Looking for a hunting knife to hold its edge?

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thanks for sticking with me frank,
I can see why the Fallkniven blade would be a better choice.
I think I am limiting myself with my choice of bg-42 and upon further research there appear to be many more options/choices with the vg10 metal and as many have said here it should hold an edge quite well.

This is getting to be kind of like looking for videos once you look at too many it is very hard to choose one.
I think I am all set to make a more educated choice now thanks to all the info I have gotten here.

Going to go to the local Sportsmans Warehouse tonight, they have a large selection of hunting knives with a great selectin of different brands and buy a good quality drop point probably in vg10 and a less expensive backup (like the idea of carrying a backup knife instead of a sharpener) to have in case my main knife loses its edge in the middle of an elk, like happened last year.
I don't recommend ever trying to skin debone and cape an elk with a dull knife, now that is work!!

Also going to take a look at the Spyderco Sharpmaker to see if it looks like something I could make work for me.
You all have a good one!!
 
29 bucks delivered!

http://www.wholesalehunter.com/product/coldstee/colddes/trailguide.htm

I have been carrying one of these for several months now. Takes a shaving edge. Big enough to skin bears. Light as a feather. CARBON steel though. But I like carbon better as I cold blue it to resist rust.

But for ease of sharpening, usually it only takes the sticks. SELDOM needs stoning. And when it does, it nearly sharpens itself.

This is the highest quality cheap knife I have ever seen.

And COMFY! WOW! Just hold one. It feels like a hand massage and the weight is so little that it is a very active knife.

Top rating from here. And for the price, if you don't like it, you can relegate it to the glove box or send it to me.

A+

:)
 
If not having to resharpen often is your #1 criteria, then CPMS90V (aka 420V) will be a perfect fit...the downside is you will probably need to have it specially made.

I have several fixed blades with this steel..very nice. Not sure if anyone makes folders out of it.
 
Originally posted by Don Adelfson
If not having to resharpen often is your #1 criteria, then CPMS90V (aka 420V) will be a perfect fit...the downside is you will probably need to have it specially made.
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Or CPM10V.
Originally posted by Don Adelfson
I have several fixed blades with this steel..very nice. Not sure if anyone makes folders out of it[420V, aka S90V].
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Numerous will and do. Kit Carson, Tom Mayo, JW Smith, Darrel Ralph, RJ Martin probably would. All custom territory, and all $400 and up.

For rukidnme, and no I'm not, CPM 420V was renamed CPM S90V a couple years ago. It's more brittle than CPM's new S30V, but is more abrasion resistant. And a fair amount harder to sharpen. Get it run at Rc59 or higher or you are kinda wasting the steel's "sweet spot" of performance.

CPM 10V is another very high vanadium tool steel, but non-stainless, and probably holds an edge better than S90V, but this is purely done in custom blades.
 
JUST GET A MACHETE:D
A good outdoors knife, although it probably cannot fully clean an animal, is the Stiff K.I.S.S. by CRKT. It takes an edge fairly easily and holds it well.....You have to modify the angle slightly when using a sharpmaker, but other than that it's a good knife....
As for full size knives, you could try a strider if you got lots of $$$$
 
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