Could you field dress a deer with a Case Peanut if you had to?

[Student762]

I skinned a sheep all over for the table with an opinel no.8 once. Not too difficult, I imagine a peanut would be capable of such a feat as well despite being small.

 

[deskil]

When I was stationed in Goose Bay, Labrador, I got caught between barracks in a white out. Tripped over a frozen polar bear. Skint the sucker out with nothing but the pop tops from a six pack of Blue Star beer i had with me and a popsicle stick I found in the bear's mouth.

 

[knarfeng]

This is not Whine & Cheese.

 

[Codger_64]

Here is the tiny knife at work on the deer. I am using it here to take the legs apart at the joints after gutting and skinning. Note that I am using a thumb or finger on the spine of the blade to reduce pressure on the pivot. All cuts are soft tissue, gutting, skinning and butchering, so the only real limitations on small blades are the depth of the cut and with a sharp blade, no other real disadvantage over a larger blade. Deeper cuts are made in multiple strokes instead of a single deep cut.

This single blade Imperial Topsy has a 1 1/2" blade of carbon steel with factory edge. My smallest knife has a 1 1/16" blade. Most often, the utility of a knife is in the knowledge and skill of the user.

 

[jackknife]

Here is the tiny knife at work on the deer. I am using it here to take the legs apart at the joints after gutting and skinning. Note that I am using a thumb or finger on the spine of the blade to reduce pressure on the pivot. All cuts are soft tissue, gutting, skinning and butchering, so the only real limitations on small blades are the depth of the cut and with a sharp blade, no other real disadvantage over a larger blade. Deeper cuts are made in multiple strokes instead of a single deep cut.

This single blade Imperial Topsy has a 1 1/2" blade of carbon steel with factory edge. My smallest knife has a 1 1/16" blade. Most often, the utility of a knife is in the knowledge and skill of the user.

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[treeshaker]

if you can do it with a piece of flint you should be able to do it with a knife.

how true..

and then the master Codger_64 appears, nothing can be added. Unreal, and professional work and photo's !! Whatever the subject, this member has the greatest answers all the time.

I was going to reply , until I saw these 2 answers, yes, you could dress a dress with anything sharp enough to break the skin. Point proven above, super post !!!

 

[jamestap]

When I get done cleaning a deer I look like I'd been in a fight with an axe murderer.

LOL, same here, and it would be even worse with a peanut since I couldn't split the sternum and would have to reach way up into the chest cavity to remove the lungs & trachea. But then, the question didn't say I couldn't use a hatchet or bone saw

Colorado guide Judd Cooney once wrote that he killed a spike elk with a bow, then realized he'd forgotten his knife, so proceeded with a razor head, which he said worked pretty well. Bear in mind that an elk must not only be dressed but skinned and quartered where it falls to prevent spoilage, so that was quite a feat.

 

[frank64]

If that was my only choice I guess I could. I would hope it was sharp.