Best field dressing knife

[CharlieTN]

Outdoor edge Swingblade. The gut hook is awesome

I'll second this one. Been using one for years and the zipper blade is the best for opening up the skin without getting hair everywhere.

 

[arctic_cat]

Outdoor edge. Sharp as a scalpel and when it's not you throw the blade away and put a new one on.

 

[JeepKuntry]

I use a Wyoming. 2" blade with gut hook. All metal. Unscrew 2 screws to clean everything good. Touch up with a strop and that thing stays razor sharp.

 

[DC219]

This, whatever it is, for the past 20 years or so.

 

[Wrangler95]

Probably my most used knife for gutting and skinning has been my gerber gator folder.

I've got the same knife!

 

[megalomaniac]

I really like the little Havalon Piranta.

but if you are one that puts any pressure on a blade when working, the scalpel blades will snap.

 

[UTVol3226]

I'm hoping I'm not the only one that this happens to. Killed a deer. Dressed it . Took it to processor. Cleaning up and can't find my knife. Gonna need a new one. Any favorites out there?

I'm horrible at getting a knife sharp. Outdoor Edge or Havalon replaceable works great for me.

 

[Bgoodman30]

Another vote for outdoor edge. Simple, cheap and the sharpest.

 

[sallee-bo]

Buck Vanguard has served me well for over 30 years.

 

[lafn96]

Had this made when my son was born; one for each of us. S30V blade and Brazilian Rosewood handle. If I lost this I'd be back in the woods looking, and get a metal detector if necessary. Got it with the intention of something he could hand down to his kids.

 

[Lost Lake]

I really like my Buck Alpha Crosslock.

 

[FTG-05]

Order one from Joe at Flat Rock Forge:

Fixed-Blade Knives – Flat Rock Forge

flatrockforge.com

 

[AT Hiker]

I really like the little Havalon Piranta.

but if you are one that puts any pressure on a blade when working, the scalpel blades will snap.

Like every other man in America, I love knives. However, after skinning, dressing and caping countless big game animals I just keep reverting back to replaceable blade ones. I carry the piranta in my chest rig (weight is exactly 1.6 ounces) and an Outdoor edge razor light in my pocket.
I can quarter an entire elk with a resharpened Outdoor edge blade. Most people toss the blades but I resharpen mine all the time.

So far this year Ive broken down one elk, pronghorn, mule deer, couple pheasant and many trout off one blade that was resharpened from last year. Also used that blade as an EDC the entire summer n fall.
Unless the blades are complete toast, I'll save them as well. Super simple to swap a nice blade out for an older one for your EDC.

Also, it doesn't hurt as bad to lose a cheaper knife vs a beautiful custom one.

 

[sgtwebb1]

Laugh all you want, but I've field dressed & skinned probably a hundred deer with one of these.
The blade does great, and the saw goes thru bone very easily.
Mom gave me one of these when I was 14--my son has it now, I replaced it several years ago when I gave it to him.
If I'm hunting or fishing, it's in my pocket.

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[megalomaniac]

Like every other man in America, I love knives. However, after skinning, dressing and caping countless big game animals I just keep reverting back to replaceable blade ones. I carry the piranta in my chest rig (weight is exactly 1.6 ounces) and an Outdoor edge razor light in my pocket.
I can quarter an entire elk with a resharpened Outdoor edge blade. Most people toss the blades but I resharpen mine all the time.

So far this year Ive broken down one elk, pronghorn, mule deer, couple pheasant and many trout off one blade that was resharpened from last year. Also used that blade as an EDC the entire summer n fall.
Unless the blades are complete toast, I'll save them as well. Super simple to swap a nice blade out for an older one for your EDC.

Also, it doesn't hurt as bad to lose a cheaper knife vs a beautiful custom one.

Agree completely.

And I'll reshaped the Havalon blades 3 or 4 times before pitching them.

 

[swampbadger]

I vote for gerber folding knife.

 

[270MONTS]

Seems like the buck knives come very sharp right out the box.

 

[Outdoor Enthusiast]

I really like the little Havalon Piranta.

but if you are one that puts any pressure on a blade when working, the scalpel blades will snap.

Same.
I learned that the hard way trying to clean up a euro last year.

 

[Tenntrapper]

This, whatever it is, for the past 20 years or so.

Kinda looks like an Anton Wingen jr from Solingen Germany....but I could be wrong.
Tang stamp a little hard to see in that pic.