Originally Posted by
tealboy
I have a pretty large buck knife and have realized it is too big for skinning and cleaning deer. I know this is like ford vs Chevy but wondered if there are a couple of favorites that folks could recommend. I'm less concerned about price but certainly expect most good skinning knives can be had for less than 75 bucks or maybe 100.
Huh? Too big?
I don't get it. You don't have to use the whole length of the blade. You can gut and skin a deer with basically any pocket knife.
There is no magic knife that makes the job just so much easier. I mean it is a quick operation to gut a deer and not much more to skin it. Skinning it does not involve any intricate operation. You pull the skin and tease at whatever resists with the blade and any blade that is sharp does it.
Not trying to be an aZZ but you just do it with whatever u got and just make sure it is sharp.
FCOL a good sharp Buck 110 folder or anything similar will do a deer, a bear, an elk or a moose.
I guess what I'm saying is it probably isn't a question of what knife but who's holding it.