shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
I haven't bought one for several years, and think Mike Stewart is producing a lot of models for the collector market these days; but if yours is as good as mine all were, I think you'll be pleased.
Knife question
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I haven't bought one for several years, and think Mike Stewart is producing a lot of models for the collector market these days; but if yours is as good as mine all were, I think you'll be pleased.
LouisianaJoe
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A great knife for what you want to can be had for less than $20.
I recently bought this:Amazon.com : Morakniv Companion Fixed Blade Outdoor Knife with Sandvik Carbon Steel Blade, Military Green, 4.1-Inch : Hunting Fixed Blade Knives : Sports & Outdoors@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31RSOV7Bn4L.@@AMEPARAM@@31RSOV7Bn4L
Razor sharp and easy to resharpen. Even if you lose it, you are not out much.
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Texas Star
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I'm not on Ruger.com, but have posted on the Ruger.net board about this. It just baffles me that people can't spell a simple word like, "knives."
BTW, we have a good topic going there now about Swiss Army knives, with some good pics. I also posted a video there about the Alox-handled models.
Smith357
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Tanto blades are pretty much worthless for camp duty and dressing game, they are great if you need to punch holes in oil drums or car hoods but not much else, the tanto style is a ninja wannabe fad thing. For the tasks you describe I wound want a knife with a thin blade and a good belly for slicing and skinning. This sort of blade will also perform most basic camp duties cooking and light cutting. If I were to limit myself to just one blade it would be a Green River style trade knife with a good carbon steel blade this style of knife has proven itself in the field since the French and British started trading them to the indigenous people here in America.
How about The Swedish standard hunting knife.
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BearBio
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The green rivers are good, also. They need to be sharpened frequently but sharpen real easily. I've butchered one elk with one, including skinning. I'm making two right now for re-enacting=one birdseye maple and one with buffalo horn.
A good drop point will do anything you want ( except maybe fillet as that takes a more specialized knife)
As others have said. A smaller knife is more versatile than a larger one.
These are various sized versions hand made by Geno Denning (Caveman Engineering) who was a student of George Herron and patterned his knives after Herron's.
The largest is a Caribou and is actually too large for general use. the middle one is the GM model ( Georges model) is a great all round knife size but my favorite is the smallest = a Mini GM handle materials are desert ironwood or stag.
As others have said. A smaller knife is more versatile than a larger one.
These are various sized versions hand made by Geno Denning (Caveman Engineering) who was a student of George Herron and patterned his knives after Herron's.
The largest is a Caribou and is actually too large for general use. the middle one is the GM model ( Georges model) is a great all round knife size but my favorite is the smallest = a Mini GM handle materials are desert ironwood or stag.
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I prefer a drop point, not too large. My daily carry is a Kershaw Leek, 3" blade, a black (?) finish that is really tough, and it has great steel that takes an edge and keeps an edge. Although I don't hunt any longer, I would have tackled game up to a deer for "most" dressing chores. Fish fileting is different, it takes a thin flexible "sharp" blade about 6" long.
I usually carry two niveses when I'm hiking, one a utility/skinner type with a 3"or so blade (usually a folder made with good steel) and a Bowie that has a multitude of uses (splitting wood, splitting trees, splitting bears, etc.). This may be thread drift, but what type of nive would be best for bear defense??
Oh, and TS.........
Don't feed he under-educated............It isn't funny
LouisianaJoe
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Years ago when I was in my muzzleloader phase, I made a couple of Knives from Green River Buffalo blades. I gave one of them to a cousin that had suffered a stroke and lost the use of her right arm. Using the knife in her left hand, she was able to cut food by rolling the blade onto the food. This would be a good camp knife today and there are web sights that sell the knives today, Just blades or complete knives.
Marshwheeling
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Thus inspired, I just ordered one off Amazon. Under 30 bucks? More like fifteen.
I have been looking a these for some time, but never pulled the trigger. Sometimes an informative post and a good stiff cocktail are all it takes to set off a shopping frenzy.
Marshwheeling
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Years ago when I was in my muzzleloader phase, I made a couple of Knives from Green River Buffalo blades. I gave one of them to a cousin that had suffered a stroke and lost the use of her right arm. Using the knife in her left hand, she was able to cut food by rolling the blade onto the food. This would be a good camp knife today and there are web sights that sell the knives today, Just blades or complete knives.
