Hunting knives

Tackleberrywho

http://cgi.ebay.com/144-finn-custom-handmade-damascus-bowie-knife_W0QQitemZ200482036708QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:US:101#ht_7053wt_1137


I'm just wondering what hunters use as their knife of choice. I have a small collection of knives. I found this one this morning on E-bay. Possibly my next purchase.

So folks for gutting or skinning what is your favorite knife?

Jonty

That yoke is a bit big and ignorant for me.


http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productID=3063

This is what I use

Tackleberrywho

Jonty wrote: »

That yoke is a bit big and ignorant for me.


http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productID=3063

This is what I use

Here is a small sample of what I have, none very expensive Spanish Andujar Bowie style, next a Coyote Knife bought by my uncle in 1964 in Canada.
Victornox Lockable multi knife
Cheap Taiwanese knife I got in Army Bargains n Mary street.
And my little Gerber

Tackleberrywho

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Here is a small sample of what I have, none very expensive Spanish Andujar Bowie style, next a Coyote Knife bought by my uncle in 1964 in Canada.
Victornox Lockable multi knife
Cheap Taiwanese knife I got in Army Bargains n Mary street.
And my little Gerber

I forgot the pic

Jonty

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I forgot the pic

The gerber is tiny? is it for skinning mice?

jwshooter

the gut hook is a disaster on a hunting knife

Jonty

http://www.oppenheimer.com.au/Catalogue/Show_567.aspx



This is what I use for butchering. I get them free off a mate who works in a meat factory.

Jonty

jwshooter wrote: »

the gut hook is a disaster on a hunting knife

I wouldn't say it was a disaster only a feature that I never use.

Tackleberrywho

Jonty wrote: »

I wouldn't say it was a disaster only a feature that I never use.

I have a separate skinner with a gut hook not in pic. Since I started using a curved blade skinning deer a few years ago I have cleaner skins.

The Gerber is tiny but skinned a rabbit last week for my mate in longford.

Anyway lads, I was hoping to see some of your knives and see what guys use.

I would love a real Bowie but at €600+ I'll do without it untl I can afford one

I have seen the cold steel imitation but I'd be after something either stag antler or buffalo horn.

Any of yee guys got any nice hunting knives?

blaserlrs2

I find the joker knife very good , Have a few ,Find them great,

daithi55

if ya fall on that knife it could go through ya
you only need a simple sharp knife i use a buck hunting knife which fold in two to hide the blade and then i have a victorinox to cut it up at home

this is what i use
http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productID=3044

Tackleberrywho

blaserlrs2 wrote: »

I find the joker knife very good , Have a few ,Find them great,

I used the swiss army knife to bleed a few deer when i forgt to bring my Bowie style knife.

I think it is good to have a sharp point to make a channel to start the cut.
The cheap Spanish bowie has kept a serious edge for years now.

I have a butchers steel and around 15 butchers knifes of different shapes and sizes too. And a butchers hacksaw which is great for going through bone.

Any preference on a hunting knife?
Blade length shape etc?

homerhop

What I have.
http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productID=3089

blaserlrs2

www.joker.es Under knives page 23 code coo6, Thats one of the jokers that i use and find it great. Just a nice size;)

Tackleberrywho

blaserlrs2 wrote: »

www.joker.es Under knives page 23 code coo6, Thats one of the jokers that i use and find it great. Just a nice size;)

Link not working??

I found them, beautiful

http://www.joker.es/home%20ingles.htm

blaserlrs2

Sorry about that ,
I find that they keep a good edge ,But more important it sharpens with ease ,
Which i find very important for a field knife,

pat58

What price are you talking about for a joker:rolleyes:

sikastag

Jaysus Tac, thats some ass of a knife. Like the Damascus pattern. Its quite inexpensive considering its Damascus?? Would love to get nice fixed blade damascus someday. I have developed a nasty habit of picking up knives when im abroad. Try to get one from everywhere I visit.

