Thread: Folding Scalpel Knives

Originally Posted by tikka

Been using the Havalon knives 5 or 6 years now and being an ex butcher and fish filleter I hate sharpening knives so swapping blades is so easy. Not ideal for braking animals down. I mostly bone animals out on the ground before the wasps show up. I’ve had 100 blades last as long as I’ve had the knives and still have 28 blades left.

Havalon’s compared to a 223rem

Being an ex butcher and filleter you most likely have above average knife skills and dont cut bone and hair as much as most of do
Even at twice the blade usage that would still be good going tho with the amount of animals you get threw.

Where are you guys getting your blades from? And has anyone tried any of the different scalpel blades and did they work? I ordered some off ali express last year and they never arrived so had to go in to the green store and pay $35 for 12 blades.

https://targetspecies.co.nz/collections/havalon-blades

I use the 60A blades from the link Magnus shared above. Still going on my first dozen so never tried any from elsewhere. Now I’m definitely no butcher, but so I can easily get a few animals per blade so long as I avoid doing any heavy work near bone with it.

Originally Posted by tikka

Been using the Havalon knives 5 or 6 years now and being an ex butcher and fish filleter I hate sharpening knives so swapping blades is so easy. Not ideal for braking animals down. I mostly bone animals out on the ground before the wasps show up. I’ve had 100 blades last as long as I’ve had the knives and still have 28 blades left.

Havalon’s compared to a 223rem

now thats plurry interesting,as having been a fish splitter myself in previous life....was just about to type,does no one know how to ,and enjoy the art of getting and keeping a good knife sharp anymore???
it is a simple matter to have a good sharp sheath knife and a smaller shape pocket/folding knife in kit as a spare.... the mercator/svord peasant/openil/IXL/swiss army/gerber gator, etc etc etc will do all the same jobs just about as well IF you get it sharp and keep it that way.

Originally Posted by Pixie Z

I use the 60A blades from the link Magnus shared above. Still going on my first dozen so never tried any from elsewhere. Now I’m definitely no butcher, but so I can easily get a few animals per blade so long as I avoid doing any heavy work near bone with it.

Yeah they dull pretty quick but can be brought back with a strop

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

now thats plurry interesting,as having been a fish splitter myself in previous life....was just about to type,does no one know how to ,and enjoy the art of getting and keeping a good knife sharp anymore???

Yes, I can do it. Do I enjoy it, no! I sharpen and reuse the "disposable" knife blades, so am still on my first one nearly a year down the line.

Originally Posted by tikka

being an ex butcher and fish filleter I hate sharpening knives...

This post gave me a chuckle.

Ive got no time for them and think they are almost as silly as Mercators'. And that's very silly.

But Ive got a Havalon that I use for tricky head skinning. I will take it today and if I get a deer I will give it a try. Its a Havalon combo with a pocket knife blade at one end.