Show Us Your Rabbiting Knife
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Looks very much like a Green River rigging knife, We used to get given them on peace offshore, Unfortunately not allowed them offshore now, HSE gone mad, Great knives, I used to reshape them and rehandle them for my mates for rabbiting.
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X 2, I use a Havalon piranta for most small game.
I’ve used a havalon to clean a moose, only took four blades. It never leaves my kill kit.
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I know there’s a general dearth of rabbits at the moment but can’t believe all SD members have traded their coney knife to fund all-copper ammunition.
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@deerstalker.308 has the perfect little bird and bunny knife for sale in the form of the moki Banff
deerstalker.308
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What? This one…..:?
For Sale: - Moki Banff Japanese VG10
Full spec can be found here: https://heinnie.com/moki-banff Never used in anger, only ever been stropped. Razor sharp, so much so you can see where it caught the inside of the sheath the very first time I drew it…. 🙄 Blade and handle are truly a thing of beauty, lovely delicate size ideal for...
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I have 3 rabbit knives
1. a cheap locking folder with a bade under 3" i have owned for 40 years . I have done some large beasts with it also , it has sat in a box for a decade or so now as a folder that locks is no longer EDC
2. A little Puko i forged at a show and ground with my 200 year old hand cranked stone wheel
3. The Muntjac knife is my Rabbit Carry now but it very well proves the point that a little knife can do more things than a big one better . I Have done a lot of large deer with the knife and the model has become somewhat of a do it all Bunny, Birds and deer !
1. a cheap locking folder with a bade under 3" i have owned for 40 years . I have done some large beasts with it also , it has sat in a box for a decade or so now as a folder that locks is no longer EDC
2. A little Puko i forged at a show and ground with my 200 year old hand cranked stone wheel
3. The Muntjac knife is my Rabbit Carry now but it very well proves the point that a little knife can do more things than a big one better . I Have done a lot of large deer with the knife and the model has become somewhat of a do it all Bunny, Birds and deer !
That is indeed a lovely knife KB
As per most of us on here though, I have more knives than I really need (including a couple of ‘nicer’ hand made stalking knives) but for the bunnies…… Opinel No.8 stainless every night! Does exactly what it needs to & nothing fancier required - sorry!
As per most of us on here though, I have more knives than I really need (including a couple of ‘nicer’ hand made stalking knives) but for the bunnies…… Opinel No.8 stainless every night! Does exactly what it needs to & nothing fancier required - sorry!I'm surprised how many people use fixed-blade knives for rabbit paunching. I've tried a couple but couldn't get on with them. I've always done most of my rabbit shooting out of the summer season when I'm wearing a coat and I much prefer a sub-3" folder which is readily to hand in a pocket rather than having to fish beneath my coat to find a knife on my belt. (Plus I've stopped wearing belts now, preferring braces).
Must be a drop-point blade too for rapid unzipping without risk of gut pricking.
Must be a drop-point blade too for rapid unzipping without risk of gut pricking.
Tried pinching the blade with finger and thumb ? Saw Digweed doing it a while back and thought i must try that way! You literally just expose the very tip maybe less than 1/4" and rip along them with the bunny laid belly up - Fantastic ! Cant believe i have been killing bunnies since i started infant school and i had honestly never seen it done before
I've always done that. I lift the rabbit by the skin just below the ribcage so the guts fall away from the skin and make the entry cut. Then I drop the carcass into my left hand, tail down, belly up, and insert the blade into the cut with my forefinger under the tip to protect the guts and unzip in one rapid push until I feel my finger tip touch the pelvic bone. A tug on the stomach sac to detach it and a good shake and all the guts roll out in on piece with no punctures.
I find a smaller knife with a 2.5" drop-point blade makes this easier.
By using your forefinger over the blade tip, you can feel what's happening as well, so you can do it in the dark.
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Sounds from the description you do it like most. Its not a finger under job like near everyone does its a pinch between index finger tip and thumb tip . Probebly need to see it its on u-tube try Digweed rabbit shooting or similar .
Triggermortis
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This was bought from a fellow member on here and a bespoke replacement sheath very kindly made by snakesknives I think, 2 3/4” razor sharp blade, just the job.
The Herbertz made beauty in your opening post on this thread way back in 2019! Can’t beat traditional wood scales & a Damascus blade
I bought a Herbertz damascus years ago. Didn't have a sheath as nice as KB's. The scales weren't a very good fit and the blade and tang were out of line. There was a kink in it somewhere. I sent it back and bought something else (I'm very particular when it comes to knives). Shame. It was a pretty thing and I wanted to like it - but it was suspiciously cheap. Maybe I was just unlucky and got a Friday afternoon knife.The Herbertz made beauty in your opening post on this thread way back in 2019! Can’t beat traditional wood scales & a Damascus blade
Came with a good edge though.
I used a leather punch to remove the Herberts logo from the crap factory sheath and simply stitched it to the the one I made.
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