hog skinning (what steel to use)

[kalama]

skinning a wild hog can be hard on your knife im looking for good steel that can hold an edge,an under $150 bucks.i was looking at grohmann in stainless an carbon,brkt with 12c27 sandvik,dozier d2 ,how are these, an what would you use

 

[sodak]

Dozier is a good choice. I used one last year on a domestic hog and it worked just fine.

 

[MVF]

+1 on the Dozier (or other D2 with a good heat treat)- unless you can afford a Fowler (or so I've heard- can't afford one myself)

 

[Jason B.]

First choice would be my S90V millie, could probably skin 10 hog's without needing a resharpen. Other good choices would be a RC-3, brkt, blind horse knives or a mora.

 

[mystical woodsman]

http://www.topsknives.com/product_info.php?products_id=218

 

[Kim Lau]

How about a RC-3? They even have a video of it being used to skin another animal on their website.

 

[rctk1]

howzit Kalama! i know exactly what youre talking about when skinning the local kine boars! Any lineup from Bark river is going to do very well the heat treat on their knives is one of the best. I like to use this one from BRkt: http://www.barkriverknifetool.com/skinning_caping/wolfriver/index.html it has served me well on the last couple of boars that i had to skin.

Aloha

 

[macgregor22]

This is one I have and Richard says he can make more.
http://mysite.verizon.net/ress6fq6/id16.html
They are $150.
He has a special chisel convex grind that is durable but cuts really well.

 

[kalama]

howzit rctk1 u anotha local boy da loves his knives an do some boa huntin i tink i going try da bark aloha

 

[Mark G]

I use a simple Buck skinner - holds an edge just fine and I have skinned MANY pigs with it. I can skin a 200 pounder and only have to touch the blade up once, maybe twice during the job.