Need help for a deer knife

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Wanting some suggestions for a good stainless fixed blade for field dressing deer. A friend asked me and I'm not really a fixed blade guy. He wants to spend 100 or less. Any suggestions he just wants something the edge will hold up on. I'm sure I could find something for him but I figured might as well just ask here.
 
Benchmade Bone Collector series, there is also a skeletonized Lone Wolf skinner that looks really nice. It's not what I'd call a large knife, but it looks like it can handle skinning based on the design.
 
AG Russell Deer Hunter in D2 steel (semi-stainless, I suppose) or AUS-8 (stainless)
 
WRKT Knucklehead is a good one too. Small, comfortable and S30V for well under $100.
 
Buck Alpha Hunter can be 420hc or S30V, and Vanguard is 420hc but the Alaskan guide version is S30V. Either would make a great hunting knife.
 
Buck Vanguard for me too. A great knife, works hard, easy on the hands, touches up easily.
 
Spyderco Moran in VG-10. Great knife for field chores.

Another economical one I like is the Kabar Becker BK-16 (not stainless however) that is very easy to use (4" blade) and sharpen. Just wipe it down with oil at the end of the day or after use.

Queen makes some small hunter type fixed blades in D2. Not bad knives, but they will not be sharp enough from the factory which turns many people off.
 
If you are mostly gutting, I don't mind a Wyoming knife. If full on skinning is on the menu, I really like a Buck 103. For all around use, a 102 don't suck a bit. They might be 40-50 bux for the 102
 
banana-clip had an excellent suggestion. IIRC, the "sharp fingers" are known to be specialized skinners and offer a very distinct blade-shape.
 
I have to go with an older sharp finger too. Haven't used anything else since I picked one up at a garage sale
 
Just located this one in the Knifemaker's Section. It's a full custom job by a well-known knifemaker.
The SharpFinger would be ideal for field dressing, and this great carbon-steel blade is only $110.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...arp-Finger-in-Stabilized-Dyed-Blue-Maple-Burl
And...forget stainless. A good carbon blade has been the traditional woods knife long before stainless came around. Carbon steel is just fine as long as you wipe the blade off when you're done. Brownells has TufGlide cloth and liquid which provides protection against rust so that you don't have to worry about it.
Here is the link: http://www.brownells.com/search/index.htm?k=tufglide&ksubmit=y
 
My brother used a cheap Imperial Ireland hunting knife when he was a guide in Montana. He'd generally skin 12 or so deer a week during hunting season. Not to mention the elk, antelope, coyotes and turkeys. He even used it for cutting the capes.
Just goes to show that you don't have to get fancy or expensive for it to work well.
 
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