robtattoo

Now that's a knife! Nice work. My kind of knife.

Anyone know why many knives come with those heavy grind lines as opposed to the nice flat grind like on robtattoo's knife?

todd
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Post by: VAFarmer on September 29, 2009, 08:24:00 AM: 2 knives and a tomahawk in the woods.
Occasionally a Paul Chen Banshee short sword strapped to the back.
No name tomahawk-
Cold Steel GI tanto-
and always my everday Old Timer stockman, made before they started using the "high carbon stainless"
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Post by: Tom Leemans on September 29, 2009, 09:12:00 AM: Good ole Buck 110
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Post by: Brian P. on September 29, 2009, 09:17:00 AM: One or more of these. All Doziers.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/kodiak1028/Knives/P9280042.jpg)

But this one is probably my favorite. It is a Dozier as well.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/kodiak1028/Knives/IMG_0174.jpg)

Nothing cuts like a Dozier.

BP
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Post by: freefeet on September 29, 2009, 09:32:00 AM: A 100mm blade Finnish Puukko. I really like 'em.

Sorry haven't got a pic.
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Post by: toddster on September 29, 2009, 09:36:00 AM: Two, a swiss army hunter knife, which if you never used one for whitetail or smaller, Awesome knife, great gut blade. Then a Helle neck knife which is awesome as well. Have a leatherman, mainly for squirrel hunting, and few good knives.
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Post by: S. Brant Osborn on September 29, 2009, 11:10:00 AM: I have carried a Hele Godbit for several years and have finally talked a friend into making a better sheath for it. While fishing and tramping i carry one of the green handle Mora nives. i have 5 or 6 and I stik them in every pack and vehicle i have. Cheap, not real strong, but sharp.
B.
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Post by: grouseshooter002 on September 29, 2009, 11:44:00 AM: I carry a Randall #21 "Little Game" on my belt and a Case "Peanut" in my pocket. The Case is in my pocket always.

Rick
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Post by: hunt it on September 29, 2009, 12:51:00 PM: (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g56/huntit/600_BF7-1.jpg)
Here is one of my favourites by our very own Karl Anderson.
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Post by: Zbearclaw on September 29, 2009, 01:38:00 PM: Are the fixed knife guys carrying them on their belts vertically?

I have almost broken too many ribs from falling in steep country on a fixed knife to ever carry one again vertically.

I keep a Kershaw Orion 3" assisted opening blade in my pocket and a folding Gerber Gator half serrated in the pack.

A DMT folding sharpener rounds out my knife kit.

I have some great knives of Alaska knives, but have only used the caping knife and the skinning knife once. They are grea knives, especially for the price, but are heavy for backpacking.

I want to get one of the surgical scalpel replaceable knives for skinning chores, those are light and obviously sharper than anything else out there.
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Post by: tradwannabe on September 29, 2009, 02:33:00 PM: Fallkniven H1 hunter. Very satisfied.
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Post by: BobW on September 29, 2009, 02:43:00 PM: I have to do a lottery each time. Any one of about 20 could make the trip. I throw them all in a box, close my eyes, reach in, and...... :scared:

Oh the BLOOD!!!!! Oops, should have put the sheaths in too.... :saywhat:
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Post by: Izzy on September 29, 2009, 05:45:00 PM: Ill be toting my new Dave Ricke knife that I received in the TG knife trade.A horizontal carry beauty.Id love to post a pic but I cant spare the hair Id pull out messing with photobucket.Carried it on my first hunt of the year and the sheath made me forget I had it.Very comfortable carry.
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Post by: todd smith on September 29, 2009, 05:49:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Zbearclaw:
[QB] Are the fixed knife guys carrying them on their belts vertically?

That's one of the great advantages of this kind of a sheath:

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t115/toddsmith5298/Keeslar2.jpg)

The knife pivots. todd
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Post by: David McLendon on September 29, 2009, 05:51:00 PM: Spyderco James A. Keating Chinook, the good one, the original model. Can't beat it for getting the job done.
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Post by: Zbearclaw on September 29, 2009, 07:52:00 PM: So it doesn't take a rib out as you fall? I always liked carrying a fixed blade for the utility, but rarely hunt where I am not hiking long distances over steep terrain, ie I have lots of opportunities to fall.

