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#6068523 - 12/05/15 06:13 PM
Favorite deer skinning knife ?
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 03/10/12
Posts: 56
Loc: Orange, Texas
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I love my Sharpfingers for skinning and cleaning deer. What other style knives are really good skinning knives ?
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#6072341 - 12/07/15 11:39 PM
Re: Favorite deer skinning knife ?
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Veteran Tracker
Registered: 10/25/11
Posts: 2357
Loc: Texas
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I've got a Gerber with good upswept to the blade that I like to use alot. Their mystery steel is also easy to keep sharp.
Edited by blazin (12/07/15 11:40 PM)
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#6072381 - 12/08/15 01:42 AM
Re: Favorite deer skinning knife ?
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Registered: 08/19/09
Posts: 2942
Loc: The Woodlands, Tx
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I've used a Buck 103 skinner for 45 years. It has always worked well, but I don't use it for gutting.
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#6074395 - 12/09/15 06:00 AM
Re: Favorite deer skinning knife ?
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Light Foot
Registered: 10/17/15
Posts: 43
Loc: Palo Pinto county
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I now use a Havalon, love it for skinning.
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#6074484 - 12/09/15 07:42 AM
Re: Favorite deer skinning knife ?
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Registered: 08/09/05
Posts: 13484
Loc: Grayson County
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One of my own. Out of all of my designs, this is the handiest to me when it comes to skinning and quartering. 
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#6074937 - 12/09/15 12:05 PM
Re: Favorite deer skinning knife ?
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Veteran Tracker
Registered: 02/15/12
Posts: 2195
Loc: Ellis Co.
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Buck 110 folder currently. Hope to replace it with one of MikeC's design by next season.
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#6075025 - 12/09/15 12:46 PM
Re: Favorite deer skinning knife ?
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THF Trophy Hunter
Registered: 07/03/12
Posts: 6093
Loc: Central Texas
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I'm a fan of a blade shape like what MikeC showed. My particular knife isn't fancy, being an old KaBar. I use it for skinning and for gutting. The long blade is a big help with the gutting. For de boning the meat, I use an old Browning folder with about a 4 inch thin blade that really holds an edge. Been doing it like that for over 35 years. I've tried other type blade shapes from Puma, Gerber, Buck, etc, but though they were Ok, they weren't better.
Just to get fancy, I did ask a few guys about making me a KaBar with Damascus steel, but it would have been rather expensive. And other than being pretty, it wouldn't have skinned any better. Still...the thought keeps coming back to me.
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#6075278 - 12/09/15 03:07 PM
Re: Favorite deer skinning knife ?
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Woodsman
Registered: 09/26/12
Posts: 131
Loc: Austin, Tx
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I love my Viscera. Works like a charm and stays sharp. Real Avid Viscera
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#6076576 - 12/10/15 09:25 AM
Re: Favorite deer skinning knife ?
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Woodsman
Registered: 04/09/14
Posts: 147
Loc: Spicewood, TX
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I now use a Havalon, love it for skinning. +1
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#6076742 - 12/10/15 10:54 AM
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Pro Tracker
Registered: 01/16/12
Posts: 1570
Loc: New Mexico
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I am a fan of the Outdoor edge swingblade, the blade is great for skinning and the unique gut blade works great. "opens game like a zipper".
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#6096263 - 12/22/15 09:00 AM
Re: Favorite deer skinning knife ?
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Green Horn
Registered: 12/16/15
Posts: 5
Loc: Ft. Worth, TX
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By far the best non-custom American-made knives I have used are Bark River Knives. For skinning & caping, a set of these is all you might need... In our elk camp a few years ago, we used these to skin 5 elk and never needed to re-sharpen them! Bark River Canadian Special and Mini Canadian
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#6096882 - 12/22/15 02:58 PM
Re: Favorite deer skinning knife ?
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Veteran Tracker
Registered: 08/23/11
Posts: 3453
Loc: Snyder
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You need a knife to skin deer?
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