Thread: Any recommendations for a hunting knife?

Mercator

Svord peasant knife , 30 bucks and has the same steel as the 200 dollar fancy knifes

Of the ones I've owned I've liked Kershaws the best.

Bark river Fox river. Amazing steel-and just bloody nice. I've done two deer, one boar, a batch of Paua, a week in a tent and it still shaves hairs.

It really depends on what you want your knife to do, there is no magic blade shape that will do everything well, what's good for skinning a deer may not be great for filleting a fish and what's good for that will not be good for splitting up some kindling...

Bang for buck Svords are good but a tad rough, easy to fix any roughness with some sandpaper but their sheaths are poo, Mora are popular with a lot of people, Condor make some decent knives too.

Or get a good folder.

Cutting through a bolt with a knife proves nothing. Most knives can be tapped through a bolt if light short taps are are used.

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Fencing staples and broad heads are in short supply in the Kaweka tops



And I'm not allowed to take a broad with sharp fingernails




So i just have to remember my knife

Dam! Id like to handle that, the rifle looks good too!

rifle would cost you less and be less of a headache in the long run!!!!

I would like a Bark River Knife but spare cash is a little thin on the ground right now

My 2cents

I like my Mercator, nice and light and short enough to take out a diaphragm easily. The steel is rather soft which means it dulls quickly but is easy to sharpen, I always have a wee diamond sharpener with me to give it a tickle up on the hill if required. I really struggle to get a great edge on harder steel. Never quite got the knack!!!

I also carry a Boning knife sometimes, great for processing on the hill, especially boning out back legs, not so good for gutting as it is a smidge long, have cut my self a couple times gutting so now use my Mercator for that bit. I carry a gerber heavier blade as a spare and would use that for anything heavy or where I might dull the blade so keeping Mercator for deer, in practice this is hardly ever but it is handy to have a spare knife.

So good luck finding a knife that suits what you want it to do

Cheers

Dino