After 31 years I am good at falling down!
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Post by: Frenchymanny on October 01, 2009, 11:18:00 AM: TTT
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Post by: tradwannabe on October 01, 2009, 04:20:00 PM: check out these sheaths. I want to get one or put it on my CHRISTMAS want list.
http://www.jreindustries.com/fallkniven.htm
the "cricket" sheath mounts parallel to your belt.
Rob
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Post by: Danny Rowan on October 01, 2009, 04:26:00 PM: Doug Campbell sheephorn Damascus and Karl Anderson Damascus.
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Post by: snag on October 01, 2009, 05:04:00 PM: I have a fixed blade knife that has 2 bear paws pressed into the steel up near the bolster...don't know who made it though. It is a very nice knife.
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: Horner on October 01, 2009, 05:26:00 PM: This year I will have to roll the dice to pick one each time. Last year it was a Schrade.

This year it will either be a: Rooster, Skullworks, Dana Holman, or a Sticshooter. Later on I will also be adding a Karl Andersen Blade.

Hi my name is Bryan Horner and I have a tradgang knife problem.
:knothead:

Also wanted to say this post was inspired by BobW. See (6)
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Post by: tim roberts on October 01, 2009, 09:37:00 PM: A Robtattoo knife......check the avitar :readit: :thumbsup:
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Post by: tradtusker on October 01, 2009, 10:23:00 PM: My old Swiss army knife

would hate to guess how many animals this knife has skinned over the last 6 hunting seasons in South Africa, its cut skin and flesh in more countries then i care to guess at, come to think of it, its opened more cold beers and bottles of wine that i care to admit

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h101/tradtusker/IVY_20091002_1255.jpg)

Also carry one of Robtattoo's beautiful knives when i need something bigger. Rob makes a Great Knife :notworthy:
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Post by: fyrfyter43 on October 02, 2009, 07:38:00 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Horner:
This year I will have to roll the dice to pick one each time. Last year it was a Schrade.

This year it will either be a: Rooster, Skullworks, Dana Holman, or a Sticshooter. Later on I will also be adding a Karl Andersen Blade.

Hi my name is Bryan Horner and I have a tradgang knife problem.
:knothead:

Also wanted to say this post was inspired by BobW. See (6)
I'm really surprised I haven't seen more Sticshooter knives on this thread, especially considering how quickly they usually sell.

Last year I gave a matching pair of Sticshooter knives to my father and son for Christmas. Ever since they arrived I've been kicking myself for not getting a third one for me.

I finally broke down and bought one of Frank's knives for myself...should be here soon!
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Post by: J. Adams on October 02, 2009, 12:25:00 PM: My new Skullworks skinner will be accompanying me for many seasons to come.
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Post by: 2hats on October 02, 2009, 01:18:00 PM: My Helle knife and my trusty Treadway skinner
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Post by: artifaker1 on October 02, 2009, 01:30:00 PM: A buck 120, and I always have a Talonite AG Russel gentlemans folding hunter in the pocket.
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Post by: Stickbow98 on October 02, 2009, 05:15:00 PM: On my side from now on, (along w/ my ever-present Leatherman :thumbsup: ) will be my NEW Reproduction Bear Knife Kit made by Harry Leidy (Takedown).
*Soon an original Cutmaster sharpener will be in that small lower front pocket.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/stickbow98/BearReproKnifeKit1.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/stickbow98/BearReproKnifeKit2.jpg)

Also, on my arm will be a Robtattoo/Tim Roberts Knife & Armguard...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/stickbow98/zebwood.jpg)

>>--Ron--<>
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Post by: sleepyhollow on October 02, 2009, 08:41:00 PM: one of my favorites, now retired-cold steel mini california drop point, have also carried a case drop point, a buck 118 personal, most recently the last few years my new favorite, a camillus cqb, and just picked up a tops scalpel, which feels real good in the hand, the perfect size for whitetals
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Post by: L. E. Carroll on October 03, 2009, 02:40:00 AM: This year it's been a "Benchmade" Folder clipped in the pocket and a Shrew Skinner in the belt sheath. :wavey:
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Post by: Lewis Brookshire III on October 10, 2009, 09:16:00 PM: ttt
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Post by: NYStickhunter on August 14, 2010, 11:19:00 PM: Found this thread from last year and thought I would add to it. I will carry a Burt Foster "Blue Collar" and if my luck starts running cold, a 5 inch Morseth clip blade.
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Post by: Pon on August 14, 2010, 11:34:00 PM: Ol Buck 110 my father gave to me on my first hunt
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Post by: Mudd on August 15, 2010, 12:00:00 AM: I like this one but it's just one of about 4 I carry. I guess you could call it my favorite...lol
It's my version of a "sgian dubh" even though it's not black.

