Hunting knives opinions

[Bofire]

I have a Buck Vanguard and others, Special, 102, they sit in the safe. Have a Alaska knife set that lives in my truck for emergency. When I carry a belt type knife I carry a WR Case and sons I like a 4-5 inch blade.
Carl

[pianoman9701]

I've always carried a Buck and a Schrade until the last few years. I've also had a couple of Camillus and a couple of SOG. Wazuki made me a really nice knife that is always on my side now. I keep a Razor Lite Edge in the pack with plenty of replacement blades. I like the heavy Wazuki fixed blade in case I need to chop or for survival applications. The Razor has enough blades so that even if they do dull quickly, it doesn't matter. But the blades themselves are heavy enough so a few quick swipes with the diamond steel and they're sharp again. I can't really see the need to have anything else.

[Commando]

Do you guys think the Benchmade hidden canyon hunter would be a good knife for taking down a elk? Or is it to small?

[Duckslayer89]

Do you guys think the Benchmade hidden canyon hunter would be a good knife for taking down a elk? Or is it to small?

You could definetly clean an elk with one but deboning and everything I would want something a little bigger. I really liked that knife though. It's pretty small in person but nice and lite. Trade off I guess. They have the full line up at Sportsmans warehouse in Puyallup

[Commando]

Ibwas planning on going to the sportsman's in silverdale tomorrow. I'll give it a look. I really like this one so far.

[Commando]

Well I'm going the bark River route. I found a good deal on a bark River bravo 1.

[NW SURVEYOR]

I have used and old Schrade Scrimshaw for over 30 years for deer and elk.
It's a two balde folder taht takes a nice edge.
I have quartered out about 15 elk with it and close to 30 deer.
A couple of swipes on a diamond lap and it's good to go.
It doesn't need a sheath and works great for me.
Two blades in one easy carry package.

Before that, I used a Case two blade folder that my dad gave me in 74.
Carried that for about 12 years.
Still have it but keep it at home for sentimental reasens.

If your set on a fixed balde, can't help you.

[jbauch357]

I used to use a Buck Ergohunter in S30v but found the blade to be too short and rounded for most of the tasks I was taking on.  Now I'm using a Benchmade saddle mountain hunter and it's been perfect for field dressing and rough quartering deer.  Once back at the camp and doing actual butchering we use Victorinox and Zwilling Henckels knives.

[Night goat]

Real men use thier teeth

[Commando]

Real men use thier teeth

Tried that before, the hair kept tickling my nose making me sneeze. And I kept getting stuff stuck in my teeth. Not a fan

[theleo]

Real men use thier teeth

When a bull still has wet mud on him from wallowing, the taste can be a little off putting.

I've been packing around a double bladed Case and a Marbles Outdoorsman since my dad got them for me when I started hunting 20 years ago and I've never needed more. However My grandfather passed away about 10 years ago and I grabbed his old Buffalo skinner from his pack as a sentimental thing to have in mine, that old knife with a big curve makes short and easy work of skinning like nothing else I've had my hands on.

[Night goat]

There is a company in Alaska called Dancing Man knives, he makes his from reclaimed saw blades, so true old old skool high carbon tool steel, I've been eyeballing one of his for a while now, not the easiest to track down, but, ive seen plenty of his blades and know a guy or two up north who swear by em
http://www.dancingmanknives.com/site/60df2f819f50482380d8654ca4bdefc2/default?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdancingmanknives.com%2FAbout_the_Knives___Ulus.html#2705