Good EDC blade for farm use

I'll second the suggestion for a Myerchin. They are fantastic utility knives and one of the only suggestions that takes into account your need to clean hooves. They have what is known as a marlin spike on them and besides being a handy (yet gentle pick) for those hooves it will come in handy when working with various types of line. Case knives is also making a knife with a pick and blade that was well thought out for horsemen and is plenty robust to handle the daily rigors of farm work.
 
Yeah, I can't see a SAK for cleaning hooves or digging out bullets. The tanto blades would seem the best for that. I particularly like the CRKT M16-14SF knife. It has a full hilt as well, plus the LAWKS.

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Mooremaker, Boker make a stockman slipjoint with a leather punch. So it has two blades and a punch blade made for leather. Just throwing it out there. I just ordered the Mooremaker.
 
I am currently looking at the 672 (partial serations and D2 steel) and a benchmade/blackwater recurve knife (blade is 154CM) which do you the collective forua think would be better (and also why is D2 supposed to be such a good steel)
 
I got the BM 672 and its served me well, rather well as a matter of fact. I really appreciate everyones suggestions
 
How about a Case Equestrian's Knife in orange G-10? The G-10 handles are durable and makes it easy to locate a dropped knife. Also, it's a hoof pick and knife all in one. Can't go wrong with that.
 
i use benchmade mini griptilian 556 for EDC , good steel , first test when i got this knive is :
to the dry wood
1. skinning
2. push
3.batoning
4.filleting
5.skinning (2nd)
6.batoning (2nd)

use it to paper still good

nice knive, until now i never sharpen it, u must try

regard
 
as much as i like my "tactical" one handed folders. I gotta say a multitool would probably serve much better for you. maybe keep a lightweight tactical folder too, for when you really just need to open it and cut something fast.

but for prying/digging and all the other stuff you'll be doing... why waste the tip of the knife you'll soon break?
 
Wow - a lot of different suggestions so far.

Consider a Hogue EX-01 - you can get a 3" or 4" blade, Gmascus or Aluminum handles, and drop point or tanto. 154CM blade steel with a button lock.

I've got the 4" tanto with aluminum handle and it's a very well built folder - you get a lot of knife for the money.

I can easily see this one stand up to the day to day rigors of farm use.
 
If the OP can get over his aversion to thumbholes, the Spyderco Gayle Bradley at around $120 might fit the bill. This one is a heavy duty workhorse with a CPM-M4 blade with Spyderco's heat treat.

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I would imagine that after almost two years, the OP has found a knife by now...

...but anything Emerson would've fit the bill nicely, I think :thumbup:
 
Living on a farm let me share my experience.

while working with heavy leather gloves I always found one hand openers and thumbholes impossible to open. Studs, platforms, and flippers were a lot easier.

If you can, get a bowie styled knife will do more than almost any other.
I have a benchmade Ambush and Barrage, love em both, you cant go wrong with BM.
My brothers got a ZT301 and Camillus Maxx and in no way worried about the robustness of the blade which i think is first priority.
 
I would use a regular hoofpick, or a Case hoofpick folder, in liue of a knife when cleaning hooves.

As for a farm work knife, I get by with my Gossman PSK. Not as flashy as Scott's other fixed blades, but a great little worker. For a folder, I would go for a Spyderco Native III if you can find one, or a full size Griptilian, supplemented by a SAK.
 
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