I see a major lack of personal experience with people using this knife, and nobody around me carries them, so I can't get my hands on one. I see several recommendations for it, but not what anybody has actually used it for, and their thoughts after having used it...outside of it being an accessory.
I decided I wanted a new knife for deer skinning and processing, and the extrak and extrak xl check all the boxes I had in mind. For the 3.3" version, it's .09" which i like the idea of for the skinning part of it, but not sure about the rest of the processing. I've just never used one that thin. I'd love to try it, but spending $150-$170 for a test mule without any feedback and experiences from other people makes me cautious, as I'm a cheap ass. I'll spend on something i know i like, I just don't like spending and not using it. I think the xl would be a safe bet regardless, being .11"
I like a thinner handle for it, as i feel more precise when using it, and I'm more interested in the m4 versions rather than magnacut. I feel like it's getting hard to find thinner grind, good steel fixed blades. Seems like it's all focusing around bushcrafting with a sharpened pry bar, so people can say they batoned their knife, when they had an axe or hatchet they should have used. Or doing some other obscene thing that is better done with a proper tool, just to say they can do it.
Anyway, for anybody that has the extrak or extrak xl, what have you used yours for? I'm especially curious about people that have used them for game processing. I don't need it, as I have plenty of fixed blades and folders I can still use to process, I just want a new toy to use. Thanks for any input.
I decided I wanted a new knife for deer skinning and processing, and the extrak and extrak xl check all the boxes I had in mind. For the 3.3" version, it's .09" which i like the idea of for the skinning part of it, but not sure about the rest of the processing. I've just never used one that thin. I'd love to try it, but spending $150-$170 for a test mule without any feedback and experiences from other people makes me cautious, as I'm a cheap ass. I'll spend on something i know i like, I just don't like spending and not using it. I think the xl would be a safe bet regardless, being .11"
I like a thinner handle for it, as i feel more precise when using it, and I'm more interested in the m4 versions rather than magnacut. I feel like it's getting hard to find thinner grind, good steel fixed blades. Seems like it's all focusing around bushcrafting with a sharpened pry bar, so people can say they batoned their knife, when they had an axe or hatchet they should have used. Or doing some other obscene thing that is better done with a proper tool, just to say they can do it.
Anyway, for anybody that has the extrak or extrak xl, what have you used yours for? I'm especially curious about people that have used them for game processing. I don't need it, as I have plenty of fixed blades and folders I can still use to process, I just want a new toy to use. Thanks for any input.
