Best Busse as a dedicated Skinner?

BePrepared

BePrepared

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what model would you recommend as a skinner based on blade shape and size.

I'm the furthest thing from an expert, but it looks like I'm getting myself a Gladius, and i want it to have a little friend :)
 
Wow, a Gladius to pair with a skinner? Are you hunting titans and cyclopses for their hides? :eek::D

I'm pretty sure the MUK will come up. However the trailing point knives seem comfortable to use as skinners to me because of that trailing point and how you can almost "cut with your finger" by resting your index finger on the spine up to the tip.
 
LOL no sir. The Gladius is gonna be my SHTF blade... it's my grail blade.


the skinner is a practical thing
 
any one of these will work.
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Haven't had the opportunity to use my Hog Muk on game yet, but that would be my choice. I want to check out the Drop Point Hunter as a caper .
 
the first is a busse muck, second is the scrap muck, third is a busse pork belly skinner. the pork belly is also one of my all time favorite busse's. they all skin very well, the pork belly is the best at gutting and skinning. the reason is when opening the gut you can rest you finger in the dip at the tip of the blade. this act's as abuffer so you don't pierce the gut. now when it come's to start to finish on breaking down game. the muck's prove to be better suited for this. mostly because of the blade length, and shape. it 's a little eaiser to cut the meat into steak's and from the bone with them.
 
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BePrepared- I am in Austin and have a CABS with custom scales I use for hunting. I am more than willing to let you fondle it one day next week during lunch if you are interested PM me. I think the CABS is the perfect size for 95% of the task I do with a blade. So far it has been great at cleaning hogs and deer.
 
This is an excellent thread topic. I've been drooling over the Hog Muk for quite some time now and can assume by design it would make a great skinner as well as the Scrap Yard's Muk. I just have to pull the trigger on getting one on the second hand market. We all know how Busse knives perform in chopping and woods werkin, but i've often wondered the same thing as to game cleaning/skinning/processing performance. It would be great to see Jerry and the gang run a line up of knives more geared for that type of performance ;). Last year while cleaning out four deer with my buddy, it occurred to me that I have tons of custom knives, Busse being the majority and favorites, but nothing besides my Dozier dedicated for processing game! While I could probably get any of my Busse knives to work OK, having something dedicated would be ideal (besides the muk anyway). A special run of game knives is just what Busse needs!!!! By the way, my buddy was using a buck skinner and it held its' own on those two deer of his in regards to skinning. The Busse/Scrap Muk will certainly skin any game animal with ease, but in my experience, processing that game requires something diferrent. Any thoughts?

Sorry to take this meandering slightly off topic, but something I've been wondering as well.
 
The ones that uyotg posted above look pretty good to me, although I would have a slight preference for the drop point over the other. However, my strong preference for dressing, skinning, and quartering deer is a caping knife. As such, my preference for a Busse blade would be a cultelus. I find a preponderance of belly (like in the pork belly skinner) to be a decided hindrance when skinning. Also, I use my index finger as a guide to prevent poking the gut when opening the carcass. Really, there isn't much knife work in skinning a deer- (midline to neck, midline to anus, brisket to elbow x2, crotch to hock x2, around leg x4). Other than that there are a few cuts necessary to release the internal organs, and a few strokes will release the skin at troublesome spots. Skinning is much more pulling than cutting. But, I skin deer while they are still warm. Once they have hung for a day or two it is a whole new game getting the hide off of one.

I have a Sar5 shined (stripped the coating and mirror finished blade) and sharpened up, but I fear it is too big for my tastes and I will be back to my efficient- but boring- caping knife.
 
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I also recommend a MUK LE. I love mine. Very versatile.
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I have a MUK LE and a Boney Active Duty as my skinning combo. I've used many other types and brands of knives and the MUK is by far one of the best I've had for skinning large game. The convex edge changes everything.
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man, this is getting harder :P

i love the look of that game warden, but the shape of the MUK LE is pretty much ideal for a skinner
 
Skinny Basic 4 - prob will do skinning just fine , and a lot of other things as well :thumbup::D:)

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I haven't been able to use my MUK LE for skinning yet, but it cuts like a laser and is very comfortable.
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I gotta put a vote in for the AD. It has been my go to for the last 3-4 years and works well also.
 
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