Would like your opinion on- skinner-gutter

B . Buxton

B . Buxton

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Well heres another first, Forged 5160,3x quenched,3x tempered,brass guard, chechen wood handle with finger grooves (man that stuff is hard on belts,real gummy)Aol 10"- 5"blade, cutting edge is sharpened only even with the spine to keep from slicing any internal parts open when gutting.
I hooked the gut hook over a rafter in my shop and put all my 185 pounds on it, trying to bend, straighten,or break-No damage.
What do you think of the shape? would you change it, and how?

Thanks
Bill ;)
 
That is WILD......
That's the first time I have ever saw a gut hook done that way.Looks like it should work great.Bet it will be a bear to make a sheath for though.
Bruce
 
I am not sure if it needs more of a point or not... Actually yes I am. (More point) If you had a second blade to get it all started with it would be usable in a pure skinner role I guess.

The guthook itself looks wide enough to work without getting clogged up and should have enough room to resharpen. From the very few animals I have gutted I like the open hook but would look for more of a point.

JMHO...

-Sam.
 
I actualy have someone here today who is an avid hunter, ex-forrest ranger, (good leather worker also)This is not my evaluation, but his.

The only point that it needs is the one in front of the gut hook. It looks to be a fine working knife. he liked everything about it. He would not change a thing. He also thought that it would be easy to make a shieth for:D

I like it, (I think he wants one:D )
 
Eric,
I to am a avid hunter,nothing big through, just whitetails. I 've never had the opportunities to go west for mulies or elk and I've never used a knife with a gut hook, But when gutting the only problems I have ever had was from the point, that is why I rolled the point and left it dull, so if one would slip a little and go a little deep, it wouldn't open up the paunch and spill its contents. As for a skinner, it has enough cutting edge high enough on the point to slice the fat and flesh so as not to cut thur the hide or make an accidental
puncture of the cape. I believe that it will zip a whitetail open faster then you can zip your pants after relieving yourself from the excitement of the hunt.But then again, I hunted with a friend years ago that got so excited he didn't unzip his pants, so it wouldn't be that fast.
This is my reasoning for the reasons I made it this way. And like I said I've never owned or used a knife with a gut hook before, so keep the suggestions coming. I appreciate it.:)

Thanks
Bill
 
One of the downsides of a gut-hook is you can't make it functional without making an ugly knife :( (IMHO)

The decent looking ones have the hook too close to the spine and at an angle too acute with the spine.

So the downside is it looks funny ;) But functionally (which was obviously the point) I think you hit the proverbial nail on the head :)

Nick
 
Nice knife! I like the looks and the fit and finish as well as the original style. Keep making and posting :)

Dave
 
Nice design; I like the overall effect. Gave up on making gut hooks, My field testers tell me to have one work on a elk the gap needs to be almost an inch.made it just to ugly.
I like the wood, also known as Black Poison Wood.
Take Care
TJ Smith
 
I think you have re-invented the wheel. Ive never seen one like it before. It could have come from the Great North. The cutting edge is almost like an ooloo. The Eskimos will probally order a dozen of them. A whale skinner I would say.
 
That looks like it should work out well for skinning. I would probably take another knife either drop or clip point along to use for utility type purposes though. The rounded point will make the knife clumsy for some other jobs you might encounter while out hunting.
It should be great for zipping open a whitetail and general skinning though. My only concern on that, is that the point on the gut hook needs to be sharp enough to start the cut, as you don't have a point on the tip of the knife to make a small incision or hole to start it in.
 
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