Big hunting knives

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   Now some of you don't like them, that's OK.
For those of you that do, what types are the best brand?
I've seen some nice Alaskan Bushy's, and Buck has some good sized ones.
If I do get one quality (durability) is gonna be an issue, right now I use some Case XXX that are super durable, and sharp, even long.  But the blades aren't that deep.  I'm thinkin about puttin a big one on my xmas list but I've only used the buck.  I'll probably end up using thet green river blade Rondo made fer me, but I was just wonderin what else is out there - hell I didn't bother lookin at the alaskan's till Mule mentioned them.
Spot 

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Spot shooter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Left BSB in Disgrace Banned Joined: 19 June 2003 Location: Bahrain Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Spot shooter Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Big hunting knives Posted: 08 October 2003 at 00:50
	Now some of you don't like them, that's OK. For those of you that do, what types are the best brand? I've seen some nice Alaskan Bushy's, and Buck has some good sized ones. If I do get one quality (durability) is gonna be an issue, right now I use some Case XXX that are super durable, and sharp, even long. But the blades aren't that deep. I'm thinkin about puttin a big one on my xmas list but I've only used the buck. I'll probably end up using thet green river blade Rondo made fer me, but I was just wonderin what else is out there - hell I didn't bother lookin at the alaskan's till Mule mentioned them. Spot

waksupi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby aka Keeper of the Old Traditions Joined: 11 June 2003 Status: Offline Points: 2371	Post Options Post Reply Quote waksupi Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 October 2003 at 03:37
	I've been known to use a Hudson's Bay camp knife on larger game.

mr mom Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .30/06 SpringField Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 342	Post Options Post Reply Quote mr mom Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 October 2003 at 04:32
	spot: i carry a K bar. it is VERY sharp. people laugh at it but who gives a rats a$$. i can split the pelvic bone on a deer with no problem. or if i sit in the woods and i need to clear brush no problem. but i keep it very sharp. cut my trigger finger with it. the dr. said at least it was a clean cut. it was easy to sew the tendants back with nice ends to work with. it have many uses.
	mr mom

rollingb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 665	Post Options Post Reply Quote rollingb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 October 2003 at 04:43
	Waksupi,.... Thet is a "NICE" knife,.. and, an excellent "piece'a history"!!

waksupi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby aka Keeper of the Old Traditions Joined: 11 June 2003 Status: Offline Points: 2371	Post Options Post Reply Quote waksupi Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 October 2003 at 06:36
	Yeah, I don't carry it too much, as it's pretty durn valuable to a collector.

jjlizzard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 27 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote jjlizzard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 October 2003 at 00:53
	I was inspired by rollingb's butcher knife. Had to try my hand at one. Had a couple of false starts but got this built. The sheath is cowhide for contact with the blade and then it is covered with elkskin for look and feel. The handle is a piece of scrub oak from which I had carved a walking stick 8 years ago. My father in law died in the mountains 8 years ago and this stick came from the scrub oak where he fell. Kinda sentimental. Feels real nice to handle. I bought TOTW's Green River Camp Knife as well. This is with rosewood scales. Unfortunately, I have never been able to upload pictures to this forum (either avatar or anything else) I just get an error message -- "wrong file type" (but it isn't) So. I posted them at http://www.kndn.com/baitshop/ Just click on the file name and it will display the pic. Thanks to all for the inspiration. I leave next Tuesday for a 9 day hunt in NW CO. Drool, I'm packing stuff every night. David

jjlizzard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 27 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote jjlizzard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 October 2003 at 00:56
	Well, lets see if it'll post if I link it to a web site. David

jjlizzard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 27 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote jjlizzard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 October 2003 at 00:57
	And the camp knife.

rollingb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 665	Post Options Post Reply Quote rollingb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 October 2003 at 02:38
	jjlizzard,.... You do good work!!!! I can also unnerstand, and appreceiate, the "sentimental value" of such a butcher!! You should git MANY years of service from yore knives, hopefully you can "pass them on" to yore young'uns, and the "sentimental value" will increase with each generation!! Maybe Tas, and Spot, will post pitchers of ther butchers when they git'em,.... you've also give'n me an excellent idea for any butchers thet I build in tha future, with tha story of yore "walk'n stick"!!.. Thank you!!

waksupi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby aka Keeper of the Old Traditions Joined: 11 June 2003 Status: Offline Points: 2371	Post Options Post Reply Quote waksupi Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 October 2003 at 04:08
	It's pretty hard to beat those Green River knives. There was a reason the old mountain men preferred them.

Muleskinner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby AKA The Crotchety ol’ Geezer Joined: 13 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5285	Post Options Post Reply Quote Muleskinner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 October 2003 at 05:09
	Nice lookin' knife. You could sell a passel of 'em at ronnyvoos. Rollinb, you comin' to the Jackson ronnyvoos next summer? I'm gonna try to make a couple other ones next year. Soon as I find me some respectable elk hide pants an' a floppy felt hat.
	Mule

rollingb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 665	Post Options Post Reply Quote rollingb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 October 2003 at 06:07
	Muleskinner,.... It's still too early to tell if I'll make it to Jackson, next Memorial Day. I'd like to, and I wisht they'd let a feller do some shoot'n, but I guess thet ain't tha case. Anyway, I'll know more after the 1st. of tha year!! Did thet shirt fit'ya alright??

