Best budget knives for gralloching a deer?

[Stalker62]

Another vote for the humble Opinel knife.



Cheap, does the job, and will not kill you when you lose it - I lost my latest one about a month ago...


In extremis, this would do the job - plenty of history, and our ancestors did more than Roe with it...





Currently toting this wee chap - ironically the only knife I have ever found.

 

[willie_gunn]

Another vote for the humble Opinel knife.

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Cheap, does the job, and will not kill you when you lose it - I lost my latest one about a month ago...


In extremis, this would do the job - plenty of history, and our ancestors did more than Roe with it...


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Currently toting this wee chap - ironically the only knife I have ever found.



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That Hawkbill Barlow was a nice find!

Hedy West would be proud.

 

[Stalker62]

Hedy West would be proud.

@willie_gunn

Clever segue!

Having never previously heard of her, am now disappearing down the Hedy West rabbit hole...

 

[dryan]

Almost anything as long as it's sharp. Nothing worse than a blunt knife. I used an apple paring knife for years on roe, tend to use something a bit bigger on fallow, but as long as it's sharp it'll do.

 

[Stalker62]

Nothing worse than a blunt knife.

I have tried to explain to my lot, until I am blue in the face...




...that the most dangerous thing in the house is a blunt knife...





They countered with the one time I tried my hand at cooking the BBQ...

 

[tozzybum]

My daughters kitchen knives get sharpened when they moan as they can't carve Sunday dinner .
Buys a set ,blunts them and replace, I must stop showing the son in law how to sharpen knives.
He says he doesn't understand when I explain, maybe my fluent Ashby brogue is a different language to Derby

 

[Pete6.5]

Dave Dune puts these VK to good use.. He like flat tops

That's cheating skinning when it's hot.

 

[DevonRifle]

Apparently it’s due to arrive on November 10th!

It arrived yesterday. I thought it was still September.

 

[25 Sharps]

It arrived yesterday. I thought it was still September.

Yeah my one arrived this week too

 

[308McTavish]

I can vouch for my casstrom, mini hunter, maybe not suit the larger species but excellent for Roe.

 

[Lloyd90]

Sadly

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[Atross]

Dave Dune puts these VK to good use.. He like flat tops

The head removal... that was impressive, I wish i was that slick

 

[DevonRifle]

Yeah my one arrived this week too

I love this little knife. It’s much smaller than my others but just feels so good in the hand. I actually used it to butcher a complete roe buck and sharpened it afterwards. It took a little more technique over the steel because it was short but I really enjoyed using it. I usually use a proper boning knife but started with it to see how sharp it was and never put it down.

 

[25 Sharps]

I love this little knife. It’s much smaller than my others but just feels so good in the hand. I actually used it to butcher a complete roe buck and sharpened it afterwards. It took a little more technique over the steel because it was short but I really enjoyed using it. I usually use a proper boning knife but started with it to see how sharp it was and never put it down.

They are cracking little knives for the money.

 

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I would avoid the micarta stonewashed blade version, I bought one and the steel doesn’t seem as good.

 

[Tim.243]

The head removal... that was impressive, I wish i was that slick

It is a very sharp V-Knox around 15 quid. Used by those in the trade for a reason, you won't find ANY of these well advertised c rap knives in the Butchers supply company's

 

[25 Sharps]

duplicate

 

[25 Sharps]

It is a very sharp V-Knox around 15 quid. Used by those in the trade for a reason, you won't find ANY of these well advertised c rap knives in the Butchers supply company's

They are good, cheap and they sharpen easily to a razor sharp edge, they are essentially disposable.

Down side is they are not designed for use in the field, so they don’t come with a sheath, they don’t hold their edge particularly well which is why butchers and abattoir workers are constantly on a steel with them and can bend or snap quite easily.

Your lack of understanding of apostrophes makes my head hurt.

 

[dpaterson]

I used Mora for ages and liked them just fine but then went with a victorionox boner 5” and much prefer it with a Kydex sheath - both cheap as chips.

Used both on red and roe no bother at all

Where did you get a sheath for the boning knife? Or was it made?

 

[Cheviot]

Where did you get a sheath for the boning knife? Or was it made?

have a look here

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