Use both of these in the field:

http://www.boraknives.com.tr/urun.php?md=76
Turkish knife. One I use most for deer.
http://www.boraknives.com.tr/urun.php?md=4
Also have this but havent put it to much use yet.

http://www.foxcutlery.com/k/it/eur/products/mma/product_search_1.html?idcategory=1&q=Colt+Campeggio
Its the fourth knive/bottom left. Got this in a small town in N. Italy called Maniago. Big knive making town. Think its the main industry. Apparently lot of the swords in Lord of the Rings films were made here. Mainly use it for our larger species of deer.

http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productid=3064
Use this lad for skinning.
http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productid=3039
Allthough would ideally like to get this.

http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productid=3044
http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productid=3047
Have both of these aswell and use them for gutting smaller species and general use really.

Have a lovely staghorn folder from Joker In Spain. Have a couple of Walthers. They are in a photo I took but havent a bulls notion how to post a pic. Have a few more including victorinox, swiss, couple of folders, just didnt have time or patience to look for them.

Tackleberrywho

daithi55 wrote: »

if ya fall on that knife it could go through ya
you only need a simple sharp knife i use a buck hunting knife which fold in two to hide the blade and then i have a victorinox to cut it up at home

this is what i use
http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productID=3044

I have several folders. And I have used them on occasion.
I just like the Bowie style.
The Coyote knife second from the top in the first pic I posted is a very old but tough folder.
http://cgi.ebay.com/4-COYOTE-LOCKBACK-POCKET-KNIFE-SHEATH-MINT-/220618127927
even see one for sale on EBAY.
It is steel blade, not stainless and solid brass and resin. Very simple but very effective.

Although any knife will cut you if you are not careful !

blaserlrs2

pat58 wrote: »

What price are you talking about for a joker:rolleyes:

Pat58,
I could not really answer that , Because there is so many models and they vary so much in price,
I have payed between 60 - 120 euro,
Hope that has being of some help,

Tackleberrywho

sikastag wrote: »

Jaysus Tac, thats some ass of a knife. Like the Damascus pattern. Its quite inexpensive considering its Damascus?? Would love to get nice fixed blade damascus someday. I have developed a nasty habit of picking up knives when im abroad. Try to get one from everywhere I visit.

Use both of these in the field:

http://www.boraknives.com.tr/urun.php?md=76
Turkish knife. One I use most for deer.
http://www.boraknives.com.tr/urun.php?md=4
Also have this but havent put it to much use yet.

http://www.foxcutlery.com/k/it/eur/products/mma/product_search_1.html?idcategory=1&q=Colt+Campeggio
Its the fourth knive/bottom left. Got this in a small town in N. Italy called Maniago. Big knive making town. Think its the main industry. Apparently lot of the swords in Lord of the Rings films were made here. Mainly use it for our larger species of deer.

http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productid=3064
Use this lad for skinning.
http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productid=3039
Allthough would ideally like to get this.

http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productid=3044
http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productid=3047
Have both of these aswell and use them for gutting smaller species and general use really.

Have a lovely staghorn folder from Joker In Spain. Have a couple of Walthers. They are in a photo I took but havent a bulls notion how to post a pic. Have a few more including victorinox, swiss, couple of folders, just didnt have time or patience to look for them.

I doubt it s real Damascus more a laser/plasma etched job.
Last Damascus knife I looked at was €800

Saying that I would still like one, I think she is a real beauty

sikastag

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I doubt it s real Damascus more a laser/plasma etched job.
Last Damascus knife I looked at was €800

Saying that I would still like one, I think she is a real beauty

Well sure if its what ya like snap it up!! And if its the real deal its a steal. It is massive though, wouldnt be my cup of tae but each to their own. Same as, was looking at lovely damscus fixed before, around 800 beans aswell, needless to say it stayed on the shelf. Someday though, someday.