Have I ever told you that I just love sharp pokie objects... It's me Scottish blood.

(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/mudd57/Favorites/DSC00535.jpg)

God bless,Mudd
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Post by: Johnny UMAA on August 15, 2010, 12:05:00 AM: Kershaw Folding Field Model 1050
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Post by: PAPA BEAR on August 15, 2010, 12:14:00 AM: new knife from skullworks.horn handle.

(http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww111/elkherder/knife/knife4.jpg)
(http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww111/elkherder/knife/knife3.jpg)
little detail gerber i've had a long time
trusty bone saw
(http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww111/elkherder/knife/knife2.jpg)
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Post by: Yellow Dog on August 15, 2010, 12:31:00 AM: Just traded a McCullough Fiftyniner for this beauty today.

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e173/Yellowdog3822/knives.jpg)
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Post by: pickaspot on August 15, 2010, 01:09:00 AM: My favorite is a Track of the Wolf neck trade knife - 4". Had it way before GFA made them "cool".

It's not fancy but I keep her razor sharp & love watching buddies shake their heads when they see a deer quartered & boned out with a little bitty knife.

Need to learn how to post pics!
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Post by: Stiks-n-Strings on August 15, 2010, 01:38:00 AM: I'll be toting my Sticshooter Tusker in a neck sheath this year.
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Post by: ncsaknech1ydh on August 15, 2010, 01:47:00 AM: I forsure am a bit odd, but I use a wyoming knife, not so odd...Along with a leatherman, very odd! The bigger one with both the straight and serrated edges, it works great and stays super sharp. I know what your all thinking, and your right, it isn't quite in step with my other traditional equipment! :)
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Post by: Dean Lintz on August 15, 2010, 12:42:00 PM: I use a camulis 3 blade lock back 5" clip point,finger style gut hook,bone saw. It meets all my needs in compact package.
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Post by: marsniper27 on August 15, 2010, 02:22:00 PM: I always have a gerber with me ALWAYS. but am looking for a new hunting specific knife and really don't know what to get yet. there are too many good options.
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Post by: 450 marlin on August 15, 2010, 02:29:00 PM: This one I made from an old Wing recurve riser will be bloody this fall...
(http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u322/0710point/1277249016.jpg)
(http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u322/0710point/1277249024.jpg)
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Post by: Johan van Niekerk on August 15, 2010, 02:29:00 PM: I made my own :)
The blade is N690 steel. Hardened to 59 degrees rockwell. The handle is african blackwood (ebony,) pinstock 316L stainless steel, bolsters 304 stainless steel
****p;lease re-size pic****
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Post by: Ron LaClair on August 15, 2010, 06:20:00 PM: I'll be carrying a "LaClair Skinner" this fall.
http://shrewbows.com/laclair_skinner/index.html

(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/LaClair_Skinner1.JPG)

(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/Skinner_Sheath.JPG)
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Post by: Gray Buffalo on August 15, 2010, 06:47:00 PM: A G Fred necker. Nice little knife
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/graybuffalo/Gray%20Buffalo/001.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/graybuffalo/Gray%20Buffalo/002.jpg)
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Post by: lpcjon2 on August 15, 2010, 06:59:00 PM: I have either my Marine K-Bar or my Gerber Steadfast.And always have my Benchmade lock back in my pocket.IMHO Benchmade makes the best steel ,I havnt found steel that hold a better edge longer than Benchmade.
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Post by: KentuckyTJ on August 15, 2010, 07:25:00 PM: Knives are beautiful great thread. Here's a new one that will be in my backpack this fall.

(http://i38.tinypic.com/2vws8jq.jpg)

(http://i37.tinypic.com/6gd7o1.jpg)

(http://i36.tinypic.com/2ecov4n.jpg)
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Post by: Cane Knife on August 15, 2010, 07:38:00 PM: Al Warren #2 Caper in a crossdraw sheath. Wonderful knives!
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Post by: ronp on August 15, 2010, 08:50:00 PM: I have a sharp, great looking and great handling damascus knife from skullworks that will be on my side this fall. And a cool little neck knife that I purchased from G. Fred Asbell that will be around my neck or in my pack. And of course there is a blade on my Leatherman Skeletool that I sometimes carry in my pack. All I need is something to field dress.
Ron
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Post by: Sam McMichael on August 15, 2010, 09:01:00 PM: There sure are some nice knives here. I don't use any thing so fancy. I don't often carry a belt knife, but when I do it's an old Gerber model C375. I generally carry a Browning Folder, but I don't know what model number. But the one that's always with me and usually does most of the work is a Case Sodbuster.

