Hi all, not to sure if this the correct place to post this, if not my apologies! I my name is Deon, and I live in Johannesburg, South Africa. I was referred to your forum, by a good mate of mine, who hinted that I might get the answers I am looking for from the boff's out there.
I am currently in the market for a decent skinning knife. Now I know, all I have to do is type the words "skinning knive" under Google and 1000's of potential candidates will pop up in a flash, but here is the problem. My knowledge about knives are slim to just about non existent, and I am afraid that I might end up purchasing something that is not quite what I am looking for, or a load of crap, thus my plea for help!
What I am looking for is a skinning knife, with the following features:
- It will predominately be used for skinning, not general run of the mill camp use.
- Preferably fixed blade (I am not to fond of the pocket knife/switchblade setup)
- I am more of traditional type of guy, thus would also prefer the knife to have a wooded, horn, tusk tipe handel, as apposed to the "artificial/synthetic composite" handles available out there.
- I want something with a decent blade, made fron decent steel, something that could hold an edge (non of that Chineese crap on the market these days).
- A gut hook will be great, but not essential.
- I don't mind paying a bit extra for the knife, as long as it is decent. How much is "a bit extra", I suppose the expression "how long is a piece of string" jumps to mind, but in short $100-$200? As long as I get value for money (if at all that makes any sence?), I suppose anything is negotiable.
I currently own a skinning knife, but is definitely not the way forward, it is anything but a pleasure to skin with. It is for this reason, I want to invest in a decent knife, which with a little bit of luck perhaps one day could be passed down the line!
Hope you can help!
I am currently in the market for a decent skinning knife. Now I know, all I have to do is type the words "skinning knive" under Google and 1000's of potential candidates will pop up in a flash, but here is the problem. My knowledge about knives are slim to just about non existent, and I am afraid that I might end up purchasing something that is not quite what I am looking for, or a load of crap, thus my plea for help!
What I am looking for is a skinning knife, with the following features:
- It will predominately be used for skinning, not general run of the mill camp use.
- Preferably fixed blade (I am not to fond of the pocket knife/switchblade setup)
- I am more of traditional type of guy, thus would also prefer the knife to have a wooded, horn, tusk tipe handel, as apposed to the "artificial/synthetic composite" handles available out there.
- I want something with a decent blade, made fron decent steel, something that could hold an edge (non of that Chineese crap on the market these days).
- A gut hook will be great, but not essential.
- I don't mind paying a bit extra for the knife, as long as it is decent. How much is "a bit extra", I suppose the expression "how long is a piece of string" jumps to mind, but in short $100-$200? As long as I get value for money (if at all that makes any sence?), I suppose anything is negotiable.
I currently own a skinning knife, but is definitely not the way forward, it is anything but a pleasure to skin with. It is for this reason, I want to invest in a decent knife, which with a little bit of luck perhaps one day could be passed down the line!
Hope you can help!