blaserlrs2

There is a good few companies claiming to reproduction damascus blades at a more affordable price.
Cant see how they can do that when you think about amount of forging involved,
Damascus is usually folded up to a 1000 times , Which consists of several finer peaces of steel,
In turn giving it the grain of speckle effect,

blaserlrs2

I know its very big , But what do you think of the steel in it,

Tackleberrywho

blaserlrs2 wrote: »

There is a good few companies claiming to reproduction damascus blades at a more affordable price.
Cant see how they can do that when you think about amount of forging involved,
Damascus is usually folded up to a 1000 times , Which consists of several finer peaces of steel,
In turn giving it the grain of speckle effect,

i saw the dude off TIME Team getting a sword made before

they twisted steal rods together with heat and then hammered them flat. It was very nice but it would take a great amount of working to get the pattern shown on some of these modern knives

I saw a repo Damascus blade before where a part of the blade had no pattern, this screamed plasma etched to me. Or EDM sparking a pattern on.

blaserlrs2

In ancient times it would take a master sword smith a full year to make the perfect samurai damascus blade sword ,

Grizzly 45

Yet Japanese sword steel,is totally different to damascus.It doesnt have the traditional waves and whorls that we know.It is more symetical and uniform in patern.At least the blades I've seen.

jwshooter

blaserlrs2 wrote: »

www.joker.es Under knives page 23 code coo6, Thats one of the jokers that i use and find it great. Just a nice size;)

horrible knifes <mod snip>

cbrjohnthou

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I forgot the pic

Thats a brute of a knife Tac, more like a sword.

cbrjohnthou

Jonty wrote: »

That yoke is a bit big and ignorant for me.


http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productID=3063

This is what I use

Great knife, I bought the same one in Connolly's Red Mills in Borris last year.

juice1304

i use my Falkniven F1 it's great quality. it's laminated vg10 with a slight convex grind.

[HTML]http://www.hidegfem.eu/images/termekek/Fallkniven F1_03.jpg[/HTML]

dwighet

this is what I use for the deer...A good buddy of mine in Scotland made it for me...Its carbon 01 steel and the handle is Sambar antler...

And this is my bunny knife...I made this one..Carbon 01 steel again .

homerhop

Don't forget the knife that we all wanted!!!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055487267&highlight=sealgaires&page=53

sikastag

dwighet wrote: »

this is what I use for the deer...A good buddy of mine in Scotland made it for me...Its carbon 01 steel and the handle is Sambar antler...

And this is my bunny knife...I made this one..Carbon 01 steel again .

Two lovely knives Dwighet. Fairplay to you for making the one you use for Bunnies. No harm to let ya at it.

Tackleberrywho

Anyway, mean while back at the Ranch...........

Has anybody got any real pics of knives?
Particular older ones that have stood the test of time?

deeksofdoom

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

http://cgi.ebay.com/144-finn-custom-handmade-damascus-bowie-knife_W0QQitemZ200482036708QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:US:101#ht_7053wt_1137


I'm just wondering what hunters use as their knife of choice. I have a small collection of knives. I found this one this morning on E-bay. Possibly my next purchase.

So folks for gutting or skinning what is your favorite knife?

AFAIK you can't buy knives through ebay from the US anymore, I bought a Leatherman wave for $37 dollars a couple of years ago and tried to get another one over 12 months ago and wasn't allowed to buy it.

Tackleberrywho

deeksofdoom wrote: »

AFAIK you can't buy knives through ebay from the US anymore, I bought a Leatherman wave for $37 dollars a couple of years ago and tried to get another one over 12 months ago and wasn't allowed to buy it.

The knife was in Finland and sold in €€

I never bought knives from USA

johngalway

Back on topic folks.

blaserlrs2

Dwighet that is some tidy work , Fair play.

dwighet

blaserlrs2 wrote: »

Dwighet that is some tidy work , Fair play.

thanks.....

Grizzly 45

deeksofdoom wrote: »

AFAIK you can't buy knives through ebay from the US anymore, I bought a Leatherman wave for $37 dollars a couple of years ago and tried to get another one over 12 months ago and wasn't allowed to buy it.

