Favorite knives...

[hokey97]

Outdoor Edge Swingblade keeps an edge like no other knife i have ever had. the gutting blade opens deer like a zipper and you wont pop the gut bag.

[PolarBear]

Got 6 Buck 110's and a Schrade version of the 110 and love them all. 

[jackelope]

Hit Ranshadow1 up on here if you want a knife that'll last.
 
I've got these 2 from him.
If I'm not packing one of them I love the Havalon Piranta Edge for field dressing, skinning, caping etc but it's not a "pretty" knife. When it gets dull, you change the blade. It's like a scalpel setup.

How much for a Havalon Piranta Edge Ranshadow1?

Rainshadow1 is a member on here who makes custom knives.

The Havalons are about $40.00 and they come with 12 blades I think. They have a website.

[lumpyd]

Thanks i sent him a message and am waiting to hear back from him

[rgalanti21]

Any buck knife!!!

[JKEEN33]

Splurged and bought myself a Steve Morseth knife last year. Can't bring myself to cut anything with it. Definitely a pass down knife.

[Cylvertip]

Spyderco Impala with guthook for skinning and most dressing work.  I field butchered my last bull entirely with this knife down to quartering,  stripping all the meat of the skeleton, and fully skinning it out and it was still razor sharp when done.    I do carry my Grayman 7.5 Pounder, just in case SHTF.  It would help with getting the backstraps out in more cleanly ( the longer blade would make it easier to do this) and will help with skinning and quartering too.

There's always a Leatherman Wave and a Victorinox Craftsman along for the ride too.  And of course pops Old Timer Muskrat, which always gets the first cut.

[TheHunt]

Some pretty nice knives that have been shown on this thread and the other tread that shows Rainshadow's knives.  There are many types of knives out there.  Such as a Sling Blade...  I watched this movie recently.


For the folks who saw Billy Bob Thornton movie Sling Blade: 

Karl: Some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a Kaiser blade.

Karl: [on the phone] Yes, ma'am. I've killed Doyle Hargraves with a lawnmower blade. Yes, ma'am, I'm right sure of it. I hit him two good whacks in the head with it. That second one just plum near cut his head in two... It's a lil' ol' white house on the corner of Vine Street and some other street. There's a pick-up truck out front that says "Doyle Hargraves Construction" on it. Doyle said besides sending the police, you might wanna send an ambulance or a "hearst". I'll be sitting here, waiting on ye.

[Helix]

I've got one of these that hangs off my belt at all times while hunting.  I like how it isn't so big it gets in the way.  seems to hold a good edge for what I've used it for but Yet to butcher a deer with it.  Maybe this weekend. 

BTW this thread needs more pics. 

[hoytem]

was my buck 110 til i lost it this year. now it's my cheap but very functional kershaw blade trader.

[jaymark6655]

With all the pictures, figured I needed to post mine.

[MDGrand]

Great Topic!

I pony'd up the dough a few years back after learning of these knives at the SCI convention in Reno...

Diamond Blade:
http://www.diamondbladeknives.com/index.asp

Made the cover of F&S:

http://www.diamondbladeknives.com/news.asp?id=1

Personal experience....

BAR NONE.. the sharpest knife and will hold its edge longer and better than even hand made knives. The technology put into these things are rediculous..

I handed my knife to a recent outfitter who was skinning and quartering 3 elk and he came back to me and offered to buy it on the spot.. telling me, its the ONLY knife he has ever used that did not need resharpening durring skinning.

So.. if you really want the last knife you will ever need for hunting and want to pass it down to the kids.. this is it.

PRICEY.. but worth it.

I recommend the Summit seen here:

[Helix]

I have this Helle fjellmann for sale on classifieds for $50.00 + shipping.  Great blade high-carbon steel core with stainless laminated over it.