Bird n trouts or small utility knives, show please

Mikael W · Dec 12, 2015

I like this thread a lot. Bird & Trout can be viewed in many ways, but I see it as a lightweight thin bladed prep knife that you can take with you anywhere. Also, it should look good!

Will, I agree and a goodlooking knife also often perform its duty's well.

It's impossible not to like a Phil Wilson knife and I hope to get one someday.
In the meantime I use what I have.

The Juni in boning & filleting.

Regards
Mikael

mutinousdoug · Dec 12, 2015

Two interpretations: An A G Russell and a Gerber Pixie

leghog · Dec 13, 2015

mutinousdoug said:
Two interpretations: An A G Russell and a Gerber Pixie

For about ten years, I had the AG Russell Woodswalker like yours on the left. It now resides with a friend in NW Washington. It's a good bird knife but falls short for trout/fish.

leghog · Dec 13, 2015

rpttrsn said:
Bird & Trout by: Edmund Davidson 2 3/4" blade of ATS-34 Rc 60, Black & Red Micarta w/Red Plastic liner.

Now that appears to be a great knife for the purpose. I like it.

mutinousdoug · Dec 13, 2015

leghog said:
For about ten years, I had the AG Russell Woodswalker like yours on the left. It now resides with a friend in NW Washington. It's a good bird knife but falls short for trout/fish.

The Pixie gets the lions share of work on the 13-16" trout in the little streams I fish. The Woodswalker is more of a paring knife.

hunterjrg · Dec 13, 2015

Bark River B&T in Elmax. Just a fantastic knife.

cbach8tw · Dec 13, 2015

Great responses, I have enjoyed all the knives.

link2derek · Dec 13, 2015

L.T. Wright makes some excellent smaller models:

Patriot:

Great Plainsman:

Coyote:

Bark River makes several as well:

Mini NorthStar:

Large Necker:

Bumble Bee:

Those are two brands definitely worth checking out if you haven't already...

Mannlicher · Dec 13, 2015

My design, made by Tim Olt. S30V and Camel Bone. For me, it's the best small utility fixed blade out there.

The Zieg · Dec 14, 2015

Will Power said:
Do I see a Tapio Wirkkala puukko there?

Yep. Bought from Leichtung catlogue in 1983. First real knife I ever bought. It's been on all my travels in Europe and North America. I have another unused/unsharpened just for the collection.

Zieg

Will Power · Dec 14, 2015

Zieg Great taste, and lucky you having a back-up collectible. Even though I am in Finland, you can't find those Wirkkala knives anymore :grumpy: most were exported to N.America I believe.

Mikael Nice fish you are preparing there, a fine meal beckons!

Queen Cutlery does a neat B&T type knife in D2 in their Amber Carved Bone Stag scales. Pattern No.73.

cbach8tw · Dec 15, 2015

Thanks everyone, great stuff.

The Zieg · Dec 15, 2015

Will Power said:
Zieg Great taste, and lucky you having a back-up collectible. Even though I am in Finland, you can't find those Wirkkala knives anymore :grumpy: most were exported to N.America I believe.

They still appear on eBay for around $150 to $200, but I am about to retire it in favor of a classic puukko design by Malanika, bought here on BFC (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1350300-Puukko). The edge on this Wirkkala knife just isn't holding up to the work I'm putting it through. After years of use with a moderately sharp blade, I had a smith in the Seattle area work on the edge in 1998. It has had a straight-razor profile since then and will cut your eyeball just looking at it. But you can imagine how delicate the edge is now. I can steel and strop it back to perfection, and it can handle soft evergreen wood without too much damage, but the last time I opened up a rabbit, I hit a bone and it didn't feel robust enough. There will always be the risk of rolling or warping the edge. I'll see whether I can get some decent pics. Maybe it's time for a thread just on this knife.

When the Malanika knife shows up, I'll post it in this thread. I promised Danijel a review, too. Means I get to take a few rabbits to put it through its paces! Rabbits, root vegetables, and red wine.

Zieg

rdrogers · Dec 15, 2015

My favorite.

cbach8tw · Dec 15, 2015

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rdrogers said:
My favorite.

Rdrogers, is that litlle knife a DP knife?

rdrogers · Dec 16, 2015

cbach8tw said:
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Rdrogers, is that litlle knife a DP knife?

That's by JK Knives.

B.F.U · Dec 16, 2015

My bird and trout. It was my first gaw win, and I've thoroughly used and enjoyed it. Not called a bird and trout by Mr. Culberson, the maker, but that's pretty much how I use it.

cbach8tw · Dec 17, 2015

Cool, that JK is knife is nice. Base in the response to this thread, I was wondering if I do a thread on my Hudson Bay knives. Keep the b n t coming.

KrisNZ · Dec 17, 2015

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REB40 · Dec 20, 2015

....Here's mine that Jarrett Fleming made for me.

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