Er... Yes you can...Just got one from the US a 3months ago... Cold Steel Bushman.Direct from the website.What reason did they give you ?

Hibrion

homerhop wrote: »

Don't forget the knife that we all wanted!!!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055487267&highlight=sealgaires&page=53

I use a Davy Moore damascus sealgaire :D:D:D:D:D Best knife ever. Proper damasteel is amazing. The knife holds an edge like nothing else and basically never needs sharpening!!!

I actually made a knife recently too. I'll post some picks when I'm finished the kydex sheath for it.

ghostmantra

this is mine was cheep, but a good knife all the same.:D
http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productID=3096

Hibrion

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Er... Yes you can...Just got one from the US a 3months ago... Cold Steel Bushman.Direct from the website.What reason did they give you ?

They wont let you buy a knife on ebay if you are in Ireland. I tried recently. Their policy is ridiculus, I couldn't even buy a hand made leather sheath for my buck 110 because the listing had the word 'knife' in it. Talk about ridiculous.
I got around it in the end by contacting the guy who makes them and he shipped one out to me:)

The last time I was able to buy a knife on ebay was summer 09. It was a breaking knife for work and I cant even buy another one of those!

Tackleberrywho

Hibrion wrote: »

They wont let you buy a knife on ebay if you are in Ireland. I tried recently. Their policy is ridiculus, I couldn't even buy a hand made leather sheath for my buck 110 because the listing had the word 'knife' in it. Talk about ridiculous.
I got around it in the end by contacting the guy who makes them and he shipped one out to me:)

The last time I was able to buy a knife on ebay was summer 09. It was a breaking knife for work and I cant even buy another one of those!

I could not even buy a Remington RIFLE strap

Cold steal are not that nice looking, I like a nice looking knife but that holds its edge.
I'm a big fan of leather sheath wood or bone/antler handle, with a good grip. A knife that can slip out of a wet hand or a bloody slimey hand and cut the user.

I'd love to see more hme made knives. i have a few antlers that would make perfect handles but no decent blade.

f anybody wants to donate me a blade Give me a shout!

deeksofdoom

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Er... Yes you can...Just got one from the US a 3months ago... Cold Steel Bushman.Direct from the website.What reason did they give you ?

You can't buy them via ebay, I didn't say you can't buy direct from the US. Something to do with the UK banning buying knives through ebay as that's how the chavs were getting their shanks, init!

Tackleberrywho

deeksofdoom wrote: »

You can't buy them via ebay, I didn't say you can't buy direct from the US. Something to do with the UK banning buying knives through ebay as that's how the chavs were getting their shanks, init!

I'd buy off the UK or ireland. McBride in Athlone sells Buck and Cold Steal

cbrjohnthou

dwighet wrote: »

this is what I use for the deer...A good buddy of mine in Scotland made it for me...Its carbon 01 steel and the handle is Sambar antler...

And this is my bunny knife...I made this one..Carbon 01 steel again .

Beautiful looking knife, I'd love it

Tackleberrywho

shank1 wrote: »

Beautiful looking knife, I'd love it

it is pretty, I'd be afraid with fat and blood on it that it might slip out of the hand and do one an injury, although as a general purpose knife it is very nice

cbrjohnthou

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

it is pretty, I'd be afraid with fat and blood on it that it might slip out of the hand and do one an injury, although as a general purpose knife it is very nice

Accidents happen no matter how careful you are or how well something is made. Even if the handle was made from rubber it could still slip if it had that much ****e on it. The knife is a beaut:).

Tackleberrywho

shank1 wrote: »

Accidents happen no matter how careful you are or how well something is made. Even if the handle was made from rubber it could still slip if it had that much ****e on it. The knife is a beaut:).

I only cut myself once with a knife. I learned a big lesson.
I'd still prefer a guard to stop hand sliding forward.

I worked in a meat factory years back and it was not uncommon to cut the ungloved hand which was holding the knife