Help me pic a new knife
 

For my birthday I was given a Gift card to Rapid River Knife works, now I just have to chose a knife. Any help

This is the Drop point, the blade is 3.5in long and the handle is 4.25. I dont like this grip but it comes in a few othes that you will see on the other knifes.

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This is the skinner, same blade and handle as the drop.

This is the handle I like the best

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This is the chub, the blade is 2.3 in long and the handle is 3.3 in.

I also like this handle.

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I myself like a droppoint. Especially for butchering. That way when sticking in to find a bone, I know where it hits. Great lookin knifes.

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This is the Byron Ferguson (Spelling?) signiture knife. I like the look of it, but I dont like the signiture. Byron is great and all I just dont like it.

The blade is 4.75 and the handle is the same as the others.

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BC, I like the drop point to.

This is one of their custom knifes. I like the looks of it.

Blade 2.87 in long and over all length is 6.5

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This is the one! Great blade size,nice looking handle.This is the one I'd get.

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Im with Jim, that thing is a beauty!

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Myself I like the folding ones best but, if I was to choose I would
most likely pick the skinner. Although the last knife pictured does
look like a good one.

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What is the main use you are going to be using it for ?
That is something to consider, as a taxidermist ,I want a knife that is light, has a very thin tip so that I can cape around the antlers, and one that will keep sharp for a long time.
None of those qualify in my book as a good skinner.
check any taxidermy supply house for a 4" Vitorinox knife should cost you $4 to $6, remove the handle and make an antler handle for it, then you'll have yourself a skinner, the other ones here might be good for gutting and other stuff.

See: http://premiumknives.com/ShopSite/RH_Forschner_Victorinox_Cutlery_40001.html

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I dont shoot anything big enuf to get it mounted :). I would use it to feild dress deer, fish, birds, ............., and other around camp stuff, like makeing cooksticks for hot dogs and fighting off bears and wolves

A the H, I have a knife I use for skinning, so I wouldnt needit for that.


Thanks for the input guys. Keep itcomming.

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Alex this is their caping knife. Looks alot like the one I use to skin.

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That caping knife looks good !

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I bought my frienda Chub as a present. He's always complining about not being able to get a decent shorter type knife. It was perfect for him, he loves it.

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I like a heavy knife for bird hunting so when you clean them you can use the back of the blade to pop (break) the wing bones in half. Makes cleaning alot easier for me.

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It is between the Drop point with the wood and bone handleand the custum. I am going to be fishing by Rapid River this weekend so I willswing in the shop and take a look at the knifes first hand. I hope that the custom is still in.

If anyone has any thing else to add I will be here.

Thanks guys.

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I've used a lot of knives and mostly use for deer, turkey and bear. I got a Va. Blade knifeand field dressed 5 deer and processed one of those completly and never touched the blade. they have a nice selection. they are a bit pricing but in my opinion well worth it. I keep adding to my collection each time the offer a new type and often give them as gifts

www.vablade.com

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I like the drop point with the second handle. I like the black ring on the third handle better than the grey ring but the wood is nicer on the second and the rivet sets off the handle nicely.

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Along with the knife, you may want to consider an armguard sheath.

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Where are those knives from? They are very good looking.

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Home made caping knife from a reprocicating saw blade and antler bone handle, total cost >30 cents. Sharp as heck

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Curlis, the knifs are made in Rappid River, a small town in the southern Upper Penn of MI.

Alex, that is a good looking tool. Thanks for the pic.

I went with the drop point with the second handle. The custom was to small for my hand. The wood on mine has alittle moregrain then the one in the pic.

Thanks for the help.

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Hi Ya'll, Been following this for awhile, and thanks for showing some purty blades!! I got a couple of "store-boughts" that work real good for me. They are Schrade "Old Timers". Think Schrade went out of business, not sure, but they are still around if ya look. The one on top is called the "Sharp Finger", don't know what they call the one w/ gut hook, but it's right under the S.F. in the display cases. The one w/ gut hook makes real short work of dressing hogs, and both will hold an edge along time.

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Schrade are excellent knives, I have one that is the sharpest knife I ever seen, wish I could get another.
They are out of Buisiness ?

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I've been told they are done, and the three stores in the town I live in have display cases that are constantly shrinking, lot's of empty spots where they sold even the blade on display. I bought the SF for 1/2 off, closeout deal, but paid a premium for the one w/ gut hook, as seller knew it was a done deal. I got both for around $50.

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Nothing personal toward you Guss, but I don't care for any of the knives you posted pics of. I will show you in a bit what it is that I use. I probably don't do as many deer a year as Alex, but I do maybe 50 a year and it pays to have good tools.

Awshucks, I have what you call "The Sharp Finger" in my fishing tackle box. It was one of the 1st I used for skinning and is a beautiful knife. Since then, I have incorporated many other knives into my arsenal of tools. I will have to take a few pics and get them posted later.

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Yeah, Schrade went out of business a few months after celebrating their 100th anniversary in '04. Privately owned company so there's no public record of why they closed up but some sources said that 9/11 and the resulting stricter attitude towards pocket knifes killed sales. I have an Old Timer 8OT pocket knife that I use all the time at work and around the house and I thought I lost it last month (kids had put it in wife's shoe) and was looking online for another one and was reading up on the closing. You can still find some on ebay. My dad uses the "Sharp Finger" and it does well and takes an edge easily.

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Gotta little tip for you Sharp finger guys. If you look close at the edge, it isn't sharpened all the way back. I took a dremel w/ cut off wheel and made a small "v" notch right in front of the round deal towards the back of the blade. This allows you to sharpen it all the way back to the notch. I've been thru 3-4 deer w/ mine and never touched the blade, really hard steel.