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re: Favorite skinning knife
Posted on 11/3/25 at 3:44 pm to monroetiger1
Posted on 11/3/25 at 3:44 pm to monroetiger1
Use a SOG Visionary I. Keeps an edge for the most part through an elk. May hit it on ceramics now and then. Backup is an older Gerber that has seen some use. Good for a backup.
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Posted on 11/3/25 at 5:50 pm to cgrand
Yep, that one
Posted on 11/3/25 at 6:12 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
My cutco was great for a few years, got dull. Sent it back to get sharpened, kinda got dull quicker after that. So I got a Buck 637, haven't used it yet though. I also have a fun boning knife that came in a Henckels set my wife got me for butchering fun, I will probably use the Buck in the field and the boning knife to finish under the deck. I also have a smaller buck, forget which one, that has stayed sharp for 10 years and is great when we have 2 people quartering at a time. Which is dangerous...move slowly and stay separate, or just go 1 at a time on it as it hangs.
Posted on 11/3/25 at 8:16 pm to monroetiger1
Pretty sure it's an outdoor edge 3 piece set. All fixed blade knives.
Has a boning knife, regular drop point, and a knife with a gut hook, under $50 for all 3 knives, textured handles so they don't slip, blaze orange so easy to find if you set it down. Easy to sharpen, clean, and don't take up much room.
Has a boning knife, regular drop point, and a knife with a gut hook, under $50 for all 3 knives, textured handles so they don't slip, blaze orange so easy to find if you set it down. Easy to sharpen, clean, and don't take up much room.
Posted on 11/3/25 at 9:14 pm to monroetiger1
Just bought this Kershaw on Amazon. D2 steel. Love the sheath, you can take it on / off your belt without removing the belt. The rubber handle is ergonomic and not slippery when wet/ bloody. $60 bucks. Should last forever with minimum care. Ps…don’t get a folding knife, you’ll have to disassemble it to clean it after every use. PITA
Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:28 am to rsbd
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The one the processor uses
I picked up my deer meat from my processor this weekend. I watched outside for a minute or so as he skinned a big 9 point buck for a 13 year old grandson. He used 2-2 1/2" blade on an old, small pocket knife w/ carbon steel blades. He was fast. When I into the office to pay his wife for the meat I noticed he had his knives laid out on the table at the door, 6-8 small, old pocket knives (like the one he was using on the buck) and 3-4 inexpensive looking boning knives w/ 5-6" stainless steel blades. No lock blades, no gut hooks, no liner locks and not an expensive knife in the whole bunch.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:01 am to TigerOnThe Hill
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He used 2-2 1/2" blade on an old, small pocket knife w/ carbon steel blades
Growing up I hunted with a world renowned hall of fame taxidermist and he did all his caping and skinning with a small 2-3 blade ol timer.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:30 am to Ol boy
It aint the arrow, its the indian.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:54 am to monroetiger1
I've cleaned them with a Buck 110, Mora fixed blades and even a Spyderco PM2. I don't care to use folders unless I have to, so my regular is a 4" ESEE plain carbon steel, whatever the fatter handle option is. I like micarta for grip when it's wet.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 2:15 pm to Ol boy
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ol timer
I still use an Old Timer Sharpfinger (152OT).
I've had mine since I was about 10. My grandfather gave it to me in probably 1990.
This isn't it, but a pic I googled.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:08 pm to monroetiger1
I've looked at some of the knives that posters put up sites for and I just don't get it.
I've had many pocket knives in my lifetime with various size blades and have had no issue honing them to razor sharpness and more than capable of dressing an animal and have NEVER spent more than $30 for any of them.
I just don't understand the need for a $300+ knife to do the same job-----but that's just me.................
I've had many pocket knives in my lifetime with various size blades and have had no issue honing them to razor sharpness and more than capable of dressing an animal and have NEVER spent more than $30 for any of them.
I just don't understand the need for a $300+ knife to do the same job-----but that's just me.................
Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:45 pm to Cajun Slick
Thanks. I "needed" this like I need another hole in my head....But I sure did just order one 
Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:22 pm to monroetiger1
Set of Mike Sander for the last 30 years.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:23 pm to Clyde Tipton
I use an Old Timer Sharpfinger 152, with a carbon steel blade, from when they were still made in the USA. Easy to sharpen.
I also use some $20 Winchester stainless steel knives I bought at Academy. Once you get them sharpened they stay sharp. Skinned several deer and hogs with my cheap knives. You don’t have to spend $200 to get a good knife. You just have to know how to sharpen the knives you have.
I also use some $20 Winchester stainless steel knives I bought at Academy. Once you get them sharpened they stay sharp. Skinned several deer and hogs with my cheap knives. You don’t have to spend $200 to get a good knife. You just have to know how to sharpen the knives you have.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:39 pm to gumbo2176
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I've had many pocket knives in my lifetime with various size blades and have had no issue honing them to razor sharpness and more than capable of dressing an animal and have NEVER spent more than $30 for any of them.
gumbo, there's a little voice inside me cheering you on and saying "Amen!" Admittedly, I've got a significant cheap skate streak in me so I'm also partial to "inexpensive" skinning knives. I've got one expensive skinning knife. Actually, I don't know how much it cost since my wife had it made for me by a local knife maker. I'm sure it was expensive since she wouldn't tell me how much it cost. Anyway, some of my favorite "inexpensive knives." These all prob cost <$35 now. I try to keep one or two of these in my truck all the time.
Kissing Crane skinner
Cold Steel "Roach Belly"
Morakniv.
AG Russell "Woodswalker," my favorite squirrel skinning knife.
Posted on 11/5/25 at 11:58 am to TigerOnThe Hill
I think a good 2 3/4” drop point and a 5” boning knife are the perfect pair for quick, efficient whitetail butchering.
Posted on 11/5/25 at 1:27 pm to monroetiger1
I use Outdoor Edge. Have 3 different ones. All work great.
At some point I'll probably get a Havalon to try them out. People swear by them.
At some point I'll probably get a Havalon to try them out. People swear by them.
Posted on 11/5/25 at 6:09 pm to Cajun Slick
How do you sharpen the gut hook?
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