I also got a couple of G. Fred's knives recently that will get some exposure this year (I hope!).
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Post by: swamp donkey on August 15, 2010, 09:08:00 PM: Nothing fancy here either. I just use a buck 112 that over the last 30 years has become my lucky hunting knife.
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Post by: Big Riser on August 15, 2010, 09:15:00 PM: My TREADWAY KNIFE FROM TREADWAY BOWS.I RETIRED MY OLD SCHRADE MODEL #1560T IT LEFT A LOT OF GUT PILES IN THE WOODS.
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Post by: joevan125 on August 15, 2010, 09:25:00 PM: I just bought a Wayne Clay Knife from his nephew,
It has sheephorn on the handle and its the best made knife i have ever seen.
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Post by: B/W lvr on August 15, 2010, 11:04:00 PM: Randall Trapper 5" won't leave home without it. Frank
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Post by: Brian Krebs on August 16, 2010, 12:56:00 AM: a Schrade 'USA 171UH' its a knife I carry everyday. Its big enough to chop down small trees for building a shelter. It also has a big hilt; which in a bear fight- keeps your hand from slipping forward onto the blade.
I carry a small knife in my pocket; and another small one in my backpack. I will buy a cheap small knife as long as it locks into place.
I have scars to prove I need locking blades !

If your elk hunting; its good to have a knife that has a good steel saw blade on it for bone...

I think a good sheath for a belt knife is as important as the knife!
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Post by: curlis on August 16, 2010, 02:05:00 AM: (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/bcurlis/knives-1.jpg)

Here are a few of mine.
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Post by: BowHuntingFool on August 16, 2010, 02:54:00 AM: My Robtattoo knife went on every hunt with me last season and will do so for season to come! I used this to gut my sons first deer this past season!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/BowHuntingFool/Huntsman.jpg)
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Post by: Brian Krebs on August 16, 2010, 05:42:00 AM: Curlis - your as bad as I am! I would lose weight- but I need the belt space :D
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Post by: GingivitisKahn on August 16, 2010, 06:41:00 AM: This is a bit of a zombie thread but dang it - knives are cool! If the OP still cares, this is the assortment of sharp, pointy (non arrow-mounted) objects I plan to carry this year. All three of these are high on quality and low on cost and two of the three (I'll leave it to you to guess which) are made in the USA.

(http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff187/GingivitisKahn/IMG00620-20100730-2045.jpg)

Top to bottom those are:

* Becker BK-2 - this is for the majority of my bushcraft needs and for administering coups de grace to squirrels, rabbits, etc.

* Victorinox Huntsman - always in my pocket anyway, why not for hunting? For additional bushcraft things, fixing stuff, opening soft drinks, snacks, my thumb occasionally, and so on.

* Becker BK-11 - this will be my first season with a neck knife and this one's a dandy. I hope to use the Becker Necker this year for field dressing duty, if I'm fortunate enough to put deer on the deck.
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Post by: Ron LaClair on August 16, 2010, 08:26:00 AM: Besides the "LaClair Skinner" on my belt this fall I'll be toting this one in a neck sheath, the "Lil' Shaver", 3" blade, 6.5" overall.

(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/time%20for%20a%20change.JPG)
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Post by: Bird Dog on August 16, 2010, 08:28:00 AM: Helle.......
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Post by: ronp on August 16, 2010, 09:00:00 AM: Here are a couple pics of my damascus knife from Skullworks and my neckker from G Fred.

(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m165/ronp3009/knife002.jpg)

(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m165/ronp3009/knife001.jpg)
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Post by: Pops on August 16, 2010, 09:03:00 AM: I use a Buck Vanguard with the rubber grip.
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Post by: LeverActionman on August 16, 2010, 09:22:00 AM: Seems like the one I carried most last year was a Cold Steel Bushman.Big but gets scary sharp.I chopped limbs cut down small trees cleaned deer and could not dull.
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Post by: Tim Fishell on August 16, 2010, 04:00:00 PM: I will be carring my Lin Rhea sheephorn.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/timf24/Picture069.jpg)
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/timf24/Picture063.jpg)
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Post by: lucznik on August 16, 2010, 05:42:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by BowHuntingFool:
My Robtattoo knife went on every hunt with me last season and will do so for season to come! I used this to gut my sons first deer this past season!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/BowHuntingFool/Huntsman.jpg)
You're killing me.

