What Knife is on Your Side When you Hunt??

[Nala]

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

[4runr]

Doug Campbell sheephorn skinner in a crossdraw.

[ISP 5353]

Shrew Skinner.  Awesome little knife.  There are pics on Ron's website.

[DesertDude]

I will have one of my Victor Smith knifes.



They hold a great edge and have a great feel in the hand.

[bretto]

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.

[alligatordond]

Randall model 3 or model 26

[nightowl1]

boker antler handled skinner and a crkt bear claw for the hard to reach spaces

[Soilarch]

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.
 
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.

[Mr.Vic]

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.

[Nala]

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

[celticknot]

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.

[Soilarch]

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.

[Nala]

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

[Brian Krebs]

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:

[Nala]

Hey all,

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

Just curious.

Nala

[unclewhit]

Sorry guys, nothing fancy here, just two Buck knives one folder and one fixed, and I carry them in my pack.

[Mo. Huntin]

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.

[Al Kidner]

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.





ak.

[Brian Krebs]

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.

[Oliverstacy]

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