Muleskinner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby AKA The Crotchety ol’ Geezer Joined: 13 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5285	Post Options Post Reply Quote Muleskinner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 October 2003 at 08:44
	Fit real good. I figure I need a homemade knife, a pair of mocersins, a black felt hat, an some of them elk pants like yorn. Better git out an' practice with my smokepole too, so's I don't look too bad amongst the ronnyvooers. I'll bring my pyramid tent. Like to git one of them iron cookin' tripods I saw at the Jackson ronnyvoo.
	Mule

waksupi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby aka Keeper of the Old Traditions Joined: 11 June 2003 Status: Offline Points: 2371	Post Options Post Reply Quote waksupi Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 October 2003 at 12:36
	Personal observation - Elk hide never stops stretching. After a few years, elk pants look like you have baggy knees, and are smuggling ten pound of potatos (or worse) in the seat of your pants. Not good for mocassins, either. Get them wet, and your size elevens go to a size 16. Buckskin is better.

mausermann Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 03 October 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 147	Post Options Post Reply Quote mausermann Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 November 2003 at 14:29
	YEAH ,,PEOPLE LAUGH AT A BIG KNIFE TIL THEY HAVE TO DEFEND THIER LIFE WITH THAT BELOVED 3" GERBER FOLDER,,,I HUNT HOG ,,( NOT PIGS ) DOWN HERE AND WHEN YOU ARE ON YOR HANDS AND KNEES IN THE TUNNELS THEY MAKE IN THE UNDER BRUSH DOWN HERE,,THERE IS NO ROOM TO BRING UP A LONG GUN AND YOU DIDN'T BRING A SHORTGUN,,,THAT BIG KNIFE IS REAL COMFORTING,,,I USED TO CARRY A CAMILUS FIGHTING KNIFE,,,IT IS JUST MY FAV.,,,BUT THE 7" BLADE WAS JUST 1/2" LONG ENOUGH TO KNICK THE HEART OF THE HOG THAT HAD ME CORNERED,,MY LEVERGUN BEHIND ME,,HE CAME TOO FAST ANYWAY,,THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED ME WAS I WAS WEARING CHAINSAW SAFETY CHAPS FOR THE SAW BRIARS,,,NOW I CARRY A COPY OF THE AFGAN KYBER KNIFE,,SLIM AND FAST TAPERED,,12" LONG BLADE,,1/4" THICK,,,THEY CAN LAFF ALL THEY WANT,,,I STILL PLANON KEEPIN'; MY HIDE IN ONE PIECE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WELL,,,AT LEAST STICHED TOGETHER IN ONE PIECE................ISH-KA-BIBBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	what if we're all fools and none of it matters??,,and the hokey-pokey IS what it's all about!!!! Mausermann,,Butte,,Montana.

soggyshooter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: Antigua And Barbuda Status: Offline Points: 886	Post Options Post Reply Quote soggyshooter Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 November 2003 at 17:38
	What kind of steel is in that Green River, and the Camp blade? Will they hold an edge?

Triggerguard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby aka The San Antonio Terminator Joined: 13 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2212	Post Options Post Reply Quote Triggerguard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 November 2003 at 00:53
	The Green Rivers are carbon steel. They will hold an edge far better than most knives, especially stainless.
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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 November 2003 at 03:06
	Personally, I don't carry one while hunting. They make a nice camp knife when packing without a firearm. For hunting I use a two bladed folding penknife with 2-inch blades. I bought it at LL Beans in the 1960s when they were a sporting goods shop, not Yuppie Land. I think the 'best' heavy big knife is the PUMA model "White Hunter". It is strong sharp and hard, you WILL need a diamond sharpener to get and keep an edge. BEAR

saddlesore Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby Joined: 16 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1345	Post Options Post Reply Quote saddlesore Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 November 2003 at 03:35
	I for everyday, carry a K-bar knife that I put a horn handle on . I have a large one and a medium one that my buddy gave me that he got in Vietnam. The larger one is good for an all around camp knife that I keep handy for a lot of chores. I don't like a folding knife because they can come undone just when you don't need them to and I like a sheath knife when I'm packing in case I need to cut ropes fast in a wreck. There is a old gent in Kansas by the name of E.J. Smith, Rt 2, Box 285, Independance KS, 67301. tele 620-331-5211, that makes knives for $65 they are absolutely the best you can buy. He is a catttle rancher, and make these as a hobby and for a little extra money. Each one is a little different. They have a deer horn handle, run about a 5-6" blade. Are extremely sharp and stay that way. I skinned, quarted and butchered 3 elk this yr with mine . I touched it up once with a hard arkansas to get the shaving sharpness back. They make good gifts, and I have always offered to buy one that someone has bought if they didn't like it. So far no takers.. I got on to them when my huntying partner brought me one back a gift last yr, and I promtly lost it the first elk hunt, so I ordered another one right away. I wa a little more careful this yr. They come with a nice heavy leather sheath. made for that particular knife.. Whatever your needs, I guarantee you will like these knives.
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jjlizzard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 27 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote jjlizzard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 November 2003 at 04:20
	I gutted a cow and calf elk and skinned them both with the Green river before she needed a wipe on the stone. I could tell she was slowing down on the second elk but it was no problem. My first time with a big knife. A bit awkward on the first gut job but by the second and third I was sold. Never go back to a folder again. Butchered the three elk with the knife too. Hard to believe it was so cheap. jjlizzard