RE: Best All Around Hunting Knife?
 

I' ll vouch on the Gerber Gator, excellent knife. My favorite is the buck passed on to me from Grampa, many memories in that knife.

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RE: Best All Around Hunting Knife?
 

Over the years I' ve used Buck, Case, K-bar, Gerber, Schrade, Cold Steel, Kershaw, CRKT, Western, Puma, Opinel.... More different brands than I remember and I can honestly say I' ve not had a bad knife from any of those outfits. Just some weren' t quite as good as others. ;) My favorite was Western (the OLD Western Cutlery Company, not the crud that Camillus has been putting out under that name).

I' m another that doesn' t like cleaning the blood and guts out of folders. Preference is for fixed blades. 3-4" , as said before, for gutting and skinning.

Right now I' m using a Helle Nying, and I can tell you those triple laminated blades are something else! Very oddball, traditional Scandinavian-style handle, but very comfortable and practical once you get used to the feel.

RE: Best All Around Hunting Knife?
 

I use a SCHRADE OLD TIMER. It is a lock folding knife with a 3 inch blade, 1 3/4 straight blade edge and a 1 1/4 serated blade edge, with a 43/4 inch handle made of plastic with a non slip type of coating, comes with a a heavy fabric belt holder that can be thrown in the washer when soiled. The curve in the blade is well placed for a index finger push down on the blade and also has a plastic piece mounted in the top back of the blade for gripping the the top of the blade. It holds a really sharp edge for a long time. I used it to remove fletching from a carbon arrow and then was able to field dress a deer without sharpening the blade between uses.
Heck I was on a outfitters hunt and the owner and my guide both had knifes for field dressing my deer that had dull blades so I handed them my OLD TIMER and they were both very impressed with the knife, they said leave it to the lady to have a knife sharper than ours[:o][&:]
My husband picked it up for me at Wal-Mart for $ 19.99, I love the knife and thought it was a heck of a good deal he got.

RE: Best All Around Hunting Knife?
 

I have had a few knives and am happy with my kershaw . I allso have used a pairing knife like swamper and they work great . A small swept back blade is best if you are cleaning alot of animals and they sharpen easyer allso . AK thats a real nice blade you got there .

RE: Best All Around Hunting Knife?
 

After trying many knives over the years, I' ve decided that I like a fixed blade with a rubber handle, and a 4-5" (thin, not wide) blade. This seems to be the best combination for me. I use this knife strictly for field dressing. Works very well. I also have other knives I use for skinning, butchering, etc.

RE: Best All Around Hunting Knife?
 

I carry a Kersaw and a Wenger---guess I' m the first on here to mention the granddaddy Swiss Army knives.

I' ve carried the Wenger for almost ten years, and can say that the thing can do everything. Plus I get two blades for the price of one...

RE: Best All Around Hunting Knife?
 

I have used an old timer, and it worked fine until I lost it. Then I got a gerber gator and I didn' t like it because it got dull so fast.

So now I use my Buck Pathfinder that my dad gave me when I was young. It ain' t easy to sharpen but it holds an edge for a loooong time. I also have a buck pocket knife that I use sometimes.

I will never use anything other than a buck knife. I had to buy a sharpening kit to get the thing sharp but it gets so much sharper than any other knife I have ever seen. Heck I once shaved with my knife on a backpacking hunting trip.