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Re: best field dressing knife

Post by deanp100 » 14 Oct 2018, 9:52 pm

Gaznazdiak wrote:That top one looks like a clone of Schrade's "Old Timer", if it's half as good as the original you should be pleased with it.

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Re: best field dressing knife

Post by duncan61 » 14 Oct 2018, 10:01 pm

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The local butcher sold me these 3 I already had the case and steel
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Re: best field dressing knife

Post by Gaznazdiak » 14 Oct 2018, 10:47 pm

deanp100 wrote:
Gaznazdiak wrote:That top one looks like a clone of Schrade's "Old Timer", if it's half as good as the original you should be pleased with it.

Everyone should have a sharpfinger.


They are good eh?
That one is over 40yo, still as good as day one.
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Re: best field dressing knife

Post by deanp100 » 15 Oct 2018, 6:45 pm

Gaznazdiak wrote:
deanp100 wrote:
Gaznazdiak wrote:That top one looks like a clone of Schrade's "Old Timer", if it's half as good as the original you should be pleased with it.

Everyone should have a sharpfinger.


They are good eh?
That one is over 40yo, still as good as day one.

I’ve had about a dozen of the things. It usually give them to people as presents as everyone loves them and then I go any buy another. They are timeless.
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Re: best field dressing knife

Post by Urastus » 17 Oct 2018, 8:57 am

Bigjobss wrote:Anyone here experienced Victory knives from NZ?

I have nothing but praise for mine
https://www.knifeshopaustralia.com.au/c ... knive.html

Broken down half a dozen deer with it this year and have only touched the steel a couple times, still sharp. I stick to the one knife for field dressing and a scalpel for intricate caping work.
Ive previously used Victorinox and Swibo but neither as good as this one.


Yes, they're an awesome cheap knife. I was using them to fillet salmon professionally.
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Re: best field dressing knife

Post by Urastus » 17 Oct 2018, 9:07 am

If you like your knives, it's hard to watch these guys (dutch bushcraft knives). They torture test anything they get hold of; morakniv consistently come out with great results (these are the cheap swedish knife someone already mentioned). They are a scandi grind - personally I like a flat grind for everything. The site for knives in general: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0k91MwJuS5VvNOJdbDhPYA.
And a review of a morakniv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKlcBpKbAvM
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Re: best field dressing knife

Post by Bigjobss » 17 Oct 2018, 4:05 pm

I bought one of those moraknivs a while back based on all the hype, lost its edge after one deer and steeling it did almost nothing. Bit too ridgid/clunky for field dressing for my prefferences.
Definitely more of a "bushcraft" style. Mine has been relegated to bait chunking for shark fishing.
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Re: best field dressing knife

Post by Bigjobss » 17 Oct 2018, 4:09 pm

Urastus wrote:
Bigjobss wrote:Anyone here experienced Victory knives from NZ?

I have nothing but praise for mine
https://www.knifeshopaustralia.com.au/c ... knive.html

Broken down half a dozen deer with it this year and have only touched the steel a couple times, still sharp. I stick to the one knife for field dressing and a scalpel for intricate caping work.
Ive previously used Victorinox and Swibo but neither as good as this one.


Yes, they're an awesome cheap knife. I was using them to fillet salmon professionally.


For the price I love them, abuse them, loose them, lend them i dont care and they keep going.
Feel great in my hand and do it all for me, but I am not overly fussy with field knives, in the kitchen is a different story.
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Re: best field dressing knife

Post by Bruiser64 » 26 Oct 2018, 8:46 pm

I recently bought a Buck Guthook Zipper. https://www.buckknives.com/product/buck ... 0191FAM01/

It takes an edge nicely, feels very good to handle. It is a solidly built knife that has the feel of a good quality product. I also like the leather sheath it comes with. I lent it to my brother in law last weekend and he used it to dress some Roos for dog meat. It seemed to do a pretty good job. It sits nicely on the belt as well and is a nice overall length in my view.
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Re: best field dressing knife

Post by TassieTiger » 16 Nov 2018, 2:31 pm

Benchmade knife for me - S30V steel works very well...but pricey but I think worth it.
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Re: best field dressing knife

Post by albat » 17 Nov 2018, 7:15 pm

these are what i use and abuse farkin great value i reckon https://www.mefe.com.au/5-curved-boning ... 0-off-100/
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Re: best field dressing knife

Post by marksman » 17 Nov 2018, 8:03 pm

albat wrote:these are what i use and abuse farkin great value i reckon https://www.mefe.com.au/5-curved-boning ... 0-off-100/


they are farken great value albat :drinks:
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Re: best field dressing knife

Post by Bigjobss » 19 Nov 2018, 4:43 pm

albat wrote:these are what i use and abuse farkin great value i reckon https://www.mefe.com.au/5-curved-boning ... 0-off-100/


Jeez what a price, just ordered a couple cheers
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