Show Us Your Rabbiting Knife

[Tim.243]

Been out a few times with a bloke that lives for Ferreting and he uses a pair of scissors out of a real cheap 1st aid kit cost about 25p,They just work for gutting Rabbits.

A sharp knife is handy, however been a few times I have said to my ferreting mate Chris have you got your knife....
I was going going to ask you the same thing he replied....lol

I have used the edge of the brushing hook a bit of flint and the rabbits own teeth.....

Won't go into the tips and tricks of digging rabbits out....lol

Tim.243

 

[VSS]

There was a video doing the rounds a few years ago - maybe on here I saw it? - of the knifeless paunching method. It basically consisted of squeezing all the rabbits guts out of its backend. Looked very clean and efficient. I tried it a few times, and it definitely works (although on very young rabbits they sometimes split open in the wrong place), but there was something a bit nasty about the feeling of doing it.

 

[tozzybum]

I,l stick to my Mora knife cheers Tim ,with my cackhandedness thered by guts n goo all over me

 

[hedge hunter]

My question is.....how much does it cost to replace a £ 200.00 knife.....

200 quid....so they are in the hole for 400....lol

You can paunch a rabbit with its own teeth just a nick in the soft belly and tear it open....far too many stamp collectors turn shooters lol

I like opinels

Tim.243

Have you tried the push

My question is.....how much does it cost to replace a £ 200.00 knife.....

200 quid....so they are in the hole for 400....lol

You can paunch a rabbit with its own teeth just a nick in the soft belly and tear it open....far too many stamp collectors turn shooters lol

I like opinels

Tim.243

Have you tried the push gut method. No knife needed just strong bloody hands

 

[Tim.243]

Have you tried the push

Have you tried the push gut method. No knife needed just strong bloody hands

Got extremely strong hands from manual work 40+ years.....seen it done on vid but it only takes the guts out leaving HL etc....so refer back to my second post lol

Tim.243

 

[hedge hunter]

Same here pal.your right though the opinels are the best.i love ferreting up in the Dale's.gutted and cleaned about thirty odd rabbits one day and stuck the opinel in a tree at the side of a Warren. Forgot the knife three years later found myself back at the same spot what's still there oh yes that cheap little knife is on my shelf in the gun room too this day.true story

 

[User00035]

Can't see the point of the gut push TBH. You've got to open the belly to skin them anyway and I like to see their insides to assess health before I take them home. If I don't like the look of them they get flung on top of the hedge for crow food.

A quick slit, squeeze the stomach clear of the liver and pull free and all the green offal drops out cleanly. Only takes a few seconds. Can't see the gut push would be much quicker.
I like to keep the red offal. Good indicator of health and if all is well I chop it up and use it in stews etc. Rabbit livers pan fried in butter on toast with mushrooms is lovely.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Just to demonstrate I can get down with the Pigeon Watch massive when required:

K

 

[Tim.243]

Just to demonstrate I can get down with the Pigeon Watch massive when required:

K

That doesn't qualify you to know what tape worm eggs are as you need to gut a lot to come across them...lol

Sharp and shiny yes.....

Loose it and you will cry all the way to PW

Tim.243

 

[Overlay]

There was a video doing the rounds a few years ago - maybe on here I saw it? - of the knifeless paunching method. It basically consisted of squeezing all the rabbits guts out of its backend. Looked very clean and efficient. I tried it a few times, and it definitely works (although on very young rabbits they sometimes split open in the wrong place), but there was something a bit nasty about the feeling of doing it.

I see that, had a go on a big bag, most of it came out from under the skin some from the correct orifices
When it eventually came out most of it went over me - didn’t try it again.

Before I lost it I used a little stainless steel mushroom knife nowadays the 21/2 “ MaCmillan blade is the one - perfect

 

[Klenchblaize]

For when I'm under canvas for weeks on end and supper could be rabbit, roe or goat:

From a period when Gerber made a knife worth owning.

K

 

[enfieldspares]

I've three Opinels. The standard carbon steel blade, a stainless steel blade with a walnut handle and a stainless one that has a plastic handle incorporating a distress whistle. On the carbon one it came without the cut out on the front ring so had to file one. I think at one time to comply with some law or other about being "non locking" they were supplied here in the UK without the cut out. Damn right it is a safety feature as it'd open in your pocket if you couldn't lock it. If I can lose a thing I can. There's a machete somewhere in a coppice on the shoot I had a gun in some thirty-five years ago. As I can put down and lose something as big as that I'll stick with a cheap knife.

 

[tozzybum]

For when I'm under canvas for weeks on end and supper could be rabbit, roe or goat:

From a period when Gerber made a knife worth owning.

K ,looks like Elk ridge thought the same my Birthday pressie 2 years ago ,only difference wood handle but same idea and choice of blades,allthough no longer made by ELK ,STS cutlery Wales has them in stock atb

 

[John_R]

Can't see the point of the gut push TBH. You've got to open the belly to skin them anyway and I like to see their insides to assess health before I take them home. If I don't like the look of them they get flung on top of the hedge for crow food.

A quick slit, squeeze the stomach clear of the liver and pull free and all the green offal drops out cleanly. Only takes a few seconds. Can't see the gut push would be much quicker.
I like to keep the red offal. Good indicator of health and if all is well I chop it up and use it in stews etc. Rabbit livers pan fried in butter on toast with mushrooms is lovely.

Not just the livers, but also the kidneys and hearts fry up really well with shallots and mushrooms. I think that little trio is a great treat that we're fortunate to have available.

 

[nathan83]

Stanley knife with a hook bade, can't beat it IMO

 

[reloader54]

Schrade sharpfinger for me use it for everything, I cant do pictures for s**t, but it's this one.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Bump. I was enjoying the range of knives used by SD members so keep those snapshots coming please. Here's another of mine that requires work to the edge profile as you can see how easily the thin Opinel carbon steel can be deformed:

K

 

[ezzy6.5]

This most of the time. When I was shooting lots of rabbits I used a Stanley knife with a carpet trimming blade.

 

[Freeforester]

Prompted by a PM about this knife I thought it would be interesting to see what you use for rabbits and squirrels. The only rule is no Opinels please!

This was made by Herbertz:

K

Nice, K, but go easy on the 'Connolly's' there, else the sheath's ermine lining will surely part from the organic veg-tanned kangaroo hide!

 

[evetseel]

Can’t believe im the first to do this
but......

thats not a koife!