Buck folder with saw blade???

chickentrax

chickentrax

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Has Buck ever made a folding knife with a bone saw blade??? I would have thought that a two-blade folder with a blade for field dressing and a bone saw would be a good seller for hunters...Like the German "Bonsa" knives, with the saw, blade, and corkscrew (I haven't figured out what you hunters do to a deer with a corkscrew...do I really want to know??? :eek: ).

When you field dress, do you need to cut any bones??? Would, say, a 2-blade Buck 110 with a clip-point blade and a bone saw blade be something hunters would beat a path to Buck's door for??? :confused:

I'm just wondering...I don't like venison (I love rabbit!), and there isn't any other big game around here...so I really don't know...
 
I'm a deer hunter and I can't think of a reason for a bone saw in the bush. You can cut through the joints to shorten limbs for transport, etc. I carry a small wood saw as do many but that's for cutting brush or small poles.
A bone saw is only required during the butchering. Nice try though! ;-)

My favorite field dressing knife for deer is the 118 and a couple of them are carried in my hunt camp. It's a tad small for moose though and probably for elk. A larger version would be nice.
 
Trax,

When field dressing big game, the pelvic bone needs to be cut and the sternum to allow the body cavity to be emptied and to cool.

I have tried to use a knife sized saw(3"-4") but find that it is to small and carry a folding saw that's about 6''. Not saying that it can't be done...but the larger saw makes for easier work and there is usually a long drag:grumpy: after the field dressing is finished.

Preston
 
I've never heard of the Crosslock (I'm a noob!) :p

Do you know the model number???

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I emailed a guy on eBay some time back who had a Bonsa w/two blades [one a saw] + corkscrew; and he said German folding hunting knives typically have a bone saw. Their hunting knives are smaller than ours, and their game too, I suppose [Springbok are small], so maybe a 4" bone saw would be appropriate??? :confused:

One of the girls I work with raises & shows horses; I showed her a pic from the auction, she said that type of knife is a "farrier's knife", used to clean hooves, and she has several of them...

...???... :confused:

(I didn't win the auction, BTW) :grumpy:
 
CT - in the '05 catalog, so they should still be on the web site , Model # 183 - Alpha Crosslock PBS (Portable Butcher Shop) in Gun Metal Gray or Camo - dual blades - modified Spear Point on one - Gut hook and crosscut saw on the other....

Prior to the Alpha Crosslock - they had a similiar knife just known as a Crosslock that had pretty much the same blade combination. They also had a version of the Crosslock with a single fully serated blade for river rafters, and a dual blade version (similiar to the current Rescue Crosslock Series) with a modified gut hook they called a seat belt cutter.

And in reading your post again, in the back of my mind I seem to remember a versison of the older Crosslock that actaully had a hoofpick on the second blade....
 
I've used a Wenger SAK with a saw blade, I keep in my truck, to cut the skull plates on a couple of road kills:) I don't think I'd care to use something that small on the pelvic bone of an elk or moose.

Chickentrax:
(I haven't figured out what you hunters do to a deer with a corkscrew...do I really want to know??? ).
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I think most european hunting knives have the corkscrew to open a bottle to celebrate the kill:D
I find the small saw blade on a knife most useful for cutting small branches off trees while hunting.
 
Scott Hartman said:
I think most european hunting knives have the corkscrew to open a bottle to celebrate the kill:D
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After using the other blades to cut open and dress the game??? You'd put that on the neck of your drink??? :eek: :eek: :eek:

Gypsy9590 mentioned a "hoofpick"...Is that what the corkscrew is???
 
chickentrax said:
Gypsy9590 mentioned a "hoofpick"...Is that what the corkscrew is???
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Nooooo - a corkscrew is just that - to open a bottle of wine. A hoof pick is a tool used by ranchers and horse owners to pick stones out of the horses hooves or from under the horseshoes.
 
The Crosslock with the seatbelt cutter was called the Deputy. There was definitely one with a hoof pick but I can't recall the name right now.
 
That's what I thought it was Scott, but searching on Google didn't find it for me. I tried today putting in "Buck with hoof pick" and found it as the Buck Horseman. Here's the listing from the guy who has one for sale.

BU2341 BUCK HORSEMAN (MODEL 180HM), CROSSLOCK, SAME FEATURES AS BU2323, EXCEPT HAS PARTIALLY SERRATED DROP POINT BLADE & HOOF PICK BLADE, 5" CLOSED.

He's got it for $46, he also has a Deputy and some other ones that are discontinued. Here's his site http://www.fwknifesales.com/buck.htm
if anyone's interested.

His site doesn't have a photo, but I found one at this site: http://images.google.com/imgres?img...hs=k2Q&lr=&rls=DELA,DELA:2005-51,DELA:en&sa=N

If my limited knowledge is correct, that there is an Italian site. I always wanted to learn Italian, this may be the way to start!
 
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