How Many Use FOLDERS for Hunting and Field Duties?

[YORNOC]

This may sound primitive, but I will always use a fixed blade at my side after walking into a pack of coyotes one night on the way out of the woods. They were goofing off I think, and running all around me yapping but scared me to think I was about to fight for my life.  I keep it on my waist, not in my pack. That night I had my fixed blade in hand ready for the worst in seconds. I don't think I'd be as comfortable unfolding a knife in that situation. I do keep a Buck 110 as a spare in my pack for skinning cleaning, miscell. use. if the fixed dulls up.

[Irish]

I have a Buck folder that I always have with me.  I usually cary a fix blade also, but the folder is the one that I normally use on deer.  I just like the way it feels in my hand.

[Lin Rhea]

For you guys with folders.

If you put some die sizing wax in the action of the knife, it will make it work better and offer some protection from blood and grit and make it easier to wash off. This type of wax is not bad about collecting lint. Cheap too. Lin

[ksbowman]

I have cleaned many deer with a Puma folder. I still use it mixed in with a fixed blade. The Puma has broke many a pelvic bone aided by an old Stanley thermos!

[ron w]

I am a fan of big fixed bladed knifes , but I always have a med. size folder with me. I don't leave home without one. Bucks, Gerbers, Schrade, Puma, don't matter and just like a good broadhead they are all shave'n sharp!!

[BWD]

Have sorted out a few with a Buck 110, or a Kershaw 1050, thru the years. Always pack a folding lock back fillet knife. They are excellent for reaching up in there, and taking care of those hind end jobs.

[Pepper]

I have both, usually have fixed in my pack, and folder clipped inside pocket.
They both get field use, as well as camp use.

[hova]

i havent skinned any big game , but i always have a large (7" blade) fixed on me or close at hand in case i need to improvise. i have a couple bigger sized folders i have always kept in a pocket , and i have my trusty victorinox on a paracord lanyard that is ALWAYS on me.

i like knives , but i dont buy expensive ones because i lose stuff easily. the vic was a find at my old job , and its one of the old ones , thuss the paracord lanyard.

the last knife i spent more than 50$ on was a gerber folding knife. it held an edge like i had never seen , and of course i lost it somewhere...


-hov

[Friends call me Pac]

I use my old timer 3 blade pocket knife to field dress and skin my deer.  I have a buck 110 in my pack but the little pocket knife gets all the action.

[Zradix]

I use a folder to field dress.
It is easier to fit in my pack.

[Desert Hunter]

I use both, I started carrying a Havalon folder that uses scapel blades. Very light weight and when a blade gets dull just change it out. It is great to do all the fur cuts on the animal. Then I use a fixed blade to do my quartering etc. I carry knives of alaska and a cold steel fixed blade.

[Andy Diggs]

I used a Schrade sharp finger for years, but put it away after a guy offered me a hundred bucks for it. Now I always borrow my son's Buck 110, I like a drop point, but the old Buck holds an edge longer.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I carry Both fixed and folding.. Never have enuff knives with Me when I'm in the field hunting..

[BobCo 1965]

I also use either or both depending on my mood.      

None of my regular knife blades are over 3" though and I prefer about a 2 1/2" or 2 3/4" blade for deer and smaller. My favorite folder is a Puma 2 3/4" clip blade and my favorite fixed is a blade the Jeremy made me. The Puma was "lost" for 2 years in a rutt made by an ATV on my property. Found it with a metal detector. Kind of like a needle in a haystack. I think we were made to be together.    :D

[Killdeer]

This one got new scales. It is a no-name knife, made in Italy. Takes a wicked edge. It lives in my front pocket, until hunting season, when it goes into a mini-maglight sheath. I carry a Buck Vanguard in my pack for other, heavier work. This one opens up a deer just fine, though, and is a whiz on squirrels.

 

 

Killdeer  

[Kevin Dill]

Great thread!

My whitetail go-to blade is a Buck Crosslock (by Cabela's) Alaskan Guide. I use all 3 of its tools, & it is perfect on deer. Cleans easily too.

For bigger game, I've come to love my Spyderco fixed blade Bill Moran drop point. Completely 100% about function and sharpness. I'm also currently looking at a Cutco 5718H drop point. These knives have a blistering-sharp double serrated edge, and are reputed to be one of the best big game knives in existence. Cutco resharpens them forever...for life...for free!

For me, knives and bows are the same. Part tool, part art, part love. I like having some of each in my knife. I'm a wanderer though; no knife or bow is going to stay with me forever.

[GingivitisKahn]

I like folders (SAK small blade) for small game and while I'm dead certain they are effective for big game, the goop and clean-up makes me choose a fixed blade for bigger stuff.

This would be an even better thread with more pics.  Where are all the blood covered Buck 100s?  :D

[tecum-tha]

Well. I used to use an old german army pocket knife. After Victorinox came out with their new locking folders, that is all I use. One in the pocket, one in the pack. One morning I had to dress 4 deer with them. No problems. The locking mechanism makes a big difference in safety.
The models I use are Trailmaster and Rucksack.
The locking mechanism is slightly different. The trailmaster has the better mechanism in my opinion.   http://www.victorinox.com/category/1/100/1004

[guspup]

Folders

[frank bullitt]

Yep, love 'em all! My Pumas have had alot of use over the years. Schrades, Cases, too!

Love of "Real Bowhunting" and knives go hand in hand!

Heck, we carry some of the best steel with us in the woods, Broadheads! I field dressed a deer and squirrels with a Bear Razorhead just to say  I could!