Knife Sets

[jrebel]

The outdoor edge shown multiple times is an amazing tool to work with.

Deer or bear hunting

-  outdoor edge as pictured
-  havalon as pictured

Elk or deer back off the beat'n path

-  outdoor edge
-  Good quality fixed blade knife
-  Wyoming pack saw (the bigger model. 


Those alaskan game knives are very nice....but heavier than I like to pack.  If I had a horse or younger guy in camp to carry them, I would probably buy a set. 

[thinkingman]

If RMEF is still doing this they had a deal where you subscribe for some paltry amount for 12 months and then you get a four knife set for free made by Browning. It has a small skinner, a larger curved skinner, a general use, and then a guthook with saw serrations on the back side. All fixed blade. When I got it in the mail I was impressed. I still bring it along to this day and that set does a great job breaking down an animal. I still need/use a saw for some parts but that package works well.

I had this kit with me when I stuck an elk in 2016.
I used the guthook to unzip then all the field processing was done with my Spyderco Moran VG10 blade.
That blade was razor sharp at the conclusion.
VG10 is not fooling around.
If I were assembling my own kill kit, I would buy a Forschner/Victorinox boning knife...$30 and chef quality.

[Rob]

Outdoor edge swing blade gets my vote.

After 30 years of hauling knives around the woods looking for big game, this has been the one I have settled on.  And get it in orange!  last thing I need to do at the end of a long hunt is search for a camo blade in the dark! 

I also carry this saw:
https://www.amazon.com/Gerber-Vital-Pack-Saw-31-002741/dp/B00I9Y75NY/ref=asc_df_B00I9Y75NY/?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=&hvpos=&hvnetw=o&hvrand=&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584482458953121&psc=1

It weighs nothing and cuts easily thru the sternum or pelvis.