Recommend me a hunting knife!!

[TrapperReady]

Anyone who hunts should have a Buck Model 110 somewhere... on their belt, in the glove-box, rattling around in the trunk, whatever... It's just something that you have to have. There's a lot of pricier, cooler-looking stuff, but a 110 can do most anything.

Aside from that, my two favorites are my Randall #3 and my dad's old Marbles Woodcraft.

 

[Quartus]

Aside from that, my two favorites are my Randall #3 and my dad's old Marbles Woodcraft.

Where's the "drooling" icon around here?

 

[Skofnung]

I will be in the minority here, but I prefer regular carbon steel blades.

The best hunting knives on the planet, in my experience, are the Russell "Green River" type knives (big) or the Swedish "Mora" or "Brusletto" (from Norway) Laminated steel blades (small).

When you can find either, they are usually hellacheap. I happened upon a new Mora knife the other day with a ghetto plastic sheath and a painted orange handle at an Army Surplus store in amongst the cheap "tainless akistan" knives. Asking price was all of $7.50. I am working on a decent sheath for it now and I have already stripped and grooved the handle. It will make a fine hunting knife for one of my young cousins. I own several others of varying size. Every one of them will hold a fine edge for a long time.

I like pretty, expensive knives just as much as the next guy, but in my experience, Green River and Scandinavian laminated steel knives cut better than any Buck or Gerber that I ever used.

YMMV

 

[Richard.Howe]

I'd recommend a Dozier Skinner.

 

[Dave McCracken]

There's more than a few knives at Casa McC. Most are sharp, some are scary sharp. A couple favorites for field dressing are......

A Bucklite, it's the version of the old 110 with Zytel handles.

An old Case 6" GP blade that was my father's. This is one of the scary sharps. Carbon steel with chrome plating on the blade but not the edge. Great for the reaming part, Goes through the brisket like a greased pig.

A Recon Tanto.

My old bringback, a Camillus USMC K-Bar style.

And the best one for field dressing and GP stuff is.....

A Helle. Made in Sweden, its' laminated blade is scary sharp and stays that way. I touch up the edge when conscience nudges. It's gone through 6 MD whitetails and still popped hair off my forearm. This was a gift, from Woody Carpinella, musician, craftsman and humorist. Thanks, Woody.

The Helles are not that expensive.

CJ Winans, the biologist and writer did a deer in about 2 minutes with mine and liked it.