hunting knives

RescueRiley

RescueRiley

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Seems like back in the days of my grand daddy the hunting knives where the survival knives Or the wood craft knives...so for those of you that hunt what's your hunting knives?
 
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The Knives of Bob Dozier. :thumbup: :D :thumbup:


Though Mike Stewart also makes some fine designs for the hunter. :cool:




"If you're not living on the edge, …you're taking up too much space."

Big Mike
 
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Well I am not a hunter, but I notice alot of hunting knives today have a hollow grind, I for one do not like a hollow grind for any kind of wood work.
 
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I have found this particular blade shape/size to be just about ideal for me and the hunting I do. For whitetails and similar sized game it's plenty of knife without being too much. It has a high hollow grind and for skinning it works very well. My personal knife has stag handles but it's the exact same blades shape and size.

I might want more of a woods knife if I were hunting some serious back country. For most of the stuff I do though this serves me very well and would do fine backup duty as a woods knife if called upon.

SDS
 
I'm starting to think grinds are not as important as we think they are....I've done plenty of wood work with a hollow ground buck knife..it doesn't slice as clean into wood as a scandi or convex but it'll do..after a few free hand sharpenings I don't think it's really hollow any more
 
All of my Hollow Ground blades end up with Convex Edges,


...or more correctly, all my knives end up with Convex Edges.




"If you're not living on the edge, …you're taking up too much space."

Big Mike
 
Of course this is just MY opinion but I think that specific grinds have their place. That being said I also think that you can do most tasks with most any grind that you happen to have. Some just do specific jobs better than others.

Overall, if I found a knife I really like, I wouldn't decide to buy it or not buy it based solely on the type of grind.

SDS
 
Let me clarify myself. I have nothing against a hollow grind blade. I have handled and used a few that were great cutters. I am just not comfortable with using them heavily. There is not alot of steel behind the edge so I worry about batoning with them or chopping. I don't think they whittle wood wood as well as a full convex or scandi grind, but they do ok. I do think they excell in cutting meat etc. They are mean slicers. There is definately a reason most hunting knives are hollow ground!
 
SDS said:
Of course this is just MY opinion but I think that specific grinds have their place. That being said I also think that you can do most tasks with most any grind that you happen to have. Some just do specific jobs better than others.

Overall, if I found a knife I really like, I wouldn't decide to buy it or not buy it based solely on the type of grind.

SDS
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I agree with everything you stated:thumbup:
 
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Let me clarify myself. I have nothing against a hollow grind blade. I have handled and used a few that were great cutters. I am just not comfortable with using them heavily. There is not alot of steel behind the edge so I worry about batoning with them or chopping. I don't think they whittle wood wood as well as a full convex or scandi grind, but they do ok. I do think they excell in cutting meat etc. They are mean slicers. There is definately a reason most hunting knives are hollow ground!
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:thumbup: Tony, I agree with everything you've stated . :eek:

Especially the part about chopping and batoning.




"If you're not living on the edge, …you're taking up too much space."

Big Mike
 
I can't argue that hollow grinds are not the best for batoning or most chopping. Although they may be able to handle light work in this area flat or convex are definitely better choices I'd think.

Back to the original question, for a hunting knife I still like the one I posted. If I were going to be in the back country for more than just a few days I'd probably take a second larger knife or change my primary blade altogether so that it would perform a wider variety of tasks. For a simple hunting knife I still like that one.

SDS
 
SDS,

That's a beautiful little skinner! I like a blade with a lot of belly. The handle looks comfortable as well and I'll bet that finger notch helps hold onto it when things get slippery!

-- FLIX
 
I carry a Busse Active Duty in a leather sheath on my belt. I stripped off the crinkle finish but haven't gotten around to making it satin. It also needs a little edge work and I have not perfected the convex thing just yet. I believe flat grinds when well sharpened should work fine for skinning and butchering ( in the unlikely event that I ever get a deer :D) but the flat is just better suited for unexpected situations might sometimes arise in the deer woods. -DT
 
Actually my Breeden Pathfinder and wharncliffe get used for hunting quite a bit. My RC-3 has tasted quite a bit of blood as well. All these knives will work fine for hunting and survival. If I didn't think a knife would do both I wouldn't buy it. I'm sure my Peacemaker will do fine with hunting, but I haven't been carrying it when I killed anything yet. Hopefully that will happen soon, if the wind ever goes down. We've been in a blizzard for the last two days, not fun.
 
Here is one of them along with several other 3-4 inch knives including the Moras
 

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Flix, thanks. I worked out the design with a very good friend and mentor years ago. I still carry the one he made for me. He passed away so I make them now.

Looks like most of us are in agreement on the size range of hunters. The rest is personal preference I think.

I have a theory about hunting knives and hunters. You can usually tell the experience of a hunter by the size of the knife he carries. A more inexperienced hunter often has much more knife than he needs. An older, more experienced hunter more often than not has a much smaller knife. He may even be down to just a slip joint folder of some sort or other.

I am understanding that more and more the older I get. I don't feel like lugging around weight I don't need.

Many good choices have been listed.

SDS
 
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