I want one of these RobTattoo Huntsmans so bad it hurts - and yet, to the best of my knowledge, he's not back to making them yet.

I hate patience.

As to the OP's question, my current knife is a Buck Alpha Hunter.

(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j104/lucznik/AlphaHunter.jpg)
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Post by: razorsharptokill on August 16, 2010, 06:08:00 PM: Well, on my black bear hunt I'll have a USMC Ka-Bar... just in case. Usually I just carry a Kershaw lock blade.
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Post by: Hopewell Tom on August 16, 2010, 06:37:00 PM: My everyday, no matter the day, pocket carry is a Boker Walker design folder. ATS34 is a great steel for holding and renewing the edge.
When hunting, on the belt, is a Beretta Loveless design, stag handle and... Loveless. Probably the closest I'll ever get to one. This is a Stag Handle and replaced the Schrade Loveless, I carried before this one. I'm a sucker for the Stag handles. This thread rekindles the "too many knives" desire. Like some others, I have a "couple of other ones"...
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Post by: DennyK on August 16, 2010, 06:42:00 PM: I carry my old Gerber, I think I had this knife for 33 years. It's the folding model with the brass handle and Shedua inserts.
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Post by: Mike Vines on August 16, 2010, 07:13:00 PM: My Grandpa's old knife is always with me when I hunt.
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Post by: browndown on August 16, 2010, 08:08:00 PM: Benchmade, carries a great edge.
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Post by: jcp161 on August 16, 2010, 10:22:00 PM: For deer, a Knives of Alaska Cub with stag handle and an old Schrade folding knife with a skinning type blade. If I can find it. For small game, a Western fixed blade small game knife.
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Post by: Tsalagi on August 16, 2010, 11:28:00 PM: Cold Steel Trailmaster. And my favorite skinning knife.
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Post by: BigStriper on August 17, 2010, 12:01:00 AM: Alot of Nice looking Knifes,I will be carrying a Rubber Handled Buck with a Gut Hook that My Marine Son gave me for Christmas last year,Good Luck Fella's,it won't be long now,

Kurt
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Post by: far rider on August 17, 2010, 12:09:00 AM: Old Timer Little Finger
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Post by: JimB on August 17, 2010, 11:20:00 AM: Havalon Piranta.
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/jbrandenburg/TurkeyHeads028.jpg)
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Post by: bornagainbowhunter on August 17, 2010, 11:26:00 AM: Waiting on a knife from Skullworks. This is as hard as waiting on a new bow...
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Post by: SveinD on August 17, 2010, 11:36:00 AM: Im not hunting yet, but I walk around with this one most of the time, and always when in the woods! Was made for my father by a local smith.

(http://i37.tinypic.com/290q32b.jpg)

Believe the wood is firebirch with a 3 inch blade.
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Post by: ridgerunner_sc on August 17, 2010, 11:40:00 AM: when hunting I carry a Boker staghorn..daily I carry a kershaw onion I always have a knife at my side..
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Post by: Eugene Slagle on August 17, 2010, 11:44:00 AM: I have 2 that go with me.

A Knives of Alaska Light Hunter Mini Skinner/Cleaver with the Cub Bear Caping Knife http://www.knivesofalaska.com/catalog/prod_display.aspx?from=Combination%20Sets&cat=Combo%20Light%20Hunter that is a sweet combination that has cleaned & skinned a many of critters in the 9 years I've had it.

The other is a Neck knife that I got from www.trackofthewolf.com (http://www.trackofthewolf.com) which is fashioned after a small French trade knife w/ neck sheeth.
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: AndyTheCornbread on August 17, 2010, 01:03:00 PM: Been carrying this for 17 years now. It was given to me by my foster father shortly before I left Finland to go to the US to join the Marine Corps. I have carried it with me ever since. Like an earlier poster mentioned sheaths of the Scandinavian type and the ring and loop type all fold if you fall so you don't break a rib or get bruised from you knife etc.

