Better game knife, Buck 105/103 pro vs Kabar Becker BK62

The hollow grind on the Buck 103 will run circles around the full-flat grind on the BK62 for processing and skinning game. I’m a big fan of the Buck 100 series for hunting and fishing.

I own the BK62 and it’s a great knife, but it’s much better suited processing wood or doing camp kitchen duty. Same with the 104. Great knife that I love, but much better suited as an all around camp knife.

I’d personally take a look at the Buck 105 for processing small game (or even the 102 for fish and really small game). The 113 would be a solid choice in my opinion too.
 
Fixall Fixall is correct on all points. The 105 is about the ideal small fame knife.

I personally prefer the 121 it’s longer and thinner, and out of production.

The 103 is a great skinning knife, but like all dedicated skinners, it is not an ideal “only knife.”

I hope this doesn’t reflect badly on the BK62. I love mine, great all around knife, just not the best small game knife.
 
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Joshua Bartosiewicz said:
Where did you get the sheath?
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I tried to post a picture but I have the hardest time getting photos to post here.

This is a link to the sales thread that show the knives and sheath:

Buck 103 &105 Prototype Micarta knives and custom leather sheath.

I bought 3 each of the 103 and 105 Micarta models to sell with a two up sheath. They are fantastic knives with awesome Micarta handles. They come in the factory boxes with factory leather sheaths. Im putting them in a custom two knife sheath kinda like the old sets Buck used to offer. A good...
www.bladeforums.com www.bladeforums.com
 
Well, I've got all three and if given the choice, I would pick the Blade Blade Forums default answer: ALL THREE.

My 103 and 105 are the older ones which I seem to have a very hard time sharpening but, when sharp, do a splendid job of field dressing and skinning. I'm a carbon steel fan (and Beckerhead) and really like the BK62 (or BK 15, 16 or 17) more than the other two choices but the Kephart's shape is not as well targeted for game processing even though it is a great all-around outdoor knife for, besides your intended uses, slicing pepperoni and cheese at deer camp as well as the general outdoor tasks we hunters call upon a knife to perform in addition to (and sometimes more often than) game processing.

Not to derail the thread or to go beyond the OP's choices, but anymore I use a Cold Steel Master Hunter for field dressing and skinning.

Looking back at my years and years of hunting, I think I've done more deer, small game and fowl with a Buck 110 than all of the others combined, but a fixed blade is just a better choice - truth be told.
 
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With the knife choices given and tasks stated, the 105 would be the choice ”for me.” The BK62 is a dedicated bush-crafting knife and the 103 is a short wide bladed skinner. The 105 is a superb all around hunting blade and is very good at processing small and large game. Are there better knives with better steels and handles out there? Up to you to decide, but the Buck 105 (and 110) have processed their fair share of game over the years and remain largely unchanged.

I have skinned and quartered a whitetail deer with the karda from my HI Bonecutter kukri so I understand that any knife “could” be used to process game, and in the case of the BK62 would probably do a decent job. But I would choose the 105 for the tasks listed.
 
Joshua Bartosiewicz said:
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guess the question is then, which is the better camp knife? Bk62 or 105? If it's 105-- than it's the better knife overall.
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I much prefer the stoutness and height of the blade on the BK62 for chores around the camp.
 
Joshua Bartosiewicz said:
Do you have any examples of stuff you like to do with it? I imagine that hollow will handle camp work great no?
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Basically anything involving wood or food prep and I prefer the BK62. Whether that be making kindling because I'm too lazy to grab the froe or hatchet, whittling hot dog sticks, or slicing potatoes for breakfast. It's also great in situations that would be considered abusing a knife, which can come up a lot while camping. The stock on the BK62 is about 25% thicker than the Buck 105 on top of having a more robust grind.
 
Fixall said:
Basically anything involving wood or food prep and I prefer the BK62. Whether that be making kindling because I'm too lazy to grab the froe or hatchet, whittling hot dog sticks, or slicing potatoes for breakfast. It's also great in situations that would be considered abusing a knife, which can come up a lot while camping. The stock on the BK62 is about 25% thicker than the Buck 105 on top of having a more robust grind.
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Well said!!!
 
Fixall said:
Basically anything involving wood or food prep and I prefer the BK62. Whether that be making kindling because I'm too lazy to grab the froe or hatchet, whittling hot dog sticks, or slicing potatoes for breakfast. It's also great in situations that would be considered abusing a knife, which can come up a lot while camping. The stock on the BK62 is about 25% thicker than the Buck 105 on top of having a more robust grind.
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I have a better feeling a buck 104 campodre might be the of all!
 
Joshua Bartosiewicz said:
I have a better feeling a buck 104 campodre might be the of all!
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I'm not too sure about that... The 104 has .15" thick blade stock which I think would be pretty thick for a game knife. I don't know how the hollow-grind on those performs though to be honest. The two Buck 104's that I own are both limited editions with full-flat grinds instead of the hollow-grind.
 
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