batchief909

Another vote for Forschner here. I use the flexible blades.

gjk5

for the field the best budget knife I have bought forever is the Swingblade, for home butchering I agree; a curved boning knife can't be beat. Those Forschner's are nice.

Pro-Line

Whether or not you get flexible is up to you.

I use the flexible....it makes cutting silver skin and trimming around bones easier.

Rebel Hog

Forschner or CutCo

TreednNC

Forschner or Dexter Russell 6" Boner (yes it really is called that!)

casey012293

Allot of people use regular hunting knives for skinning or gutting. When i killed my elk this year, my buddy laughed at me when i pulled my knife out. He grabbed a new knife he started using this year, havalon knives, and started hacking away at my elk. It was unbelievable how sharp the blade stayed and that if it got dull, he carried replacement blades in his pack. They worked like razor blades (havalon are basically surgical scalpels that are a little thicker than razors), and one blade did (skinned and deboned) my whole elk and skinned the skull.

This is why we started carrying them, it might not be something you are interested in but they are fair priced, blades are cheap for as long as they can be used and it is really nice not to be able to not have to spend a whole night sharpening it. Needless to say, i replaced my heavy knife with one of the new lightweight havalon.

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Phil from Maine

I use a flexible boning knife and a stiff slicing carving knife..

flyinlowe

I am probably going to get a Forschner to try out. I just bought a vintage Old Hickory on Ebay for $9.00. It had a inch blade and was in good shape. I am also trying to find a Olsen 4800 knife. A friend of mine and his brother got one each from their dad years ago and the seem to be awesome knives. They are well made but they are pretty rare and pretty pricey.