Best all in one gralloching knife?
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I’m so tempted and to end this argument:
www.customknife.co.uk
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customknife.co.uk - High-End Knives
website of custom and handmade knives by top uk makers, Alan Wood, Geoff Hague, Stu Mitchell, etc.
www.customknife.co.uk
I’m so tempted and to end this argument:
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Kcustomknife.co.uk - High-End Knives
website of custom and handmade knives by top uk makers, Alan Wood, Geoff Hague, Stu Mitchell, etc.
Well, when I next need to gralloch an elephant at least I know who to call!
EKA swing blade good working knife used one for yrs , recently got a caol still getting used to it .
Starts a whole new conversation about contamination and putting a knife down at allI am sure others who have done the same would agree, if you have ever grassed a Deer and found you have left your knife behind, you would be grateful for anything with an edge . Work up from that stand-point and you wont go far wrong.
Ade8mm
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I mean left your knife behind at home or in the truck.
Now my memory ain't the best so I check constantly and have my kit organised ready to go the night before and in many cases earlier . Sytems
Jacko_roe
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Yes I tend to agree. I think much like with anything the more you do the better you will get. Also at some point you may nick the stomach if you do enough but i suppose the likelyhood is low though. I just got tempted after being out with a friend who had a EKA Swingblade and it looked a very good tool.
That’s the danger of going stalking with anyone. They always have nice toys that you don’t...
I was tempted by one for a while. Borrowed one for a bit, and found it a bit fiddly and more bother to clean.
I am an absolute sucker for new knives, and keep buying them. But in the end, I always go back to the first knife I got specifically for stalking.
If the knife industry only catered for knives we actually “Need” manufacturing volumes would drop by circa 90%
StephenToast
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I bought one of these and it arrived today.
I have to say, despite being a staunch Mora advocate... I like it. I really like it. I'll probably make a sheath for it over the weekend and hopefully have it gralloching deer by Tuesday.
Victornox are better than mora , especially for deer work .
K
I use the Outdoor Edge swingblade 'zipper' and find it great and easy to use. I generally take it from the hole in the neck from bleeding and run it all the way to the vent, it's also great for running up the legs when skinning. My model comes with an exchangeable blade knife at the other end which I use for the rest of the gralloch, it's good for idiots like me that can't sharpen a knife properly and just change the blades out. It's all in orange and a grippy rubber/plastic material and I've found it goes through the dishwasher fine for disinfecting.
My only issue is that as a folding knife with no easy belt sheath it is difficult to place down during the gralloch hygienically, when a fixed blade can just be slotted back into the sheath.
Hope this helps,
My only issue is that as a folding knife with no easy belt sheath it is difficult to place down during the gralloch hygienically, when a fixed blade can just be slotted back into the sheath.
Hope this helps,
StephenToast
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In all honesty. I'm hardly a connoisseur. Knife goes in, guts come out. I doubt I'll notice a difference but, it is quite comfortable to hold in the hand and it does have a more "delicate" blade.
Maybe It will make me all fancy like?
JabaliHunter
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Victorinox in the larder, hands down.
A Mora is still a useful thing to keep in a coat pocket or pack.
As is a folding Spyderco...
Agreed about tge carry but you see i make kydex shieths for victornox, this puts it a class above . The mora in my experience has inferior metal and an often dodgy and various heat treat . The scandi grind although the best for bushcraft knives is messy when dealing with more " surgical " type cuts that are required
When we are dealing with cheap imported knives , produced in massive quantities and carry shipping and distribution costs plus retailer margins a single penny matters . Both the victornox and mora are of course victim of this
The best thing about them both is the retail price . I pay about the same for my postage on these class of knives than I do buying in the item itself, it costs me more to heat treat a single blade blank of my own build likewise than that stock import knife .
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