Dexter Russell - Vegetable Utility knife as a hunting knfie

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evbouret

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Just ordered the Dexter Russell vegetable utility knife. Anyone have any experience with this knife? I love the DR steel and hope it'd make a great lightweight backpacking hunting knife for only 10$.

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I worked in a kitchen all four of my undergrad years. There were quite a few Dexter Russells floating around, including knives similar to the one in the OP. They seemed very durable and took a lot of abuse and seemed to do the job even after second-rate resharpening.
 
Hi,

If you like the blade and handle shape and the steel makes you happy, then it really doesn't matter what they call it. Or what somebody else thinks it should be used for.

dalee
 
received this blade today. Came with an optional plastic mora type sheath for an extra 3$ or something. I will be buying some leather to make some proper clothes for the knife. I set my edge on my diamond stones, then polished on my arkansas stones and hit the green compound on the strop for a few strokes. The thing is like a scalpel.

Very lightweight, great blade shape for hunting. Very thin blade that tapers even thinner about 1/2 way to the point. I am going to chop about 3/4" off the back of the handle to reduce the size a bit. I'll let you know how it goes on its first pig.
 
i also spent several yrs in kitchens while in school & the dexter knives gave good performance,another sleeper is old hickory. if you hit the big time check out F.Dick butcher & food processing knives. many people could do a lot worst for lite users in the boonies.
 
It is refreshing to read someone using good, common sense and all in picking out just a fine knife to use for your stated purposes. So many people won't do either of those tasks without a massive, expensive, 'tactical' knife that would be more at home in a Rambo movie than in any kinda actually use. I really salute you.
 
Thanks OldKnife, I try to keep things reasonable and realistic. I only own a few knives, and those I do own are used frequently. I also carry a machete on my belt, so any heavy cutting or chopping will be done with the knife that is made for the job. The Dexter is just for slicing.

The Dexter outperformed my Bark River Woodsman Special with leaps and bounds. The paper thin blade really makes skinning a breeze. I will be buying about 4 more of these blades. Best skinning knife I have used so far. A little rough in finish, but good steel and a good blade shape/geometry for hunting.


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People would be really surprised on how well some of the smaller kitchen knives work in the field. I used to use paring knives for years as my small field blades.
 
evbouret said:
Thanks OldKnife, I try to keep things reasonable and realistic. I only own a few knives, and those I do own are used frequently. I also carry a machete on my belt, so any heavy cutting or chopping will be done with the knife that is made for the job. The Dexter is just for slicing.

The Dexter outperformed my Bark River Woodsman Special with leaps and bounds. The paper thin blade really makes skinning a breeze. I will be buying about 4 more of these blades. Best skinning knife I have used so far. A little rough in finish, but good steel and a good blade shape/geometry for hunting.


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Oh man there's some carnitas ! :) Nice pig and interesting/economical choice of a knife , I'm sure it will work like a champ.

My Mom gave me a Chinese made paring knife , the handle shape and blade shape made it look ready for the trail , it takes and holds a nice edge. It looked a lot like the Cold Steel kitchen classic paring knife , same style anyway.
I use it when I'm fishing , works like a champ.


Thanks for sharing !


Tostig
 
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