I do a lot of coon skinning, and my fair share of other varmints too. I usually use a drop point with gut hook. What type of point do you all use. I have used semiserrated clip points, didn't prefer them, but they were decent, and have used a tanto (really sqaure angles) once, ended up poking a million holes in my pelt with it!!

GOTTA LOVE THAT MARLIN MAGIC!!!!

I like to use a swiss army knife because of the thin blade. They're easy to menuver and sharpen and they hold an edge for a long time!!
Each to his own.
By the way, how did you do this year?

Back when I was selling hides I did all my skining wuth a 4inch fixed blade buck knife.It wad been sharpened so many times that the blade looked almost like a filet knife.Because I "case"skined all my coon,cat,coyotes and fox,there was very little actual knife work involved as I pulled most of the hide off the critter.Just the initial cut from back leg to back leg,ringing each leg,ear butts,lips,cutting off the nose,eye sockets and touching the ocassional stubborn membrain.The less cutting you have to do the less chance of winding up with a pelt that has a few "extra"holes in it,if you know what I mean.

some folks think i'm crazy but i use a fillet knife for every thing.i have fixed blade buck knives,$150 puma knife and a few others but always end up useing the fillet knife.