Is a recurve blade good for skinning?

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Looking for input and user experience with a recurve style blade, simialr to the Blur, for skinning animals. I am having a custom made and am strongly considering this style as I use my knive for skinning deer/hogs 60% of the time. User experience is appreciated.
 
If you look at large animal skinning knife styles that stood the test of time, most of them are an up-swept shape, rather than a recurve. And when I skinned cattle with my grandfather, that's the shape blades we used. But it was also the shape of the blades that we had... I suggest you buy an inexpensive knife with the recurve blade shape you want and give a try skinning with it. You will know pretty quickly if the blade shape works for you and even a knife made from poor steel should hold an edge long enough for testing purposes
 
4 5/8 blade length . I have a Blur now and will try it out Just curious as I am switching from a sharp finger design and really only want to have one custom made and be done with it. I may sell all the others .
 
A million Nepalese can't be wrong.

The Kukri is used from everything from killing dinner to cutting it up.

I personally don't like a recurve for anything but chopping, but hey, that's just me. I personally hate recurves, with a passion, but, I still have some. Imagine that.

Moose
 
Well we shot 6 hogs since Satuday, but bwtween work and hunting I did not have time nor want to clean any of them. Only saw two shooter bucks and I couldn't get the arrow to fly 281 yrds. Luckily all the other deer were to young or does.
 
RWT said:
Well we shot 6 hogs since Satuday, but bwtween work and hunting I did not have time nor want to clean any of them. Only saw two shooter bucks and I couldn't get the arrow to fly 281 yrds. Luckily all the other deer were to young or does.
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Hogs? Get an Old Hickory butcher knife, and file, and some rope, brother. Forget the recurve blade, this needs some old school.

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Moose
 
I actually just bought that blade to have a cheap truck blade of equal length to my BK9. I can always repalce it if stolen or it grows legs during a hunt. Also have a bunch of the Old Hickory 6" boning blades in the smoke house.
 
RWT said:
I actually just bought that blade to have a cheap truck blade of equal length to my BK9. I can always repalce it if stolen or it grows legs during a hunt. Also have a bunch of the Old Hickory 6" boning blades in the smoke house.
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The file is the key. I'm not kiddin'. Something about hog flesh, just hit that OH on the file ever few passes, and it's like a buzz saw.

Moose
 
Stick with the Sharpfinger....recurves are not very good for skinning at all as all you will effectively use is the widest part of the belly anyway....Agreed that the Kukri is used for skinning and processing of meat ,but thats not what it do,s well.....a skinner looks like theknife below. FES

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festerfromnzed said:
Stick with the Sharpfinger....recurves are not very good for skinning at all as all you will effectively use is the widest part of the belly anyway....Agreed that the Kukri is used for skinning and processing of meat ,but thats not what it do,s well.....a skinner looks like theknife below. FES

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Nice steel, IMO, almost as important as the blade itself when it comes to skinning.

Especially teh swine.

Moose
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I am making a recurved hunting knife for a friend of my father, and I feel like with my experience skinning deer, that it would be more than excellent at skinning a deer.
 
catcalls said:
I am making a recurved hunting knife for a friend of my father, and I feel like with my experience skinning deer, that it would be more than excellent at skinning a deer.
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How so?

I'm curious. I use a golf ball and a winch for skinning, so, please expound some.

Moose
 
Sometimes things are done the way they've always been done, 'cause it's the best way. No sense reinventing the wheel.
All a recurve would do is make a section of your blade unable to contact the skin/flesh interface, thereby keeping a section of your blade untouched, therefore, presumably sharp. Maybe like a reserve edge? But a reserve edge not usable for the intended primary function of the blade.
 
I use a blade like this 3 inches for my skinning

Jason Knight Jurassic Bird & Trout

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JParanee said:
I use a blade like this 3 inches for my skinning

Jason Knight Jurassic Bird & Trout

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Joe, do you poke any holes in the hide with that blade? Most of the skinning I do, relies on downward force, and I only have to cut, if the meat sticks.

I don't care a bit if I poke holes in skin, but some fella's wanna keep the hide for boots and gearshifter knob covers and such. Just curious.

Also, fester, that's some serious sausage you got there. And I don't just say that to any man. :D

Moose
 
Moosez45 said:
Joe, do you poke any holes in the hide with that blade? Most of the skinning I do, relies on downward force, and I only have to cut, if the meat sticks.

I don't care a bit if I poke holes in skin, but some fella's wanna keep the hide for boots and gearshifter knob covers and such. Just curious.

Also, fester, that's some serious sausage you got there. And I don't just say that to any man. :D

Moose
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I take my time and prefer a tip on a knife for detailed caping turning lips eyes etc.

I like a point to start incisions and I don't care for very rounded tips

Hope this helps :)
 
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