Favorite deer knife / steel type.

[JHbowhunter]

Pictured is my first deer knife. My dad got it for me in 1974 at Paladini”s  general store at foot of Kittatinny mountains by Fairview lake, way back I the day when u could drive up to Blue Mtn Lake and Crater lake from the East side of the mountain. Its a “Western”. I can’t even tell you how many deer it’s gutted but I can say I have never found a knife I could get as sharp. Sharper than I can even get a broadhead and I get my VPAs scary sharp. It’s usually good for about two deer before I have to re-sharpen.  I have a Case folding hunter that is more difficult to sharpen but it’s a bit thicker and harder steel but can get it close. Then there is my dads original Buck folding hunter. Steel so hard I just can’t come close to getting it as sharp as the other two. I used the old western on my 2018 doe and bucks and just resharpened it on a Henkels steel and leather strop. I don't think I have ever seen a sharper knife. But - one or two deer and I got to do it again. It only takes a few minutes but the steel is soft. What do you prefer???  I think I prefer the softer steel like this knife. Plus - how classic is this?

Edited October 9, 2018 by JHbowhunter

[Buck154]

My old fathful Old Timer. Have had it many years

[vdep217]

I have a couple buck 110 a case and buck 103 I believe

[MGHunter66]

I have many knives, some were handed down, some were bought because of their blade composition. Today all i use are the Havalons, with a Havalon you don’t cut, you surgically remove LOL


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[Nomad]

Looks kind of like mine.  Had it since my first deer season, over 40 years ago.

[formakos]

I have a Case folding knife.  Model is Mako.  Sharpens easily and stays sharp.  Love it.

[JHbowhunter]

4 minutes ago, formakos said:

I have a Case folding knife.  Model is Mako.  Sharpens easily and stays sharp.  Love it.

My case folding knife has a hammerhead shark on it - that's gutted a bunch as well, basically been that or the one my dad got me I don't use his buck knife although I probably will someday. Part of me wants to get something new with a gut hook on it but the nostalgia is overpowering....

Edited October 9, 2018 by JHbowhunter

[MPSR]

Love my benchmades.. 

[birdshotnj]

Beautiful knives fellas. My personal favorite is the Cabelas Alaskan Vanguard knife, which is really a buck knife. It's a fix blade thats got the gut hook on the back and a small serrated section at the bottom of the blade which is perfect for cutting the windpipe. Handle is hard rubber, and it washes off nice and easy. 

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[Devil Horns]

My old fathful Old Timer. Have had it many years

I use the same knife. My uncle gave it to me when I started hunting and I’m still using it 30 years later. I also bought each of my sons one and gave it to them the day they passed their hunting test. I love the old “Made in the USA” Schrade knives.


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[hammer4reel]

I have about a zillion knives. There isn't a knife made that can gut as many deer as a Cutco double D grind WITHOUT ever being sharpened. I have one that has done hundreds and should be sent back for its first time touch up.

I now have three, one in each  of my packs, they just don't dull due to their design, and I cut through the rib cage when I gut everything except Bucks I will get mounted.. with these I will never need to buy another gutting knife.

 

By far the SHARPEST knife I have ever used was  a Chris Reeves.

They are so sharp the blade just needs to be close to what you want to cut. Scary sharp is an understatement.

 

I will occasionally use my first  knife a Shrade I have has since 1970 or my fathers original buck knife . But that's just totally setimental

[not on the rug]

I'm in the market for a new knife right now.  I haven't decided on a maker in particular and I'm not super happy about having to wait a couple years to get one.  It is what it is though.  

I might go to the NY Custom Knife Show in Jersey City next month and just buy something already made if it catches my eye.  

Edited October 9, 2018 by not on the rug

[kuz]

 i use a case mini trapper with CV blades. nothing fancy

[nmc02]

Outdoor edge w replaceable blade