Gut hook is a liability ?

Actually, "Retail" lists at $10.00 more for the guthook model, and $4.00 more for KnifeCenter's price.

The "Plus" in Master Hunter Plus must mean "Plus 10 Bucks".

It just happens to be on sale at the moment. I wouldn't consider the hook a liability or a problem.
 
Well if you find yourself piercing things often the hook will catch on the exit. Not really a problem unless you do stuff precise. Perhaps most hunting knives aren't used for processing game.
 
Not sure re., popularity part, but the knife itself is a very functional knife designed for hunting. I prefer and have the non-guthook one myself, as the guthook is not needed and I think looks better without. But having used one hard for skinning and butchering for many years, I will say one cannot go wrong with either design.
 
Personally I don't care for a knife with a gut hook ... yes it has it's purpose but then it kind of limits the knives other uses.

I carry a Wyoming knife during hunting season ... has the gut hook and a small curved blade very useful for skinning ... and you can buy replacement blades for a very reasonable price.

So I carry my regular knife and the Wyoming specialty knife.
 
Not a fan of gut hooks. As stated above, limits knife for other uses and hard to resharpen adequately. On a lark, I bought an Outdoor Edge swing blade, at a discount price on Amazon and ended up really liking it. AUS8 steel, but easy to sharpen both blades on my belt sander. Rides in my hunting pack all the time. Still like my Bark Rivers and BHK's, but the OE gets the call regularly.
 
I heard the feature was originally for lifting pots from a cooking fire when out on the range. However, "bean pot lifter" wasn't tactical enough, so people started sharpening them and calling them "gut hooks."
 
Guess it depends on the quality of steel. Me I never had a Gut hook fail on me on a hunting blade. But then most gut hook knives I use are for hunting or smaller camp tasks that don't involve heavy use.
 
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