FAVOURITE SKINNING KNIFE

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Post by Stoney » 28 Apr 2018, 5:09 pm

bigfellascott wrote:I use a boning knife on the foxes etc, works fine for me, holds a good edge, cost $20 from my local butcher.


+1 Butchers knives are made for work. Don't be fooled into other knives that try to re-invent the wheel.
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Post by SCJ429 » 28 Apr 2018, 8:37 pm

Check out Morakniv for budget quality Swedish knives. Great bit of gear, I never go hunting without one. If you lose it you can replace it for not much money.
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Post by juststarting » 28 Apr 2018, 10:21 pm

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Post by marksman » 28 Apr 2018, 11:07 pm

there are puma's and there are puma's, they are not all the same quality

I use swibo and victorinox in 5 inch
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Post by Member-Deleted » 29 Apr 2018, 12:29 am

What breed is that one JS ?
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Post by juststarting » 29 Apr 2018, 4:52 pm

grandadbushy wrote:What breed is that one JS ?


This one:
https://youtu.be/36_slnYU-EA

Settled on this after a couple of others.

...and you can run steel rod sharpener over the blade, when butchering. I have a little sharpening rod, like $4 or $6 from eBay and this knife. That's all I have/use.

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Post by Jon79 » 29 Apr 2018, 5:31 pm

after years of working in abattoirs I couldn't go past Victorinox knives so easy to put an edge on that a steel is all they really need and rarely need to see the stone, yet to come across a knife that you can get as sharp and keep that way so easily
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Post by Member-Deleted » 29 Apr 2018, 6:36 pm

Thanks JS I will look into one of those check the price and such ideal for what I do
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Post by Stix » 29 Apr 2018, 7:07 pm

Ive got so many knives...& lots of them i "want" to be my favourite...
But these are the 4 most used & 3 best performers i always come back to...(forgive the current condition of them)...they are all amongst the cheapest kines i have
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The top one is a really stiff blade $5 bait knife that can do anything i want it to do, & do it well...due to its low cost it can get a hammering (if i take it out) so it tends to loose its edge easily--but a quick lick & it'll skin a tomato...its really good on de-legging goats too.

Next is a $40 special folder...it lives in the pocket & therefor does the most necks & gut dropping of bunnies...its a pig to sharpen, the edge dulls quickly & takes a lot of work to bring it back, it doesnt penetrate the neck too well to nick the juggular... its only in my pocket the most as ill be the least upset if i loose it in a paddock...its just about done its dash with me.

The third one from top cost <$35 a few years back...its a little folder & a cracker when it comes to skinning bunnies--brilliant shape & ideal blade length & easy enough to get a skinning edge back with--it lives in the drivers door handle.

Last one only gets used skinning out goats--its the most efficient i have at boning out a goats rear leg off a hook while holding the blade & only using the last 1-1.5" of blade. Its razor sharp yet hasnt got an edge grind-go figure... :lol:
One day id like to make a really nice handle & sheath for it & get a knife professional to clean it up properly & give it the edge it deserves...one day...
Cost me nothing & ive had it for as long as i remember--the ol'man gave it to me as a kid.
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Post by bigpete » 29 Apr 2018, 8:29 pm

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At the moment this unknown butchers knife I resurrected for larger critters, for smaller stuff I like my opinel folders
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Post by Midwestman » 03 May 2018, 1:17 pm

i think the best skinning knife is your bare hands,i just make an entry hole near the arse and slide my hand in then slide my hand all thru carcass while still warm straight after slaughter,removing the skin from the cracass,and all in one piece round cuts nera the ankle joints and then pull skin off in one go has no meat at all on it,beautiful and clean,same way dress a sheep,cow,goat etc
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Post by Midwestman » 03 May 2018, 1:18 pm

that's how we dress our animals on the farm
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Post by Gwion » 03 May 2018, 4:46 pm

Midwestman wrote:that's how we dress our animals on the farm


Do you use your teeth to make the initial incision and cut around the ankles??? :lol:
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Post by Midwestman » 03 May 2018, 4:52 pm

just to remove the testes :sarcasm: :drinks:
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Post by Gwion » 03 May 2018, 5:14 pm

:lol: :drinks: :lol:

