What folding knife do you guys recommend as an incision knife?

This:

"Piece of advice no. 3: If you are a surgeon and intend to perform surgery, just put some scalpels or sterile exacto knives in your trauma kit."

Scalpels are made for this, sharp, sterile and cheap.
 
I have this or one like this in my wallet all the time. In the range once, a case failure led to a lot of embedded fragments in a friend's hand. The disposable scalpel like this one served to pick out the fragments.

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jmaniac said:
Folding scalpel eh? How about the havalon piranta, literally a folding scalpel. On a side note, this is my first post ever in BF! :D
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Great suggestion! I had never seen a havalon piranta before. Welcome to BFC!
 
NoFair said:
This:

"Piece of advice no. 3: If you are a surgeon and intend to perform surgery, just put some scalpels or sterile exacto knives in your trauma kit."

Scalpels are made for this, sharp, sterile and cheap.
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One of my friends is a doctor, and he gave me a few scalpels. While definitely cheap, and sterile, they weren't sharp.

Next time I get cut open, I'm bringing a knife in that I personally sharpened that they can run through their sterilization machine.
 
I like the slipjoint idea and the blades tend to be thinner than your average locking knife but the sterile scalpels are the way to go.
 
Anything with a wharncliffe blade on it. The point is controllable and will resist slipping. Really easy to get stupid-sharp, too. I carry one of these, and use it all the time on stuff like blister packaging.

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Cynic2701 said:
One of my friends is a doctor, and he gave me a few scalpels. While definitely cheap, and sterile, they weren't sharp.

Next time I get cut open, I'm bringing a knife in that I personally sharpened that they can run through their sterilization machine.
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Maybe they gave you bad scalpels. The ones I had were stupid sharp.

GrinderMcgee said:
I like the slipjoint idea and the blades tend to be thinner than your average locking knife but the sterile scalpels are the way to go.
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+1. Toss a few in your wallet and be done with it.
 
rdg said:
A good quality stockman. That's exactly what the spey blade is designed for. Plus you get a good clip and a sheepsfoot. All very useful in the role you're inquiring about.
Bob
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Exactly what I was going to recommend! :thumbup:

Andy
 
Dorito Monk said:
Piece of advice no. 4: If you find yourself horribly maimed and there are no surgeons around, just pour some whiskey on it and extinguish your lit cigar on the wound. That's what John Wayne would do.
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I don't have a lot of experience with whiskey and cigars but wouldn't you set yourself on fire doing this? :confused:
 
+1 on the doctor knife or the stockman.

The spey blade is meant for surgery although no so much on people but rather livestock...getting out porcupine quills, back in the day I suppose arrowheads, thorns, stuff like that. I have seen a stockman with etching on a blade that says "Flesh Only".

I think this is valid question. I don't think the OP was taking about replacing a heart valve. I suspect he/she's more interested in the embedded fishhook, the porcupine quill or, as I once did on myself...lance a boil.

That doctor knife with the scalpel is really nice.
 
If it is for a first aid or bug out bag, then I'd recommend that you get some sterile,disposable scalpels (such as Bard-Parker #15, a pointy, wharncliff type, and a #15 - a small bellied blade good for small skin incisions). You might talk to your primary care M.D. or Surgeon, who would probably give you a few.
Any sharp knife with a point can be used in an emergency, but I'd rather have the scalpels for such use. A folder is likely to collect all sorts of crud and debris, and if used for edc tasks, may not be sharp enough when you need it in an emergency.
As regards skills and knowledge to do surgery, that's a whole different thread.
 
I use my SAK for surgery all the time. On rabbits and squirrels it is outstanding at making incisions and performing gutectomies followed closely by skinectomies. I then use my SAK to quarter the patient for convenient soaking in salt water and an eventual stewing (or chiliation).
 
I'll second the traditional doctor's knife. Its all in the name right? :D

The Al Mar ultralight series have nice thin and pointy tips...
 
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