Hunting knife?

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Here's a question for all you knife scholars out there. :D Reading the ultimate fighting knife thread made me think, how did the phrase "hunting knife" come about? It seems now it's used generically to describe a knife carried by a hunter for field dressing and skinning. I would say it goes back to when people actually hunted for food with a knife or other edged implement. Any thoughts on this?
Scott
 
Hey Scott ! Saw your little beauty pictured in Knives 2005 !! NICE KNIFE !!! Don't mean to hijack your thread, but I just had to give some PROPS ! Once again, NICE KNIFE!! NICE WORK!! Glad to see you getting the recognition you deserve!! Marty. :D :cool: :cool:
 
Marty Jones said:
Hey Scott ! Saw your little beauty pictured in Knives 2005 !! NICE KNIFE !!! Don't mean to hijack your thread, but I just had to give some PROPS ! Once again, NICE KNIFE!! NICE WORK!! Glad to see you getting the recognition you deserve!! Marty. :D :cool: :cool:
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Thanks Marty :thumbup: BTW, I finally got all the Buck phenolic handled fixed blades to complete my collection. The one I got from you included. IMO, Buck fixed blades are traditional, all American hunting knives. :)
Scott
 
Lately in the news media and in entertainment, almost any knife used to kill or injure someone else is a "hunting" knife. I don't know where it originally came from, but it has become a very useful demonizing term.
 
The Art Institute in Chicago has a collection of armor and old weapons. I beleive I've seen a short sword/long knife circa 1600 refered to as a hunting knife. As I recall the knife it looked to be something to be used for dispatching an animal rather than gutting it. So my guess is that hunting knives date back to at least 1600.
 
godot said:
The Art Institute in Chicago has a collection of armor and old weapons. I beleive I've seen a short sword/long knife circa 1600 refered to as a hunting knife. As I recall the knife it looked to be something to be used for dispatching an animal rather than gutting it. So my guess is that hunting knives date back to at least 1600.
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That's what I felt they were originally for, actually killing with an edged implement whether it be a "long" knife or blade attached to a pole. As hunting weapons advanced to the firearm the term "hunting knife" became a secondary tool and was used more for processing the game after it was already dispatched. The term stuck (pun intended :D ) as a tool specificly designed for the hunter.
Scott
 
Yes the modern term for hunting knife appears to refers to knives carried by hunter for use dressing or field use. The actual hunt tool being rifle, bow, pig sticker etc
 
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