Midwestman wrote:just to remove the testes :sarcasm: :drinks:
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Post by Stix » 03 May 2018, 6:26 pm

Midwestman wrote:just to remove the testes :sarcasm: :drinks:


Got pics demonstrating this technique...? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by Midwestman » 03 May 2018, 6:39 pm

in all seriousness gwion,i learnt that way off a good mate of mine sheep farmer from Central Victoria,we give each other a hand alot,he comes up too property i work in Central West High Country,and i go down there for a working holiday. so when shearing,lambing drenching culling etc help each other out. So there i was one day just culled a few hoggits got them hanging and skinning away me with my swibo(great Knifes),and i turned around too see how he was going,and his got half his arm half down the belly i was thinking WTF,you mexicans sure do strange things down there,and he said watch and learn so i did,i was totally amazed and when he finished pushing his hand around and all the carcass gave the skin a good pull,to my amazement all came off super clean ,best skin and dressed carcass ever seen and he did to my 1 1/2.Was totally amazed at the speed could do it and how clean the skin was and how it came off the carcass,so that's how i always do it. Thats a true story. Come up the farm for shoot and camp one day Gwion and i'll show.works for everything i now do rabbits,foxes,goats,sheep,cattle,deer,pigs like that only thing knife does now is guts and cuts around the ankles. :welcome: :drinks:
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Post by Stix » 03 May 2018, 6:48 pm

Midwestman wrote:in all seriousness gwion,i learnt that way off a good mate of mine sheep farmer from Central Victoria,we give each other a hand alot,he comes up too property i work in Central West High Country,and i go down there for a working holiday. so when shearing,lambing drenching culling etc help each other out. So there i was one day just culled a few hoggits got them hanging and skinning away me with my swibo(great Knifes),and i turned around too see how he was going,and his got half his arm half down the belly i was thinking WTF,you mexicans sure do strange things down there,and he said watch and learn so i did,i was totally amazed and when he finished pushing his hand around and all the carcass gave the skin a good pull,to my amazement all came off super clean ,best skin and dressed carcass ever seen and he did to my 1 1/2.Was totally amazed at the speed could do it and how clean the skin was and how it came off the carcass,so that's how i always do it. Thats a true story. Come up the farm for shoot and camp one day Gwion and i'll show.works for everything i now do rabbits,foxes,goats,sheep,cattle,deer,pigs like that only thing knife does now is guts and cuts around the ankles. :welcome: :drinks:


Hey midwestman, when you say only an entry hole near the arse, where exactly & how big...?
And how do you get your hand all the way down to the head of larger animals, & in the legs of smaller ones..?...or am i just missing something...?
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Post by Gwion » 03 May 2018, 6:50 pm

Midwestman wrote:in all seriousness gwion,i learnt that way off a good mate of mine sheep farmer from Central Victoria,we give each other a hand alot,he comes up too property i work in Central West High Country,and i go down there for a working holiday. so when shearing,lambing drenching culling etc help each other out. So there i was one day just culled a few hoggits got them hanging and skinning away me with my swibo(great Knifes),and i turned around too see how he was going,and his got half his arm half down the belly i was thinking WTF,you mexicans sure do strange things down there,and he said watch and learn so i did,i was totally amazed and when he finished pushing his hand around and all the carcass gave the skin a good pull,to my amazement all came off super clean ,best skin and dressed carcass ever seen and he did to my 1 1/2.Was totally amazed at the speed could do it and how clean the skin was and how it came off the carcass,so that's how i always do it. Thats a true story. Come up the farm for shoot and camp one day Gwion and i'll show.works for everything i now do rabbits,foxes,goats,sheep,cattle,deer,pigs like that only thing knife does now is guts and cuts around the ankles. :welcome: :drinks:



Yep. Learned similar technique from mobile butcher who came to do some lambs for us because we had more than I wanted to do on my own. Same "punching" the skin off but we unzip the skin first. He also dresses them "upside down" to what most people do: works very well and makes sense once you see it in action. Tricks I picked up from him have cut my dressing time by more than half but still no where as quick as this guy! :thumbsup:
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Post by Midwestman » 03 May 2018, 7:21 pm

yeah it certainly works well gwion.i always hang my carcass upside down as well,great chatting with you mate,welcome to come to the property one day if you want gwion. :drinks: ,love talking to other people of the land,learn something new every day. I'm actually going to let a few people come up for a shoot as ferals getting out of hand now in search off water,had to buy water last week,rivers dry things aren;t to good where we are at the moment desperately need some rain. but back too knifes i own and use gherbas,swibos the krauts and swiss make great knifes. :thumbsup:
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Post by Stix » 04 May 2018, 12:04 pm

:huh: ....nope...?... :unknown: ah well...

