A few years ago, I switched to the outdoor edge razor knife with the replacement blades.
It is the best thing that I have used for skinning and quartering deer/hogs. I can usually skin 2/3 deer or a hog with a single blade and it takes about 15 seconds to change the blade to another scalpel sharp blade. I use the knife only to quarter a deer including short boning the hams and cutting through the ball joints. Those are tough on blades.
Before anyone calls me lazy, I can sharpen a knife and I own a lot of them, even some customs, but as far as working up game, these replaceable blade knives are hard to beat.
[/QUOTE]What model are these?? I’m interested
Mora 511. Good blade, but the grip is a hard plastic. Check out the MG or some of the others. Couple more bucks, but a much better purchase on the handle/grip. I have both.
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Give me a shoutout if I can help. My knife this year gutted, skinned and worked up a pronghorn antelope and then a 6x7 bull. I sharpened it one time after finishing it in my shop. Stop by the house and I'll show you it still shaves. View attachment 993771
Hank
The main thing is that when you're skinning, cut from the inside of the hide out instead of from the hair side in. Makes a big diffeerence in the amount of hair on your meat, too. A simple thing that makes a world of difference.It is unbelievable how fast a knife will dull if you cut into the hair. Avoid that and finishing out a deer shouldn't be an issue. May need to strop the blade with sharpening rod (or your leather belt) from time to time. I always use two knives...one to cut through the hair and the other to skin and quarter. But I've recently fell in love with Outdoor Edge replacement blades. I can do more but I change the blade after processing 1 deer. Also the sooner you skin the deer after putting it down the easier it is to skin it.
I bought a brand new Buck 110 Ranger one year and field dressed/cut up 5 deer before it needed touched up.
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Schrade sharp finger or any schrade is what you seek for good steel thats sharp and easy to sharpen.
Good luck and be careful and dont get cut!
Bingo! You can't beat 'em. Now - if you want the knife and would like a handle that you made, they do sell blanks as well.They've been mentioned multiple times here lately. Morakniv is the way to go for a sharp, from the get-go knife that resharpens, IMO, rather quickly and will do what you need it to. There are deals now, for two Morakniv with Carbon steel blades for under $20. Buy a pair delivered for under $20 and should one get dull (I doubt it will) grab#2. Five minutes on each with a GOOD rod (mine is impregnated with diamond dust) will give you a shaving edge for the next time.
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No doubt - they're fantastic for skinning. But I hate the idea of replaceable blades just being tossed. It's so wasteful in a lot of ways. One good knife, one good sharpener, and you have a sharp knife for life.I will never use anything but an outdoor edge from now on.
Give me a shoutout if I can help. My knife this year gutted, skinned and worked up a pronghorn antelope and then a 6x7 bull. I sharpened it one time after finishing it in my shop. Stop by the house and I'll show you it still shaves. View attachment 993771
Hank
That handle with Damascus would be amazing.