Thread: Folding knife for hunting

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Had one of these (maybe Cam will drag it up one day, its on the bottom of the bay somewhere...) brilliant folder. Will get another.
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I like that shape a lot.

A chris Reeve or a Hinderer are great if budget is not concerned (although they should last forever so $/forever is a pretty good deal), spyderco, zero tolerance, strider make damn good folders too still a tad spendy though, many cheaper brands will also do the job, just make sure they are well cleaned so as too not gunk up the lock, having a folder fold on a finger is not fun, been there, got the scar.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

I like Spyderco knives.

Stretch (ZDP-189) next to BRK Loveless Drop Point Hunter (3V) thanks to @sneeze.
I'd think if you broke it you're doing something wrong.
I'd prefer a frame lock but the lockback has yet to fail me. The only thing to keep an eye on is stuff like lint etc can stop the blade fully folding. This can interfere with the lock on many folders.

Gay little knifes ..suppose they are good match for a 243 though , cant stand anything under a 6 inch blade ,a decent butchers knife is hard to beat

Originally Posted by Boaraxa

Gay little knifes ..suppose they are good match for a 243 though , cant stand anything under a 6 inch blade ,a decent butchers knife is hard to beat

Never had any issues with size but if a big knife makes you feel less gay go for it.

A six inch butchers knife just sits so nicely in the pocket

Originally Posted by MSL

A six inch butchers knife just sits so nicely in the pocket

Maybe if you put a hole in the pocket , seen quite a few mates pull out the silly little things its painfull to watch all the little slashes & cuts to remove legs or skin animals cant stand them , as a plan B sure anything is better then nothing

Maybe your mates are strugglers?

not when they have a longer blade in hand

for those that remember approx 4-5 duckshooting seasons back H&Fgave out a clone of the gerber gator folder clip point if you bought your license from them.a lot complained it was bloody cheap etc etc -well I beg to fucking differ .that knife was the best ive ever used to breast ducks geese etc and any other task I asked of it (Im the owner of 30+knives).
next to my Vietnam camillus us pilots knife (bought in hokitika in 1975 and still in my collection-built like a razor twice as mean) i ranked it.
alas one day half pissed dickhead i am -i hit the blade with hammer to cut off a set of canada legs and it snapped the blade.
Id love to replace it!!that design is definitely in mytop3
FYI-It has white ???camo scales on the handle.

H&f did a Gerber paragraph as a give away at one point... Used one but don't like the feel of the skeletonised handle

This was a freebie a while back with licence. Been lost and found a few times. Holds a resonible edge, but can be sharpened in the field easy enough

Originally Posted by kotuku

for those that remember approx 4-5 duckshooting seasons back H&Fgave out a clone of the gerber gator folder clip point if you bought your license from them.a lot complained it was bloody cheap etc etc -well I beg to fucking differ .that knife was the best ive ever used to breast ducks geese etc and any other task I asked of it (Im the owner of 30+knives).
next to my Vietnam camillus us pilots knife (bought in hokitika in 1975 and still in my collection-built like a razor twice as mean) i ranked it.
alas one day half pissed dickhead i am -i hit the blade with hammer to cut off a set of canada legs and it snapped the blade.
Id love to replace it!!that design is definitely in mytop3
FYI-It has white ???camo scales on the handle.

Good knife... till it broke when cutting up bate

Originally Posted by Manuka

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This was a freebie a while back with licence. Been lost and found a few times. Holds a resonible edge, but can be sharpened in the field easy enough

ive got one too,and its not a bad wee knife ,but the other-nup for bird dressing no comparison.

Am only using folders and I don't struggle or break blades pulling even a big stag apart (but learned it how to do it properly). My main knife is a Victorinox Forester the spare one is Opinel No7 Carbon.
Still have a few fixed blades but only using them when killing cattle.

Great replies guys keep them coming.

I really like spyderco knives, and their use of VG10 is great but haven't seen one with a blade shape I like for hunting. I like a knife with plenty of belly. What models are you guys using?