[BrainOnSigs]

I have several customs that I actually use...and they all perform as well as they look.

Feel free to add.....they don't have to be customs.

Here is a fire-blued Damscus skinner (handle is stabilized, dyed, California burl) that was made for me by Loyd Thomsen (Horsehead Creek Knives). I have visited Loyd a couple of times on hunting trips to South Dakota.
http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL875/3165911/9212168/343121688.jpg

I commissioned Loyd to do 3 knives (1 for me and 2 as suprise gifts to my hunting partners). He named them "The 3 Amigos". The blades are rain drop Damascus with ram's horn handles. I just used mine to gut my Wyoming pronghorn this past October.
http://brainonsigs.smugmug.com/Other/Misc/hck-three-amigos-1/959827606_WqWRe-L.jpg

This is a Bob Ham "Bird and Trout" knife that was a gift from a buddy of mine's dad.
http://brainonsigs.smugmug.com/Other/South-Dakota-Jesse/Devils-Tower-and-Mt-Rushmore-2/591032378_Ea9qL-L.jpg

Not a custom but this Busse BATACLE (Badger Attack Limited Edition) will split a ribcage with little effort.
http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL875/3165911/9212168/297654859.jpg

A bloodied Busse:
http://brainonsigs.smugmug.com/Other/Misc/cgbatac-10042007/1151652837_Ygkbd-L.jpg

[KodiakBeer]

This is a native made knife filed out of a car spring (I think) with a caribou or moose bone handle accented with walrus ivory. The sheath is seal skin with ivory and ceramic accents.

I swapped a modern Alaska Knife Company skinner for this on a hunt many years ago in NW Alaska. We both walked away happy with the trade. The blade is quite soft and has to be sharpened frequently, but it's heavy and well balanced I've used it for many years.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac164/kodiakbeer/knife.jpg

[BrainOnSigs]

This is a native made knife filed out of a car spring (I think) with a caribou or moose bone handle accented with walrus ivory. The sheath is seal skin with ivory and ceramic accents.

I swapped a modern Alaska Knife Company skinner for this on a hunt many years ago in NW Alaska. We both walked away happy with the trade. The blade is quite soft and has to be sharpened frequently, but it's heavy and well balanced I've used it for many years.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac164/kodiakbeer/knife.jpg
WOW! Very cool.....

[451 Detonics]

This Gerber Flayer served me for close to 30 years. The cat's tongue handle is very grippy even when wet, the big belly makes skinning a breeze and the blade is nicely flexible.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z271/reloader1959/fixed%20blades/flayer1.jpg

[ArfinGreebly]

I have a Gerber Shorty from that same era. (I broke the Mini Magnum. *Sigh*)

I bought the Shorty and Mini Magnum at the Base Exchange while TDY at Ramstein AFB. The Guardian I picked up some ten years or so later, and the one across the top . . . not sure, must research.

Let me see if I can find that old Shorty picture . . .

. . . well, it's not a fabulous picture, but the Shorty is pretty much centered in this one. The other Shorty picture is all blurry. You can see the spread here (http://noisyroom.net/pix/thr/2007_1208-knife/images.php).

http://noisyroom.net/pix/thr/2007_1208-knife/2007_1208-Knife-07.jpg

(In addition to the ones you see there, I also have a Gerber French (kitchen knife) from the same period. It's in the kitchen, and gets used. It's in good shape (no blistering in the handle chrome), but has a few scratches.)

[sonofodin]

Silver Stag and Ka-Bar keep me happy

[swoter]

Old Camillus that I have had for years and years. Think I picked it up sometime in the 70's. It's my small game knife, skinned lots of squirrels, rabbits, and a few grouse. Don't think I ever skinned a deer with it, but maybe once, I don't remember.

[BRad704]

I've posted this one elsewhere before, but here's a nessemuk style that I made for skinning this year... unfortunately, I didnt get to use it... :(

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6ce8QbxRhf4/TQZ3Plq17DI/AAAAAAAAB4I/PN3a3YOubAA/s912/2010-12-13%2013.21.08.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6ce8QbxRhf4/TQZ3QNXNWLI/AAAAAAAAB4M/uYQ-LjNj3MQ/s912/2010-12-13%2013.21.32.jpg

[Fred Fuller]

Last deer I dressed out was a small spike that was my wife's first buck. That was with a plain edge Spyderco Dragonfly ( http://spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=15 for a factory picture, the actual knife is buried in a daypack right now that is in turn buried in a closet). 2 5/16" of blade is plenty... though my wife was amazed when I skinned it and took off the head and lower legs too, having already field dressed it with the same knife.

lpl

[HiWayMan]

SWOTER

My dad has that same knife, even the stamped sheath is the same......just marked Western instead of Camillus and missing the fuller. From the same time period and used for the same purpose. I've always been jealous of that knife.