These are the 2 that are always with me. The first is a little Gerber Fatty. 2-3/8" 440C Blade, 6" overall length. I've found it to be a great little skinner, if I lose the edge on my fixed blade. There's plenty of curve in the tip to stop me from piercing gut, too easily & t work around a hide....
The second is my primary knife. One I forged up myself from 1-1/8" EN42 roundstock. I primarily wated to build a
true all purpose outdoors knife that was delicate enough to dress game, heavy enough to split sticks for firestarting, a good shape for veg & food preparation & light enough to use alday witout fatiguing (PHEW!!!)
This is what I came up with.....
Pretty unique looking, huh? :D
It's got a 4-1/2" cutting edge with a long choil, 4-1/8" handle (Olivewood) The back of the blade, at the wdest point is 3/16" thick, but with a distal taper along it's length bringing it down to 1/16" at the tip. I hollowed & tepered the tang to reduce weight & help balance the blade in the hand. I normally use most knives with a 'choked' grip & the long choil makes this seem more natural.
So far it excells at everything I want or need it to do. You can slice veg thin enough to read throug & then go & split a few 3" sticks to cook 'em over! It works out great for field-dressing & skinning & cut's through string, rope & cordage like it wasn't there!
Topic: Single Best Hunting Knife Style? (Read 4290 times)
