Neck Knives for hunting and wilderness skills

[pdk25]

Nice looking knife, Kathy.  I'm just a chicken.  I've cut myself shaving too many times.

[woodchucker]

Well, Hmmmmm..... Actualy, They are passenger trains!!!!!

(I DO inspect them with my "cheaters" on though)

Yes Ray,It's "for real" LOL!!!!! I can count the seam tabs in the nieghbors roof shingles,and the brick joints on the front of his house,and he lives on the next street behind my house. (about 150 yards or so)

Last year I saw a deer about 80 yards away in the brush. He turned his head and I said to myself "it's a buck"..... He continued to walk and browse toward he untill he was about 5 yards away where he stopped to munch some acorns. Usualy this is the "slam-dunk" shot that I wait for..... But,it was my wife and I's anniversary and I promissed to be home by noon. So he got a pass,and continued to munch acorns for about another 20 minutes,before he wandered off never having known how close he was to dieing.

BTW, he had spikes as long as my index fingers.....  

[Spectre]

Originally posted by lpcjon2:
I never got into neck knives,But after being in the Marines I never go in the field without my K-bar IMO A good solid knife that you can use for everything from a hammer to a pry bar to skinning an animal.My K-bar worked great in the jungle,desert,and the mountains.Just can't think of that dangling around my neck.But I may try a small neck knife.

HooYah(Navyspeak for OOrah).
Check out TOPS knives, they are jammin.

[Doug A]

I picked up one of the GFA Eastern hunter knives and neck sheath this winter.  It was easy to sharpen, comfortable to wear and a good fit to my hand.  I have found that smaller blades can be very useful, when kept sharp, and don't handicap you as long as you know how and where to cut.  Didn't have a chance to use it on game this winter, but I am looking forward to turkey season and the fall.  My wife thinks I am crazy for wanting to wear a knife around my neck, but she doesn't understand alot of the things I do;)

[mahantango]

I too got one of G. Fred's neck knives at Denton Hill last summer. Absolutly love it. It made me a convert. Sharpens easily, takes a great edge, fairly thin blade is light weight around your neck. Cool looking, classic design. I don't go in the woods without it.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

For everyone who is afraid they will accidentally cut their hearts out:

Everyone who has accidentally cut themselves while wearing a neck knife say something (unless you accidentally cut your fingers.  

I will have a necker soon enough.  I want one with a 3" blade maybe less.

[Rob DiStefano]

i put together this neck knife with a short 2.5" helle blade and a handle i made out of red oak.  i stuck it around my neck whilst hunting hogs in south carolina and i gotta agree with ray - don't work for me dangling around, just gets in the way and it don't feel all that comfy tucked away under a shirt or jacket.  i put it in my my fanny pack or arrowmaster quiver pocket.  where it did come in handy for field dressing and later butchering the hog in my avatar pic.  :D

[Teacher_of_the_Arcane]

Rob,

What kind of leather did you use for the sheath??

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by Teacher_of_the_Arcane:
Rob,

What kind of leather did you use for the sheath??

just some cowhide i had gotten years ago from brettuns village.  about 6oz in weight.

[Overspined]

6 oz is kind of light. Mora knives come with plastic, and my uncle used to forge knives and make the sheaths and saw one of the sheaths I made. The first thing he said was I used too light of weight leather. That was a hipper so it could get pushed through, but even around the neck I would go heavier with a welt for added protection. Gotta be careful! One more thing is with a more rigid sheath, you will find that you can get it out and replace it easier as well.

[SteveB]

I don't really understand neck knives for bowhunters.

They swing out when you bend, they interfere with your binoculars, hit your bowstring, and a pocketknife will do all the things a neckknife will.
 

Add me to this list.

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

Originally posted by SteveB:
 

I don't really understand neck knives for bowhunters.

They swing out when you bend, they interfere with your binoculars, hit your bowstring, and a pocketknife will do all the things a neckknife will.
 

Add me to this list. [/b]

I read Fred Asbel's article on neck knives a while back, and while I couldn't disagree with any of his points, I still can't get into the idea of using a neck knife. There's something about hanging a knife around my neck that makes me more than a little nervous. Maybe that's because I've always prefered folding knives.

[DEATHMASTER]

The only knife a person gave me was a uncle when I was 7. It was shaped as a fish and I wore that one out. I was proud of that one.

I will keep looking Woodchuck.

Tim