Finger hole knives? Any Good ones?

[Korean Hog]

I had the chance to get one of these the other day. The company offered to send me one but I dont need any more knives and its not my style but might be right up your alley. I was kinda surprised to see its s35vn. From the guys at KORE belts. They make awesome belts but I have no idea who does the knife for them...id be shocked if it was actually made by them.

Looks like KORE Belts teamed up with Toor Knives to make these blades.
I checked out Toor Knives as well and they seem to have quite a few knives with finger holes
that look good, but again, I just found them on Google, haven't tested one myself.

 

[kvaughn]

Retention is one of the primary reasons the feature has been included in knives. Think of a hunter with his hand deep in a carcasse, slippery with blood. All of a sudden, he loses his grip and loses track of where the knife is. Now he is at risk of mixing his blood with the animal's. There are other reasons to include a finger hole as well.

Having gutted probably 300+ deer in my 68 years, I've never lost track of a knife in an animal no matter what the knife was. A lot of that work was done with a Case Trapper.

 

[bubbaskyjacker]

Flagrant beard havoc - 99 percent sure it’s made by tops knives

 

[David Mary]

Having gutted probably 300+ deer in my 68 years, I've never lost track of a knife in an animal no matter what the knife was. A lot of that work was done with a Case Trapper.

Good thing I didn't say "think of kvaughn with his hand deep in a carcasse" or I'd have really put my foot in it.

 

[DangerZone98]

My only experience is with Fred Perrin's handmade "Griffe" pattern, of which I have a couple.

To my thinking it's a very useful little knife in its niche, but the secret, imho, is the short blade in order to avoid any kind of leverage which might result in broken bones or a degloving injury.

Handy little knife. Would’ve been nice though if the blade was a tad longer and had a saber grind instead of that chisel grind. Other than those, good design.

 

[Londinium Armoury]

I always thought the Israeli Ari B Lilah looked pretty cool.

 

[Blues]

Handy little knife. Would’ve been nice though if the blade was a tad longer and had a saber grind instead of that chisel grind. Other than those, good design.

I have one that is "v" ground that Fred took off his neck in Paris and gave me as a gift. (His "Tribal" Griffe. Hand forged.)

And the other, larger, tanto style griffe, a rarity from Fred, I picked up at Laci Szabo's place when we were both living in Miami.

Forgive the very old, bad images:

 

[DangerZone98]

I have one that is "v" ground that Fred took off his neck in Paris and gave me as a gift. (His "Tribal" Griffe. Hand forged.)

And the other, larger, tanto style griffe, a rarity from Fred, I picked up at Laci Szabo's place when we were both living in Miami.

Forgive the very old, bad images:

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The bottom one looks great! The La Griffe my Father owns is the Emerson chisel grind version.

 

[Blues]

The bottom one looks great! The La Griffe my Father owns is the Emerson chisel grind version.

It is a great piece. Acid etched and differentially heat treated. Light but capable.

The "Tribal" griffe is also awesome, it's just a terrible image that got messed up after editing and resizing years ago...someday I'll update it.

 

[kvaughn]

Good thing I didn't say "think of kvaughn with his hand deep in a carcasse" or I'd have really put my foot in it.

I worked for a family friend who had a Texas hunting guide business in the fall when I was young. Very few city hunters wanted or knew how to gut a deer. The skinning was usually done by the processor. Then I've killed more than a few myself.

 

[David Mary]

finger hole knives

Okay, well since we're on that topic, here's another one!