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/AndyTheCornbread/marttiini.jpg)
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: artifaker1 on August 18, 2010, 12:33:00 PM: When in the outdoors I have an AG Russel Gentleman's folding hunter with a Tallonite blade in the pocket; very light and cobalt has legendary edge holding ability. I carry a buck 120 on a caribiner hooked to the front of my day pack, as I don't carry a pistol. yep mainly for protection and any big jobs that come up, and is also about the lightest big knife you can get cheap. I also have a Knives of Alaska cleaver with a stag handle and several other tacticals with S60V blades as part of the truck/camp reserve gear. I also bring a buck skinner which I used when I skinned for a game processing place in Casper a "few" years ago, it has skinned a "few" animals.
One of Ron's hawks would also make an excellent tool and great protection, better than a knife for sure. I might have to get one of those sometime.
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: Ron LaClair on August 18, 2010, 01:04:00 PM: A knife for protection?...or just hacking big stuff?

Here's the "Buffalo Knife".

(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/Buffalo%20Knife%202.JPG)

Here it is with a shoulder harness carry.
http://www.shrewbows.com/buffaloknife/

(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/Buff_Knife_harness.JPG)
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: artifaker1 on August 18, 2010, 01:25:00 PM: I thought you are a lefty Ron! That is a really bad ass knife. Like Croc Dundee bad! But I would still go for the hawk for the weight. I'm in good shape this year and getting above tree line is not unusual when just trying to find some elk. Weight is more of an issue that in stand hunting I guess. That really is a first class knife though...
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: reddogge on August 18, 2010, 02:53:00 PM: I normally carry this Puma Skinner but this old Puukko knife looks promising.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/reddogge/Hunting/IMG_0517.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/reddogge/Hunting/IMG_1250.jpg)
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: Kevin Winkler on August 18, 2010, 03:30:00 PM: I just finished up this broadhead neck knife, I need to make the straps yet. I think I'll carry this with me this season.

I got the idea from the knife forum and thought it looked cool.

(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk140/oldtwohairs/DSC00036.jpg)
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: Eugene Slagle on August 18, 2010, 03:39:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Kevin Winkler:
I just finished up this broadhead neck knife, I need to make the straps yet. I think I'll carry this with me this season.

I got the idea from the knife forum and thought it looked cool.

(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk140/oldtwohairs/DSC00036.jpg)
Now that's a sweet looking knife.
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: DesertDude on August 18, 2010, 04:18:00 PM: Good ol Buck 110 30+ years old........
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: David Bartholomew on August 18, 2010, 04:21:00 PM: Buck 110. Great knife!
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: cacciatore on August 18, 2010, 04:21:00 PM: Good old Buck 110 20+years old
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: Todweelz on August 18, 2010, 06:42:00 PM: New necker from sticshooter on my person, and an old shrade my wife gave me 20yrs ago in my day pack. Todd
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: Mitch-In-NJ on August 18, 2010, 07:23:00 PM: I now carry this Theuns Prinsloo knife.

(http://www.njsportsman.com/images/misc/prinsloo1.jpg)
(http://www.njsportsman.com/images/misc/prinsloo2.jpg)
(http://www.njsportsman.com/images/misc/prinsloo3.jpg)
(http://www.njsportsman.com/images/misc/prinsloo4.jpg)

It was a gift and I can't wait to use it. I was given this knife about 3 years ago, but this will be the first year I carry it in the field. I wanted to keep it like new for a bit, but now I think it needs to be used. Pretty as it is, it is still a tool.

The handle is giraffe bone but I am not sure what the sheath is made from. It's soft, though, and very flexible. Kind of hoping it's not giraffe... privates.

The engraving (my initials) was done by my friend, Christian Meyers. He's the one who gave me this knife.
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: KEG on August 18, 2010, 07:38:00 PM: I carry a Puma "Hunter's Pal" I bought in the late 70's.
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: joe ashton on August 18, 2010, 08:05:00 PM: this summer I bought Robert Griffiths dvd "How to field dress a deer in about a minute" and his knife. It is a tiny pairing knife looking thing. He really does field dress a deer in one minute with it.
So I will be carrying that little knife. Back at came in my 'success bow' I'll have a Browning skinning knife and single blade razer blades for capping.
I hope to get to use them often this season .. we'll see.

Joe
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: AlanF on August 19, 2010, 02:18:00 AM: I'll be wearing my Bob Dozier Sweetwater. A real fine knife.
Title: Re: What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??
Post by: Tom on August 19, 2010, 06:11:00 AM: I'll be carrying two knives made by a friend in KS who goes by Ringneck on here.Great knives,good price.
www.swaffordknives.com (http://www.swaffordknives.com)