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Post by BadDog on Feb 28, 2010 2:34:38 GMT -6
I suspect this has been done 100 times? What is your favorite skinning knife for general coyote, fox cat usage?
I did like the Chicago Cutlery that Ogorman sold years ago< he still might sell them but I quit getting his catalogue quite some time ago. It was the 100S with the wooden handle.
Then I used a Chicago Cutlery with blue handle and 3 1/2 inch skinny blade.
But lately, something strange (to me). I have really taken a fancy to a Victorinox Boning knife in a 5 inch blade. I just love the swept blade, touches up nice.
I dislike the fact that it is 5 inch and not 3 1/2 or 4 inch. Anybody got the scoop on 4 inch boning knives with a round swept blade.
A friend (packing house experience friend) gave me a bunch and in my lazy skinning stupor, didn't feel like sharpening the blue CC knives. Finally got fed up with dull knives and tried the 5 inch boning knife. Seem to like it very much, (it was quite sharp even after cutting off 600 front coyote feet, like I say it touches up nice on a steel! Funny eh?)
So I really hate to reinvent the wheel. Somebody tell me what the utlimate coyote knife is.
Trappincoyotes39, lets hear it cuz you obviously know what a sharp good knife is all about. Others...
ps... saskatchewanites.. theres like 800 coyote feet at a local dump as we speak, just laying there waiting to abuse some govt administered bounty system. Could buy you a short range trappin' truck!
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Post by thebeav2 on Feb 28, 2010 8:55:56 GMT -6
Are you talking about what most of us call a beaver knife. The round ended swept curved blade? Dexter Russell Makes a round point knife that's 4 1/2" long.
Check out this web site: www. MemphisNet.net
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Post by trappnman on Feb 28, 2010 9:32:57 GMT -6
these are the knifes I like.......... top one is a Rapid River knife stanley gave me, the next is a Rapid River knife I won at UP trappers a few years ago- the next 3 are JL Dakota knifes. all hold an edge very well- my favorite is the one I won, it fits my hand nice and touches up real well- but the others have a nice balance as well and get used a lot- got into using specific knees for specific tasks this year-
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Post by 17HMR on Feb 28, 2010 10:15:16 GMT -6
For ringing and on the head I like those cheep serrated ones you see in all the catalogs for $6.95, good for about 2 years touching up with a steel now and then, I use a bolin pointy one to open,
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Post by Stef on Feb 28, 2010 10:18:04 GMT -6
The last one I bought is a Caribou knife, looks like the 4th Steve posted above and still work pretty good. Don't like the Caribou fleshing two handle knife, the blade is too soft for me on the beam.
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Post by thorsmightyhammer on Feb 28, 2010 11:12:49 GMT -6
Funny how people are different stef. The caribou flesher is my favorite and one of the reasons why is for the reason you dont like it lol.
For beaver teh bottom knife in steve's picture is my goto. JL knives are pretty good.
I dont know anything about a coyote skinner.
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Post by Stef on Feb 28, 2010 11:17:19 GMT -6
I know... I know some good fur handlers using the Caribou and they don't want a use anything else. I know others, like myself... We like a stiff blade like the Zeph, Necker fleshing knives.
Its just like that...LoL
Stef
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Post by Stef on Feb 28, 2010 11:19:35 GMT -6
When I don't need a sharp edge fleshing knife. My favorite is still my old Aluminum triangle fleshing knife.
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Post by thorsmightyhammer on Feb 28, 2010 11:30:37 GMT -6
I have a zeph too stef.
Very good knife.
IMHO it needs a longer blade.
When tim rose comes out with his I'll probably buy one.
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Post by TrapperRon on Feb 28, 2010 14:18:48 GMT -6
My KnivesThe first 4 from the left are what I use most. The first is an old Shrade Walden I use for cutting off beaver legs and tail, gutting out beaver, etc. The next 3 are my hand made knives from Power hack saw blades. The first of the three is my beaver knife, well worn now, after probably 2500 plus beavers. The second one is what I use for skinning larger furs, coyote, lynx, fox, fisher, raccoon, etc. The third of that series is my "Trapper Ron" squirrel skinner. This knife is used for skinning squirrels, ermine, mink, marten, and muskrats. As well it is used for opening all case skinned and splitting down the center and around the tail of the beaver. Well worn the blade was one as long as the next knife to the right. The next two knives were made by Zeph (Daniels) The squirrel skinner is the second generation of the "Trapper Ron". The second one there is a commercial mink pelting knife. The third set of knives are all Cariboo Custom Knives, most designed after my three home made knives. The curved knife in the midldle is a Cariboo Custom copy of the Lutkehaus beaver knife. The last knife is a folding Cariboo Custom squirrel skinner Ray made for me as a sample. The knife along the bottom is a Chicago Knife. Not a bad mink, marten, ermine, muskrat, etc knife for about $16. Trapper Ron Original The first 100 "Trapper Ron" squirrel skinners made by Zeph (Daniels) were etched with Trapper Ron on the blade. The bottom one is a bit worn from use, both are retired now.
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Post by kelly on Feb 28, 2010 14:28:51 GMT -6
Ron;
I still have and use the knife you made and gave to me back in the late 1970's. It is identical to the third one from left. Thanks again!
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Post by TrapperRon on Feb 28, 2010 16:46:21 GMT -6
Kelly ole buddy. Lots of water run under the bridge since those fun days. Can you take a picture of it and post by chance ?
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Post by BadDog on Feb 28, 2010 17:38:40 GMT -6
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Post by claybird on Mar 1, 2010 20:59:42 GMT -6
If you want a good knife, buy a Dunn! They hold a sharp edge, and they last a long time.
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Post by BadDog on Mar 3, 2010 9:46:51 GMT -6
I had a Dunn once, the handle was too pretty to be soaked in blood, fat and **** for days on end, week after week, for months. I don't think the handle would stand up to what I subject a knife to. I prefer the softer steel of the professional knives. And the large handle of the big boning knife is very comfortable.
But that was a long time ago, I do skin differently now, I am not so brutal on a knife blade as I once was and will often skin hundreds of coyotes on one sharpening with cheaper professional knives.
One nice thing about the 5 inch blade is that I always cut off the front feet, if I use the blade right against the handle, I can both cut the front feet off and skin the coyote with one knife when pushing the blade through the tendons and cartilage.
(I wonder if some sneaky saskatchewanite has snuck into the dump yet!!! I wouldn't lose any sleep over ita if someone stole them all, what a stupid system!)
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Post by netrap on Mar 3, 2010 10:03:01 GMT -6
serrated pelter. a couple licks on the steel between critters is all you need, I put a piece of garden hose over the handle for better grip. I had two dunn knives, I don't own them anymore.
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Post by BadDog on Mar 3, 2010 11:10:16 GMT -6
Funny, I sold mine too!
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Post by TrapperRon on Mar 3, 2010 11:59:29 GMT -6
Guess you were "dunn"with it.
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