Knife for archers

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When I go bowhunting I'll cary a rapala hunting knife (don't have many fixed blades, collect mostly folders). Now I know the cheap rapala aint nothing special, but its sharp. What would you guys recomend?
 
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CS ODA & SOG Seal Pup, taken out more arrows from trees than I care to admit...
These are very tough Knives!!!
 
At first I thought you might be asking about one for archery work. I've been using Murray Carter Kiridashi for that. Fine, sharp edge with great control

hunting--Gerber folding saw and knife kit. Also have a Gene Ingram and Charles May hunting knife throwing into that mix.
 
when i hunt i usually carry either a buck 110 or the buck 119. both really good knives for the money. on the lower end the mora line seems to be a lot of bang for the buck, and on the upper end the bark river knives look great and have a good following. the suggestion of a folding saw is a really good idea also. you really don't need a huge knife to hunt dear, i've skinned several with a case trapper and done just fine. good luck,ahgar
btw what kind of rapala hunting knife?? just curious
 
It could be a bang around knife for nocking away at wood to get the arrowhead out, general camp duties and animal skinning duties. All arround type use.
The rapala has a small hunting blade on it, don't know the model.

Thanks for the knifes U guys mentioned so far and will consider them.
 
I like Bob Dozier knives and I have used one for hunting and camping for the last 7 years and I highly recommend them. Go to his website and look at his selection....www.dozierknives.com Hope that helps, Jim
 
I use a CS MH as an "archery knife". But ideally I think a tanto type point will be more useful especially when it comes to digging knives out of trees. I'd say something like one of Strider's Tanto knives would work well. For a fixed blade a EB-T or for a folder an SnG Tanto.

Greg
 
Digging arrows out of tree stumps is a really easy way to snap a tip off of a knife. If you pry, use something stout!
 
Bark River!!!
Many of their knives are made of A2 tool steel, and lots are made with 12C27 stainless. Great designs, superb edge geometry, marvelous quality products, stellar customer service.
Check out the Sperati, Settler, or Kephart, perhaps the Aurora, Fox River, or North Star.
 
New Livesay used to make a neck knife called the "bow hunter's buddy", but not any longer. He touted the knife design as having an extra strong tip to pry out arrowheads. I would not recommend any dozier product, since his knives are made to be slicers and hard D2 is not the best for prying. I have a cold steel voyager tanto that has done a lot of prying (AUS8A can take it) w/o any tip, pivot or lock failures.
 
take a look at a bark river huntsman, it has a short,thick blade of A2 steel.very compact and strong.
 
i think an archers pick was good in the 12 centuary and its just as good now,, aspecialy for sticking pigs,
 
buzzemiah said:
take a look at a bark river huntsman, it has a short,thick blade of A2 steel.very compact and strong.
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Or the Gameskeeper - a step up in size from the Huntsman. Either have a sturdy enough point for digging arrowheads out of wood.

My friend just got back from Colorado with his new Huntsman - with which he completely dressed out his elk without the knife ever losing its edge. Not bad at all for a small knife like the Huntsman!:thumbup:
 
when bow hunting I carry becker bk7, becker bk9, sog seal 2000, sog tigershark. these are all great knives for bow hunting and removing broadheads
 
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