what do you look for in an edc/bird knife?

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I'm looking for a gift knife for a friend of mine. A smallish edc would be best so he will actually use it. But, he lives on a sort of halfway homestead with lots of chickens which he routinely eats.

Not being a bird hunter myself I don't know what I'm looking for.

What characteristics are best to have for a small edc fixed blade that would have good general utility with an emphasis on bird processing?
 
I'm thinking a nice, thin, drop-point or clip-point blade would work very well, preferably fixed if it's for the outdoors. The A.G. Russell bird and trout knife seems like it'd work nicely. If you're looking for a folder, the Opinel #8 Slimline slices like a dream.
 
No special knife for chickens. You wring their necks or lop their heads off with a hatchet, dunk in boiling water and pluck the feathers off. Dressing out is usually done in the kitchen with kitchen equipment. If done outside, any good EDC is adequate. I'd avoid anything with a real thin blade since splitting the breastbone and cutting the ribs calls for something a little heavier.


Think Ka-Bar Dozier or Case Sodbuster in a folder. In a fixed blade, the choices are almost unlimited. Any decent 3-4" drop point hunter will work fine, but folders are more likely to get carried daily.
 
I'd say something like a fillet knife or even a Mora would work good, a long thin blade works well.

The Scrapyard Bird Dog LE is a good knife for that.
 
okay, that's the type of info I needed. Wasn't sure if long thin, short fat, or whatever was what was needed.

If you were cleaning birds, is there a length that you would look for?

I do know chickens don't require anything special, but they are birds. Hell a broken piece of glass would probably do the job, but some knives might be better suited for it than others.


Thanks
 
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