Best Moras for Field Dressing?

the one that works for you great woodworker, excelent slicer, not so sure about batoning have not tried and probably wont. I used a 10$ mora that i made my own handle and fixed the sheath a little but the knife works great
 
I'm assuming that you're talking about the inexpensive Mora knives.

I like the Clipper style knives. Right blade length around 4", thin and sharp, with a good gripped handle that's nonslip. The Craftline All Around and HighQ All Around are the same style of blade with longer tangs and better handles, IMO.

Ragweed Forge also has some Mora hunting knives that are around $100 that are REALLY nice knives.
 
I would think most any of the moras would work, but field dressing big game is not their forte.
 
I like the Clipper, carbon or stainless. The grip is excellent for field dressing. The cheap sheath works well in that you can put the dirty knife back in it without worry over cleaning and clean it all up when you get home. I also like the rubber-handled Marttiini knives. I field dressed my last deer with the Marttiini Little Classic and it was excellent but a bit small in the grip, even for my small hands. They have a model that is a bit longer that would be perfect.

Joe
 
When it comes to skinning, a convex-ground Barkie (or other convex) is my ideal blade. But now a couple of months ago, I killed this wild boar:
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That day, I was carrying my Enzo Trapper, so I used that to begin the skinning process. Before long, the blade was dull, or at least not as sharp as I wanted for expediency. The only other knife I had was a Mora 510 (no longer made - see #511 now) inside the door "pocket" of my truck. I keep it razor sharp, so it performed admirably.

Again, that day I would have been happier with a BRKT Northstar and a mini-Skinner. As many Barkies as I have now, I should just keep one in the truck door alongside the Mora 510.

On edit: When I got home, I sharpened the Enzo (and Mora) and used the Enzo to bone the meat, but I used a Bravo-1 to trim the hams and other pieces. While the Enzo and Mora didn;t do poorly at skinning, I think the scandi grind might make a better boning knife. So.....convex for skinning (for me) and maybe a scandi for boning.
 
I think you may find the rocker in a 'normal' skinner, or even a fatter drop point will be useful. Something shaped more like a Buck Alpha as just one example.

I've got a Mora clipper, sharp as a razor so it would definitely cut, but it's not got much of a curve or rocker to the blade as it's narrow and pointy. The 2010 or similar profile might be better but I can't say for sure.

I used some very small/short blades for skinning deer but they all had some rocker to them which I found much easier to 'chase' between the skin and flesh as I was skinning.

I also in general didn't like a needle sharp point while skinning aside from the initial cuts because I'd punch through the skin if I was in a hurry. This in general is why I liked a razor sharp, fatter drop point or skinner profile in a short blade.

I used a Gerber Magnum LST for a ton of deer, if you look at it's profile it has a longer sweep up to the point than similar sized knives. Most of the cutting was on the rocker of that sweep. My favorite was my actual fixed skinner with about a 2.5" fat blade but oddly I'd forget it in the car etc.
 
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