cold steel pendleton hunters

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I don't truck much with Cold Steel, but I do own a few. Four to be precise: Master Hunter, Pendleton Hunter, Pendleton Mini-Hunter, and the CS stockman slipjoint.

The Master Hunter (in Carbon V) is by far my favorite, mainly because of the steel, but I do appreciate the design of the Pendleton Hunter. It has great ergonomics in my opinion, and it really is a perfectly sized blade for field dressing. The more I've hunted, the more I've realized over the years that you don't need a huge blade to dress a deer. Three to four inches is plenty, and you can get by with less.

I see now that the Pendleton comes in VG-1 (?), but I think my blade is AUS-8 if I remember right. It takes a nice edge and has been easy to sharpen. No real complaints there.

The Pendleton Mini-Hunter is tiny, moreso than it looks on the CS page in my opinion. http://www.coldsteel.com/pehu.html I laughed when I first saw mine (I bought the two Pendletons together), and the smaller knife was quickly relegated to a camp box for food prep. Sort of a "tactical" paring knife. :p I am now saving it for my son for a camp blade when he gets a little older.

You can see the bigger Pendleton here next to some other hunting knives, including the CS Master Hunter.

Hope that helps.

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The VG-1 steel versions have a very fine grain and take a very nice edge. I have used my mini-hunter for shaving. It seems to hold an edge well. The mini is, as others have said, really tini. I can only fit three fingers on its handle. It has a full flat grind which is nice. The regular pendelton hunter is a saber with hollow grinding. The Master is full flat and its 4" blade and larger handle make it the most versatile in my opinion.
 
I like the blade shape of the full-sized model; I used to carry it as my whitetail knife before I got the Master Hunter in Carbon V---that is by far the best hunting knife that Cold Steel produces. This has since been replaced by a series of BRKT belt knives, and those have lately been replaced by Doziers.

A decent knife that gets the job done, with a very useable blade shape.

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