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With many of the custom / expensive knifes I have seen I am constantly struck by how wide the blades are.
I appreciate everyone has differing likes but to my mind a wide blade is clumsy and unwieldy.
A narrow blade allows much more precision when gralloching, especially removing the anus ect.
 
Try matt "fieldcrafter" on PW , I've got a hand made custom job off him and the quality is tremendous,

he has stopped doing the making now, but he may just have some nice Damascus blanks and antler or timber scales/handles for sale,

that is if you know someone who can knock a knife up from the blanks,

worth a try , my knife is razor / shaving sharp and it's a one of a kind ,one off piece of true craftsmanship

atb

kjf
 
Cadex said:
With many of the custom / expensive knifes I have seen I am constantly struck by how wide the blades are.
I appreciate everyone has differing likes but to my mind a wide blade is clumsy and unwieldy.
A narrow blade allows much more precision when gralloching, especially removing the anus ect.
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I agree with this although the task described all but cries out for a dedicated (second) small and narrow knife.

K
 
Cadex said:
With many of the custom / expensive knifes I have seen I am constantly struck by how wide the blades are.
I appreciate everyone has differing likes but to my mind a wide blade is clumsy and unwieldy.
A narrow blade allows much more precision when gralloching, especially removing the anus ect.
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Excactly one of the reasons I got a pro deerstalker from Alan wood .the wide bladed knifes are more suited to bushcraft or skinning than dealing with a gralloch imo .
norma
 
The narrow blade for gralloching is an interesting one - it seems to very much depend on HOW you do it.

As far as I can tell there are two ways to do the anus, with some people doing it like coring an apple - and that's where a narrow blade becomes very useful. But the other way is just to slice through the skin at the surface, and then use fingers/thumbs to pry the rest out. That way doesn't need a narrow blade. I suspect the 'coring' method is probably quicker, but it does require a more specialist tool.

And having said all this, it's hard to get away from the fact that a good old Mora is actually about as perfect a tool as you could ask for!
 
Mora's are brilliant - sharp, ergonomic and cheap.

Re the Anus, I leave it in. Squeeze the poo back into the intestines. Chop off and knot. Then remove when you split the pelvis and take out the bladder, uterus et all in the larder.
 
Cadex said:
With many of the custom / expensive knifes I have seen I am constantly struck by how wide the blades are.
I appreciate everyone has differing likes but to my mind a wide blade is clumsy and unwieldy.
A narrow blade allows much more precision when gralloching, especially removing the anus ect.
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+1 I made myself a thin almost filleting knife thin, damascus knife recently precisely for this reason.
Also lot of custom blades at made from 4mm blanks, seems way to thick for me, but that just seems to be the way they are.

Another custom maker to through into the mix Make me this Chris I don't know how much his knives are as I tend to make my own.
I have given a couple of knives to good friends over the years, both folders but I kept some money back for having them engraved, that is something else you might consider for the personal touch?
 
I've tried mega money knives for stalking and yes they are very nice to use and a thing of beauty to own

but I sold them all and now use a number of orange handle Mora knives they are cheap , cheerfully and do a great job without any worry about damage or loss etc

i have mine in a Richard Eadan leather sheath which gives it a nice touch of class rather than the orange plastic monstrosity original that they come with
 
Good thing about the plastic sheaths is that they are easy to clean and sanitise. Can't say the same about any leather sheath unless it uses a liner....why not just use the plastic sheath as a liner for a nicer looking leather one? Another vote for the humble Mora. Sharp, cheap easy to clean, and with some nice bright colours, easy to spot if dropped! I have a range of knives including one of Matt's Fieldcrafter knives, and whilst very nice things, not as practical as the Mora. Better to give a knife that will be used than one to look at....? I would also recommend some of the Swedish hunting knives, in particular some of the excellent Karesuandokniven range like the G10 hunter or the Boar Diamond Combo knife. However, the Mora does everything you could want of a deer gralloching knife.
 
ckwoodland said:
no messing no gimmicks get a puma
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Not everyone will agree with that given their unfortunate production between 1933 - 1945 but I would be happy for this to hang on my Scout belt in 2015 if it came up on E-Bay:
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Knife maker , lance ockenden, 01 steel, file work, red liners stablalised amboyna cross cut burl handle , 3 mil leather sheath he is currently making the second knife as they are a matching sett of two, smaller knife , it will be my muntjac knife
 
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