Huntin' knives?

I am pretty sure this type of thread has been posted once before and I only bring that up because I know at least for me, my choices are probably diferent this go around. I seem to remember talking about my 475 stag, which I dont use now, but do still carry...just for luck.
I'll have to post pictures of the sucessful hunter and his prey! Yes, the freezer is full thank the Lord!
 
I usually use a Buck 301 for field dressing, skinning, and quartering. I then use a boning or filet knife to work the meat up.
A 301 has done fine on deer, turkey, squirrel,bear, and elk. It is more capable than some think.

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BG42EDGE said:
I'm pretty much in agreement with Packrat, except that I don't care for the S30V.

I'd substitute BG42 for that.

I'm mostly done hunting (or at least done killing) but based on my experience Packrat has made great choices.

Seems like the 105 should come in there somewhere, but in real life it probably wouldn't be on the list for me (although it certainly could do as well as any of the others).

A 118 in D2 would probably come up at the very top of my list, but the rest would be close behind.
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I didn't mention BG42 since it isn't in production. I had a custom shop 110 with me a few years back to test. Then I read where it was discontinued, so put it away and never used it. Would have been interesting.

The 105 and 118's are just fine for all of this. Have used them both. Preference is the longer 121. The 102 should be great for gutting as well. I just have never used one, and don't even have one other than the Klink and those aren't users :)

The 118 D2's are always along and do get used depending on the crowd and who all forgot to bring knives...:rolleyes:
 
A rubber vanguard tidbit...

After I tried one of the S30V rubber handled Vanguards, I laid it on the kitchen cabinet at Moms. Looked for it later and she had cut something up with it and raved about how nice and sharp it was.
That was in about 07 or 08. So it has lived in her kitchen drawer ever since. I asked her how she likes it during last December. It is still her go to knife, when the mentors aren't sharp. She still prefers the clip blade. Thought it was interesting coming from an 84 year old that knows nothing about them other than using them. Just another defintie :thumbup: for S30V.

And I found it in the dishwasher the next day as I was unloading it for her. Will be interesting to check it out in a few weeks to see how it has survived. I never told her not to run it through the dish washer. :D
 
Now I carry the AG 110 woody on my side and a ceap Ax/knife set in my pack to split the P bone with. The AG takes care of the field dressing work just fine for me. Butchering the meat is done at home and I de-bone the whole deer and pack it for the deep freeze. for that work I use the 121 Jeff gave me and a fillet knife.

Here is an old thread on this topic.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...e-Do-You-Carry-When-Hunting?highlight=hunting
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I think I'll take this one hunting this year. DM
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I loved my •110• For a hunting knife. Not the later models all that much. I really like the 692c as well. As packrat said its a different cut but not so different to make it ackward for me. The size and weight of the blade allows the knife to make good cuts. The vanguard is a very strong knife to pry and break bones. I've used a limb several times to drive it thru bone and still be razor sharp after wards. After cleaning a deer/hog I will have to touch the edge up.
Fwiw my 110/ and my 560c are dang fine hunting knives. There isn't another brand $for$ going to beat those bucks. I've FD and 1/4ed 3 deer back to back w/ that 110/. Sure enough I had to sharpen it when I got to the house. With my •110• I've caped, FD, and 1/4ed 2 deer and FD a boer and hit the blade 5 licks each side on a ceramic stick and it would shave again.
My steel choice is just that. Its my choice that I think works best for me. In no way is 420hc garbge and if I hadn't ever used 440c for so long I would probally swear by it. My problem is I had used a •110• As an EDC and it is like daylight and darkness between those steels.
 
I haven't been hunting for a couple years now, since I've moved farther away from my preferred family hunting grounds in West Virginia... but my preferred kit includes a 110 or 112 in my back pocket, and a 119 on my belt.
If I'm not carrying the Bucks, then I'm a Bark River guy. Settler for field dressing and camp chores, Wolf River for skinning and butchering, IMP for small jobs and general small-knife work. All of them are fully convex ground; the Wolf River is a nice, tall blade and SUPER thin, in a really good skinner shape with plenty of belly. The Settler and the Wolf River are 12C27 Sandvik, while the IMP is A2 tool steel.
 
I have a soft spot for 440c too,its a nice blade steel,the more you strop it the better it gets,i've had one so sharp it would shave without touching skin!
 
Up with 440C!!

Down with the powderpuff steels!!

You're preachin' to the choir on this end.

:D
 
Razorblades thsts what we call nasty sharp. That's how I keep my blades. 420 will lose it just putting it in your pocket. The 154cm on my 850~> however will keep it.
Imo when a steel's carbon is below .90 keeping it nasty sharp becomes impossible.
BG42Edge oh I'm not preaching brother. Now the guys around don't have a clue what I'm talking about. I've already learnt stuff from yall. Wouldn't it be nice if Buck brought it back though.
 
440C has recieved much unfavorable press over the past 30yrs. (its grain structure being larger). When a big name knife maker goes to another steel many jump on the wagon. But its still in the catagory of an excellant cutlery steel and very close to ATS-34 and others. Heat treat and cryo being the same (atleast @ 59rc). Giving close edge retention and better stainless qualities w/ toughness. Just what I've notice--your mileage may vary. DM
 
Of course, 440C has also received much favorable press over the past 50 years.

The favorable press being the truth.

While it's not perfect, it's as good as anything else that can be reasonably mass produced and better than most.

Just not suited to the most profitable mass production methods.

Which is why we buy old knives. There's a future in the past.

:)
 
David I really understand what your saying. Not that I really agree or disagree. From a user stand point everybody I knew that hated the 440c did so cause they couldn't sharpen it. I understand that. I'm not one of those guys that can't sharpen a hard knife.
I've never heard anybody dislike the 440 that could actually use it. My dad swears by D2 and my brother and sister both like 420hc. If you show me somebody that complains that a 440c steel doesn't stay sharp long enough or can't be sharpened. I'll show you somebody that hates to sharpen knives or really doesn't know how.
All this being said all the American blade steel I've used is more than enough to get the job done.
 
I hear it all the time,I can't get my knife sharp,well leaern how to sharpen and you will be surprised what kind of edge a fella can get on a old buck 110.
 
For the longest time I carried a 422 until I misplaced it a couple years back. My quest to find another one brought me to this Forum. In the past year I've picked up several along with a few 112s and 110s, AND found my original. My old one has been back to Buck for a treatment. It has maroon handles, gold / brown nylon sheath and a . on the tang. Thinking it is a 1983 or 84?

Also used a Mini Mentor on a few deer.

Probably carry a 422 this season.
 
If it has to be Buck, the smaller (now discontinued) Diamondback knife, the 473. Great size, comfy handles with a ton of grip, perfect field dressing blade shape, and it was pretty inexpensive, so if I lost it, it wouldn't be a crisis.

Overall fave knife- the kabar becker bk11 with a cordwrap. Just a little more comfy for me.
 
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