Hunting knife for 100-200 bucks?

[FrankM]

Do you have any recommendations for a hunting knife around 100-200 bucks? Thanks.

P.S. If someone deletes this post like the last one, it would nice to tell me why.

[Lechwe]

Frank,

Are you looking for a knife for yourself to use or a gift for someone else? If you are looking for a working knife you can get some great quality knives in that $100 range or less. I use Case knives and have for years.

good luck

[bgbuck153]

Look up Siggma Knives ! I personally know Jim Sigg and own 2 of his knives . His knives come with a life time guarantee if you brake the blade he will replace it !! Need I say more .

[4dogs]

Your thread is still there...its over in the packs and knives classifieds.

[glass76]

Have you looked at the La Clair skinner? It is on Ron's website. It will be my next knife.

[wahoo]

look at Helle. Real nice knives.

[team fudd]

www.mlknives.com  or  www.mlkknives.com,   I think it is the latter,  anyhow I have about seven or eight of matts knives, they are great, he can even custom build you one.

[DesertDude]

puma  made in germany/spain

[GMASIUK]

You may want to take a look at Great Eastern Cutlery. GEC make's some of the finest production pocket/hunting knives in the country. They are a small shop with limited production runs. Very high quality at a good price. I carry a #73 lock back with a 1095 high carbon blade, every day.

Glen

[FrankM]

A girl I know wants some recommendations for her boyfriend. He's a hunter. So far, there's some good stuff here.

[adkmountainken]

Mat at  www.mlknives.com  is a GREAT guy and his work is TOP NOTCH!!!!

[Zbearclaw]

For what?  Skinning or field dressing in the backcountry?  Piranha havalon.

Utility hunting blade, Gerbers are made in Oregon and tough as they come.

Are you handy with a few basic tools, helle has some great blades you could make real social pretty easily.

[Gatekeeper]

Contact TG Member Skullworks (Clarence Smitherman). He is a very nice guy and does some great work. I bought a knife from him last year for $135.00. I'm very pleased with the knife he made me.

Here is a link to show some of his work.

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=110;t=003097

[COLongbow]

Two syllables....K-Bar

[adkmountainken]

good point can't beat a K Bar for price or use!

[beyondmyken]

There are many knives in that price range.  I suggest choosing a knife based on the most common purpose, ie field dressing deer or small game, woodcraft, etc.  Hard to beat a drop point blade about as long as your index finger.    I really like scandinavian style knives.

[Kenneth]

There are a lot of great knives in that price range.  I personally prefer 154CM or ATS 34 steel for a knife blade because it's fairly easy to sharpen and it really holds an edge well.

[Ron LaClair]

We've been getting very good feedback on this one.

 http://shrewbows.com/laclair_skinner/index.html

[Bryan Bondurant]

What are you looking for? A belt knife that looks and feels right in the field while your hunting traditional archery? Something more primitive with pre 1840 craftsmanship? A folding blade modern and light to hike up the side of a mountain in Alaska to cape out a goat? Something to field dress a deer with less than a mile from your truck in Texas?

The only time I like Stainless is around saltwater and then I don't really like it, just accept the practicality of it in a folder. Sure stainless is popular but so are compound and crossbows  

Just saying, there is a lot of stuff to think about when buying a knife. Recently I found a old belt knife from the 70s, maybe earlier, got it for 8 bucks and its real nice. A small belt knife in high carbon steel seems like a good match in the field for a traditional archer.

[hawk22]

knives of alaska all the way