Knives you like most in the field

[olddogrib]

Stump,
I'm with you, but I have the Izula II,which has a slightly longer handle.  I'd hate to think of all the knives I've field dressed deer with that I sold/traded,  but the little ESSE is a keeper .  I have no idea how folks go up into the chest cavity to cut the esophagus with those long blades.  Maybe the deer I kill are just too small, lol!  My second choice would be a Wyoming knife and keep one of those in my pack for paunch work.

[Stone Knife]

I like my Big Case pocket knife the best

[Dave Pagel]

My favorite all time is the Buck Ranger 112 FG for finger groove.  Unfortunately mine is somewhere near an elk gut pile in the Hoback Canyon and I can find one online.  Everyone is showing it out of stock.

D.P.

[Sean B]

I've carried my Uncle Henry LB 7 for over 28 years.  I also like to take along my Buck 110, my Case double Finn SS, and my early 1960's Bear Bowhunters Kit.

[Sean B]

Oh, I would love to get a custom someday!!  Gene Wensel did a small article in the PBS magazine a while back on his custom's. Some nice looking knives!

[michaelschwister]

I carry a randall #25 6" for mountain man stuff (Finisher/hacker/fighter) and a Swafford autumn hunter for dressing/caping/boning. I could get by with just the swafford if it had a 6" blade.......

[larcherfou]

An other knife, made by a french cutler and my bow!

 

[amar911]

A lot of what makes the perfect field knife is what you are hunting. If it is normal sized whitetail deer and smaller, I prefer a fairly small knife with a blade length of 3 1/2 inches or less. If it is Asiatic buffalo, a blade length of 4 to 5 inches with more thickness to the blade is better. For elephant and hippo, a 5 to 7 inch blade of very sturdy metal stock is nice to have, along with a good axe. Andy Ivy's custom knife is perfect for the hunting he provides in Australia. Interesting that his initials (and those of his dad, Allan Ivy) are the same as for Artificial Intelligence.     :D    My initials, A.D., are the same as for Artificial Dumbness.     :confused:    

Allan

[Last of the Breed]

My EDC, Blind Hores Knives Frontier Valley Patch.

[johnnyk71]

Originally posted by beachbowhunter:
 

Originally posted by Bisch:
I know mine does not fit in with all of you guys custom knives, but there is a reason. I am sharpening challenged and can't hardly sharpen a butter knife. My favorite knife is my Havalon Piranta. It has scalpel blades that you just replace when they get dull!

Bisch

Havalon for me too Bisch. Best skinner going. I also carry a longer Helle knife I put together for butchering/quartering elk. [/b]

i have finally admitted that i suck at sharpening anything at all as well. just picked up the new Havalon Bolt model (thicker, sturdier blades than the original). luckily, my buddy with a KME system is willing to sharpen my broad heads.


it's on my bucket list to finally learn how to sharpen stuff one day    :mad:

[tom cunningham]

I am as big a knife junkie as there is and its hard to beat a quality clip folder for a constant companion. When its time to work on an animal I use the model I used every day at work for thirty years and the one the guys at the packing houses use the most, Forschner 6" boning semi-flex blade. I could easily stop looking at anything else..but I don't.   Tom.

[Hummer3T]

Nothing beat a piranta for back packing.  light, small, easy to carry a couple extra blades.

[Altiman94]

Originally posted by beachbowhunter:
 

Originally posted by Bisch:
I know mine does not fit in with all of you guys custom knives, but there is a reason. I am sharpening challenged and can't hardly sharpen a butter knife. My favorite knife is my Havalon Piranta. It has scalpel blades that you just replace when they get dull!

Bisch

Havalon for me too Bisch. Best skinner going. I also carry a longer Helle knife I put together for butchering/quartering elk. [/b]

I am the same way (sharpening challenge) and use a havalon piranta.  The blades aren't as strong as most knives but they sure are sharp...work great for skinning.

Does anyone here like the Fred Eichler knife?  I've been eying that for a while now.

[Zbone]

White Falcon - Is that a small fire starter, or sharpening steel? ...Thanx

[John146]

My oldest brother is one of those "multi-talented" individuals that does a whole lot of things very well. He surprised me a couple of years ago with a custom knife that he made especially for me for skinning deer. Most I ever paid for a knife for hunting was $29.99. Talk about did not know what I was missing! This is my go to knife. Thanks bro!

 

[Zbone]

Oops, didn't realize this thread was that old.

[bamboo]

my vintage boy scout knife---
marbles woodcraft- boy scout model---from40's
 

[JEFF B]

every knife i own

[Wudstix]

I have a Buck Tactical folder and a CRKT Bwanna in my back pocket all the time.  The Bucklite with a camo nylon sheath that I got when I was 12.  Carry a custom skinner I got off ***********, a Mora Clipper is also always in my pack, and just started carrying a Ka-Bar BK5.      
 

[DennyK]

Buck Model 110 and Super Leatherman with saw, regular straight blade and a serrated blade.