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05-28-2020, 04:02 PM
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Found my new trout and bird knife
After a post requesting opinions on a good Trout and bird knife
http://smith-wessonforum.com/firearm...uggestion.html
I took all the opinions and qualified advice and went shopping.
Ended up with an Arno Bernard Bateleur with Giraffe bone scales.
Very happy with the look, feel and quality of the knife.
Probably a little flashy for what I intend to use it for, but when I am chasing birds with my pointers I want high quality equipment and to my eye it is a very good looking knife.
Thanks to all for their input. It was very helpful and appreciated.
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05-28-2020, 06:12 PM
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I missed your first thread otherwise I would have suggested one of these Gerbers. Of course this one is over 40 years old and I have no idea if they still make one similar. This is from the days of cast aluminum handles and the tip actually has a small dished out spoon for scraping down the inside of a trout spine, just in case your thumbnail is broken. 
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05-28-2020, 07:46 PM
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I missed your first thread otherwise I would have suggested one of these Gerbers. Of course this one is over 40 years old and I have no idea if they still make one similar. This is from the days of cast aluminum handles and the tip actually has a small dished out spoon for scraping down the inside of a trout spine, just in case your thumbnail is broken.
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I had a similar knife made by Queen some 40 yrs ago. It had a stag handle.
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05-28-2020, 07:56 PM
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Good looking knife Chukar.
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05-28-2020, 09:30 PM
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That a beautiful knife in OP I just got this one today not quite the same but
still nice and sharp.
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05-28-2020, 09:47 PM
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Beautiful knife! I like how the lanyard slide bead is anchored under a strap and snap. I can speak from experience the feeling of arriving back at camp after a day of elk hunt and an empty sheath is on your belt.
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05-28-2020, 09:56 PM
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Beautiful knife! I like how the lanyard slide bead is anchored under a strap and snap. I can speak from experience the feeling of arriving back at camp after a day of elk hunt and an empty sheath is on your belt.
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I like that feature as well, but you could take the sheath and knife, turn them upside down and shake for all you are worth for an hour and I do not believe the knife would budge.
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05-29-2020, 02:05 AM
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I missed your first thread otherwise I would have suggested one of these Gerbers. Of course this one is over 40 years old and I have no idea if they still make one similar. This is from the days of cast aluminum handles and the tip actually has a small dished out spoon for scraping down the inside of a trout spine, just in case your thumbnail is broken.
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I bought one of those Gerbers back in the 1970s. Somewhere along life's path it disappeared. 
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05-29-2020, 11:04 AM
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That is nice.
I use a Knives of Alaska Cub Bear, it is about perfect for a trout and bird knife. I use it more for trout than I do birds.
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05-29-2020, 10:20 PM
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05-29-2020, 10:27 PM
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Like that one.
Only downsides the knife I bought si I would have liked a sheath that had a horizontal belt loop instead of the vertical mode
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Very nice looking! What is the size?
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Looks like a beautiful knife - use it well!
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05-30-2020, 08:23 AM
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Good choice. Arno Bernard is (was?) a father and son operation. I have a camp knife made by the elder Bernard that has mammoth ivory scales. I can't bring myself to use it.
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05-30-2020, 08:34 AM
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Very nice looking! What is the size?
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Blade is 3.15 BS RGW handle is 3.62
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05-30-2020, 08:36 AM
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Very nice looking! What is the size?
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Blade is 3.12” and handle is 3.62”
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