The Manix 2 deer hunting

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mikescooling

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Hi guys, I wanted to give thanks to Spyderco for making this great knife. The old saying of "after the shot the work starts" applies to my WI opening weekend hunt. I was blessed with 4 deer this opening day. The other hunters and their family will have meat in the freezer this year, but it takes a lot of knife work to get them there. Keep in mind, when gutting the deer, the knife gets full of fat,guts, and hair; also I have to cut things like the chest with lots of power and still be able to do the light cutting on the next deer. The knife stayed sharp and still is sharp, I've never had a blade keep an edge that long, it has the S30V steel. The knife locked up tight from deer to deer, as I said before, their's tons of stuff to get stuck in the lock and because I am using it with lots of power, I have tripped the lock on other folders just from my grip; The Manix 2 passed all test with flying colors.
Thanks again, if your in my part of the world, stop by for some venison steaks.
Mike
 
Sounds like a busy opening weekend! I passed on 3 does opening morning (also in wisco) and was lucky enough to drop a 7 pointer on closing day!
 
While I'm not into using folders for hunting as much as I used too, I've field dressed several deer with folders (Delica 4, CS Voyager and some other traditionals) and there is something cool about just being minimalist and leaving the heavier hardware at home. I've changed though and rely on fixed blades mostly these days.
 
Good to hear it served you well! A knife on a hunt sees a lot of hard and honest work.
 
I'd agree, the knife get's lots of use in deer camp. Just to name a few aside from gutting.
The DNR makes the tags to be punched with a knife, time/date/sex ect... You slice one ear to hold the tag... fixing deer drags...cutting the rope after deer are tied to the truck... Making your own lunch out of tenderloin because no one else is in deer camp...
Triggahappy28, way to go shooting a nice buck!!
Waterock, If I take a back pack, I'll bring a fixed blade. When I just pack my vest, I am afraid that if I fall out of the tree, the fixed blade could stab me.
Marthinus, you'd think all the hunters would have some kind of knife on them at all times, but no.
If any of you get a chance to pressure can the trim meat, it is so good. I cut all my deer up at home and saved some money, but more so, I don't want to lose that skill.
 
That makes 4 more then I shot this year. However I too used my manix to finish out my elk in the field after I realized my sharpener was in my other pack and my buck 110 went dull on me. Definitely a solid knife
 
good to hear. i've got a manix 2 on the way and would love to use it on a deer saturday (last day of rifle here).

how did you go about cleaning it when you were done? in the past i've just thrown my knives in the dishwasher afterwards but that was with cheaper stuff so i didn't care as much.
 
Congrats on you great opening day Mike:thumbup:

S30V is a great steel for game. Holds an edge well, and its easy to touch up.
I ususally use a fixed blade, but I've also used various Spyderco folders several times with no problems.

Glad you saved some money on the processing as well. I'm a former butcher, and owned a game processing buisness for several years, and feel it's something all hunters need to learn(now that I'm out of that buisness anyway:p).
 
The only folder I've used for dressing out deer was my old ATS 34 large Sebenza. Worked great, if you can keep that pointy tip away from where it shouldn't go. Also, if you get fat or grease in the lock you're probably going to have to take the knife apart to clean it. No problem with a Sebenza, not sure what that would entail with a Manix 2.
 
Hi Mike,

Welcome to the Spyderco forum.

Thanx much for the kind words and review.

Hi Rebel,

Welcome to our forum. Let us know how you like your knife.

sal
 
Hey Sal, I'm going to jack my own thread and go back to ezmorningrebel question; how do I clean it? What I did was soak it in Oxyclean then dry and soak/ rub down with Hoppe's #9. Their are lots of nooks and cranys in this knife, but it looks clean now. What is the best way of cleaning?
 
Chalk one up to S30V's working edge holding ability.

mikescooling said:
Hey Sal, I'm going to jack my own thread and go back to ezmorningrebel question; how do I clean it? What I did was soak it in Oxyclean then dry and soak/ rub down with Hoppe's #9. Their are lots of nooks and cranys in this knife, but it looks clean now. What is the best way of cleaning?
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I would wash it with warm soapy water (Dawn is fine) and blow it out while still wet with an air compressor or a can of air. Then once it's dry, lube the pivot and you're good to go.
 
mikescooling said:
Marthinus, you'd think all the hunters would have some kind of knife on them at all times, but no.
If any of you get a chance to pressure can the trim meat, it is so good. I cut all my deer up at home and saved some money, but more so, I don't want to lose that skill.
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I know brother. Hunters can be a strange breed :)

We usually process our own meat as well to save some money, but sometimes someone is willing to do it at a good price.

mikescooling said:
Hey Sal, I'm going to jack my own thread and go back to ezmorningrebel question; how do I clean it? What I did was soak it in Oxyclean then dry and soak/ rub down with Hoppe's #9. Their are lots of nooks and cranys in this knife, but it looks clean now. What is the best way of cleaning?
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Hot, soapy water, wash it till the soap gets in everywhere, rinse with hot water again and blow with your lungs into the pivot area. I have been doing this with my knives for years and have had no problems.
 
A lot of guys make a big deal about a folder or a fixed blade getting dirtied up with guts, blood, hide, hair that you get when field dressing animals or fish>>> But the cure to that is so easy. All you need to do is to get a pan of warm water and some DAWN liquid dishwashing soap and put about 3 to 4 squirts of it in the pan of warm water>>> then all you need to do is to submerge the knife and swish it around vigorously and then rinse it in warm/tepid water. I've never ever had a Spyderco knife not come clean using Dawn dishwashing liquid.

Now DAWN also makes a special "overnight soaking" dishwashing soap and it works really good to also remove extremely stubborn stains from field dressing animals or fish. There is something about the DAWN brand of dish soap that very efficiently strips all the residue associated with field dressing animals or fish.

Now if you're out in the field and you don't have access to running water it's simple still>> just get a big jug of Hydrogen Peroxide. Put it in a spray bottle and spray down the knife and let the peroxide strip it off with a foaming action. I'm here to tell you that nothing cleans up blood like Peroxide does and it also is great on other animal residues. It's also great to remove blood stains on fabrics or surfaces as well. Also you can get a rag wet with Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol that you can buy cheap at any of the major drug store chains and it will strip just about anything off of a knife that you will incur with field dressing wildlife. You can also use rubbbing alcohol in a spray bottle for field cleaning and it strips down residue really good too.

And this will work on any Spyderco model>> folder or fixed blade. Stainless or High Carbon. Even ceramic when that day arrives.
 
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