Thread: SCALPEL FOR HUNTING ?

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I saw in the 'how big is your knife' thread some have used/do use a scalpel bladed knife for a hunting knife .
I am curious as to how well they work for animal processing in the field . I would have thought , although obviously very sharp and replaceable blades (save sharpening) , that they would have been a bit flimsy or not robust enough for the job , rabbits/possum maybe but particularly a goat/deer sized animal .
Am I wrong ?
Please enlighten me as to just how useful a scalpel bladed knife can be for hunting .....

I have found this particular wee knife for sale and wondered whether it's worth giving it a go .... worse come to worse I can use it for opening boxes at work .
Flipper blade with open locking so safe enough to carry and I am a fan of carbon ...


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...04673722_1&s=p


Any thoughts....

They are pretty decent man. You have to be a little more careful with them around popping joints etc and they won't cut a brisket but those are really the only 2 jobs that require force in processing a deer. I use mine as a spare and to make hocking and skinning cuts, then the main knife does all the Boning. A significant part of the blunting is made cutting hair etc.

For 25 bucks that unit should be sweet, especially if islt uses the same havalon blades which are decent quality

Originally Posted by Nick-D

They are pretty decent man. You have to be a little more careful with them around popping joints etc and they won't cut a brisket but those are really the only 2 jobs that require force in processing a deer. I use mine as a spare and to make hocking and skinning cuts, then the main knife does all the Boning. A significant part of the blunting is made cutting hair etc.

For 25 bucks that unit should be sweet, especially if islt uses the same havalon blades which are decent quality

That what I was thinking re cutting skin . I don't imagine the edge would last long scraping against bone either .
That knife takes any blade that fits a #4 apparently including the smaller 'standard' type blades of various shapes , but I kinda like the idea of a longer blade as well for deeper faster cuts . Thought could be handy for cutting out the poo tube too being small bladed and long and thinner than a 'normal' knife blade .