Maybe because i use cheap knives...? :roll:

Or could be because i dont own land...?... :cry:
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Post by deanp100 » 06 May 2018, 9:30 am

Midwestman wrote:in all seriousness gwion,i learnt that way off a good mate of mine sheep farmer from Central Victoria,we give each other a hand alot,he comes up too property i work in Central West High Country,and i go down there for a working holiday. so when shearing,lambing drenching culling etc help each other out. So there i was one day just culled a few hoggits got them hanging and skinning away me with my swibo(great Knifes),and i turned around too see how he was going,and his got half his arm half down the belly i was thinking WTF,you mexicans sure do strange things down there,and he said watch and learn so i did,i was totally amazed and when he finished pushing his hand around and all the carcass gave the skin a good pull,to my amazement all came off super clean ,best skin and dressed carcass ever seen and he did to my 1 1/2.Was totally amazed at the speed could do it and how clean the skin was and how it came off the carcass,so that's how i always do it. Thats a true story. Come up the farm for shoot and camp one day Gwion and i'll show.works for everything i now do rabbits,foxes,goats,sheep,cattle,deer,pigs like that only thing knife does now is guts and cuts around the ankles. :welcome: :drinks:

I would have to think you would be struggling doing cattle like this. Abattoirs need a very large hide puller to get a cattle hide off. I can’t see how a man could do it by hand.
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Post by marksman » 06 May 2018, 11:44 am

Midwestman wrote:i think the best skinning knife is your bare hands,i just make an entry hole near the arse and slide my hand in then slide my hand all thru carcass while still warm straight after slaughter,removing the skin from the cracass,and all in one piece round cuts nera the ankle joints and then pull skin off in one go has no meat at all on it,beautiful and clean,same way dress a sheep,cow,goat etc


that's the way I have been taught, its getting lost though to people who cut the skin off instead of punching it off
I leave the deer skins on till I am ready to bone out so the meat is still moist, it does take longer and is harder to get off
but I get a skin that is very clean and no cut marks or salvage :thumbsup:
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Post by alan j » 27 Oct 2019, 1:49 pm

Anyone like the dexter rusell green river carbon knives with the wooded handle ???
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Post by Blr243 » 27 Oct 2019, 3:00 pm

For small technical bit I like havalon piranha with replaceable long scalpel blades
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Post by marksman » 27 Oct 2019, 4:01 pm

alan j wrote:Anyone like the dexter rusell green river carbon knives with the wooded handle ???


l know a few blokes who like them :drinks: funny thing now that l think of it they are all members of the ssaa and thats where they bought them :lol:
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Post by deanp100 » 31 Oct 2019, 3:15 pm

alan j wrote:Anyone like the dexter rusell green river carbon knives with the wooded handle ???

They are a good knife but a little soft. They are made to be worked hard and on a sharpening steel a lot. Couple of cuts, couple of strokes. The wooden handles aren’t allowed in abattoirs, but outside of that they go well.
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Re: FAVOURITE SKINNING KNIFE

Post by solarpak » 04 Nov 2019, 7:59 pm

Victorinox / Geiser/Swibo are my pick.

I always go into the field with at least 3-4 skinners sharpened so when one looses its edge, i just pick up the next one ...and so on. I then usually restore the ones with a dull edge in the evening over a coffee listening to the radio.

For field dressing knives - Bahco make a dandy little knife - which is the same as the Morakniv ......forgot the model but well under $20 and just the ticket...

Dont forget the glass fibre skinning /butchering gloves too!

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Post by Oldbloke » 04 Nov 2019, 9:25 pm

When u say upside down, do you mean "head up" instead of "arse up".?
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