I found a blade of this pattern among my Pop's extensive selection of kitchen knives. Not nearly as pretty as this example, with a carbon steel blade. It has become my wife's favorite for cutting up vegetables. She brings it to me about three times a month for sharpening. I wish she would learn to quit leaving it in a sink full of dishwater.
Intheshop
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Here.......we use three cutting tools for field game care,to include skinning.
An absolutely razor sharp hatchet.A drop point 3-4" folder.And what I call a "bird knife",its a 5-6" thin blade,but not near as flexible as a filet knife.
An absolutely razor sharp hatchet.A drop point 3-4" folder.And what I call a "bird knife",its a 5-6" thin blade,but not near as flexible as a filet knife.
hangnoose
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KNIVES
I appreciate a good Knife but don't want to spend more for my knife than for a gun. and BTW spellcheck spells them KNIFE also. several good ones for under 20$. I usually carry a pocket folder daily, the Kershaw leek is excellent. I prefer a thin blade, it disappears in your pocket as well as thin air, I'm on my third one now and have painted the handle orange. the classic Schrade sharpfinger used to go for 8$. I also use/like Gerbers fixed blade 3 1/2" drop point at wallmart for 17$ recently bought 2 and tape them to my daypacks. a trick to keep a sheath knife in the sheath is to tie a piece of thin diameter bunji cord through the belt loop and a tight overhand knot around the top of handle. the knot is easy to grab and slip up and off the top of the knife handle and the usual snap closer to the blade (that vines tend to unsnap) is a backup. my favorite that is still in use whenever I do ANY hunting/fishing is a Gerber trout and bird knife with a very thin 2 3/4" stainless blade on a neck lanyard, although much smaller now from sharpening is still going strong since 1975.
I appreciate a good Knife but don't want to spend more for my knife than for a gun. and BTW spellcheck spells them KNIFE also. several good ones for under 20$. I usually carry a pocket folder daily, the Kershaw leek is excellent. I prefer a thin blade, it disappears in your pocket as well as thin air, I'm on my third one now and have painted the handle orange. the classic Schrade sharpfinger used to go for 8$. I also use/like Gerbers fixed blade 3 1/2" drop point at wallmart for 17$ recently bought 2 and tape them to my daypacks. a trick to keep a sheath knife in the sheath is to tie a piece of thin diameter bunji cord through the belt loop and a tight overhand knot around the top of handle. the knot is easy to grab and slip up and off the top of the knife handle and the usual snap closer to the blade (that vines tend to unsnap) is a backup. my favorite that is still in use whenever I do ANY hunting/fishing is a Gerber trout and bird knife with a very thin 2 3/4" stainless blade on a neck lanyard, although much smaller now from sharpening is still going strong since 1975.
No flame, but I think there's a slight misunderstanding. Those who type "knifes" are trying, quite successfully, I might add, to spell a plural of knife which rhymes with "wife's." Others, who type "knives" are trying to spell a plural of knife which rhymes with "wives." It probably depends on whether the wife in question is possessive or, perhaps in Utah, plural.
AFAIK, neither knive nor wive is a word.
BearBio
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That was sorta a semi-private joke between Texas Star and myself==I was reamed because I sent a private message to someone on the Ruger forum about an (almost) unintelligible post and he took it public. Texas sent me a sympathetic PM.
BTW= I got my Bark River on Saturday ==about 3 (?) day delivery from Knives-Ship-Free. The sheepshorn handles on both the knife and firestarter match my OM Blackhawk 41 VERY well. I'll post pics later.
I cannot order this nife. If you look carefully on the Amazon page, it says NOT FOR MORONS. For real.
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LouisianaJoe
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I cannot order this nife. If you look carefully on the Amazon page, it says NOT FOR MORONS. For real.
You do not have to admit it! I did not.
CAJUNLAWYER
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90% of the time I carry a Swiss Army knife either a tinkerer or huntsman . The only special purpose knift I have and use boating is the Meyerchin folding rigging knife with marlinspike. They've screwed it up and now sell the second generation. My first generation is reg'lar old stainless steel 
Ditto with the dive/rescue knife I keep on the boat
All in all though I like the sheepsfoot style blade for rope work and it does a passible good job cleaning waterfowl as well.
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Ditto with the dive/rescue knife I keep on the boatAll in all though I like the sheepsfoot style blade for rope work and it does a passible good job cleaning waterfowl as well.
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