Hunting Blade

:D Thank you all for the information. I am going to try two of the posted suggestions. Dont know which yet but the wife is giving me more freedom than I thought she would.
Thanks again
 
I strongly favor a single guard on hunting knives for two reasons. The first is blood. When your meat is not coming from the butcher your work can get slippery with blood. The other reason is for safety when I use the knife edge-upwards and choke up on the blade. I like to nestle the guard against the web between my thumb and forefinger and choke up so I can guard the tip of the blade with my forefinger. This is dangerous if you don't have a guard.
 
I like my Puma New Hunter. The blade is deeper wider at the front with a thick topside that allows for some tapping to get through joints and gristle easily without damage to the knife. It's got nice stag handles as well. I got ripped when I bought mine, but I recently saw one going for 80 bucks at a knife shop while on vacation here in NC.

Tomorrow I'm gonna be using my new Gerber Yari to end a hog's life.
 
Ok, I will give a shot on hunting knives.
I have 3 knives that should be quite good for hunting and skinning. These are Busse Badger Attack 3, Muela Skinner and Tramontina Sport knife. The best skinner is Muela. It has large coil and large belly that allows not to cut through the skin. Also, relatively thin blade makes it easy to cut. Steel is 440, it is very easy to sharpen and keeps the edge for a long time. However, it also has a few disadvantages. The main use of this knife for me is to cut lamb. The blade is short, this makes the knife great for skinning because it increase manoeuvrability of knife, but I will never use it to cut the throat to a lamb because it is too small. Also, the blade is thin to cut between bones, sometimes I really think I may break the knife. The blade looks quite fragile, I have never tested how fragile it is and do not intend to.
Busse Badger Attack 3. I did not use it for skinning, but large belly, even though smaller than on Muela, is quite good. It has thick blade that allows me to cut joints. But I think it is a bit out of your price range and quite a heavy knife. I think it will be great to skin small game, but something like a lamb might be a bit tiring because the knife is heavy. INFI steel is excellent!!!!
Tramontina Sport – it has 420 steel, which is easy to sharpen and keeps up the edge for a while. But after you skin one lamb, it would be a good idea to sharpen it again because it does not hold the edge as good as INFI or 440. It has relatively long blade and at the same time good belly. Blade is thin and knife is light, so it is not tiring to skin. I do not afraid to cut joints with this knife either as blade is quite soft. It is comfortable to handle as well. The price is less than a SAK!!!
So, if you want only dedicated skinner, Muela is the one, but if you want something a bit more versatile then other 2 knives a great, but one is cheap, light and quite universal, the other one is tough, expensive and heavy.
I know that Scandinavian knives are great, but so far Tramontina works for me, therefore I did not really try any Scandinavian knives, except Maartiini (is it correct name?). I was surprices how well Maartiini are made, the handle is fantastic!!!
But in general I do not think you would go wrong with any knife if you go to a local hunting shop and get one. Even though Muela will outperform in skinning other of my knives, the other will outperform Muela in cooking works and versatility, particularly Tramontina. I tihnk it is a good idea to hold knives in hands before you buy them because I find if a knife is comfortable to handle, I just love the knife and do not care how cheap it is and what steel it is made of.
Regards,
 
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