SS Guthook with Bocote

[skullworks]

This is a knife I made for a birthday present. Pre-made blade and did the rest myself. 440C stainless guthook. 3.5" blade and 7.5" OAL. Bocote scales with red liners and mosaic pins. Sheath is 7-8oz leather.

 

[DANA HOLMAN]

clarence
that's sweet, gotta love the bocote wood, As good as you are i think you should try to make a gut knife from sratch, you have the skill. Just my thoughts
Dana

[prarieboy]

purdy wood purdy sheath  

[tippit]

Cool looking knife and the handle is very nice.  But I could never get into gut hooks possibly cause I do a lot of abdominal surgery on pets weekly     They just seem to get in the way and hang up for me.

I'm curious---how many guys/gals acutally use gut hooks to open the abdomin?  Thanks...Doc

[hunt it]

Great looking wood on that knife.

Jeff - I with you on the gut hooks - no for me.

[DW]

Love it Clarence.....  

[skullworks]

Originally posted by tippit:
Cool looking knife and the handle is very nice.  But I could never get into gut hooks possibly cause I do a lot of abdominal surgery on pets weekly      They just seem to get in the way and hang up for me.

I'm curious---how many guys/gals acutally use gut hooks to open the abdomin?  Thanks...Doc

I use them on occasion. I only use them to "unzip" the skin. Never have actually used them for opening the gut. They do good for me as long as the hook is sharp. If not then they tend to hang up quite a bit. I usually switch to a different knife for the actual gutting. I just have lots of knives and like to give each one a chance! LOL!   :D

[buckracks7]

I always use a guthook on deer when field dressing. I use it when skinning also to go up the insides of the legs.