heya folks

Im a blacksmith that specializes in knife making. I had been doing a post search for the word "knife" and noticed that alot of them were in bowhunting....so welp figured yall were the ones to ask heh.
my works been ranging from expensive "collector" knives *ie anything over 200* to general purpose 80 - 200 $ ones. lately Ive been wanting to concentrate on the hunter/skinner/camp blade designs
heres a couple of examples;






those two are skinners with 1095 steel both have burled cherry handles and are what they call differentially tempered ( first the blade is hardened overall with a quench then the hardness is drawn off of the spine leaving the edge hard, allowing for a flexable knife with a harder edge than a factory "oven temper" will allow for)

then theres stuff like this subhilt fighter



that ones one of the expensive ones, ie the handforged acid etched wrought iron fittings alone took a full day to make, etch, and fit. point of showing though is blade design.

ok on to my question.
when your looking for a good knife for all around camping, what blade shape and length do you prefer?
when your looking for a skinner, again, what blade length?
thanks all for reading and taking time to reply.
Shane
Red Dog Forge
ps, for those of you that go to my site via my profile theres not much up there, ie only about 8 or so, most of which have sold and only some fancy art knives available. I actually have about 6 pieces on my bench right now, but all are about a week from being done. ie handle finish and sheaths etc