what knife for the hunt?

[PasadenaMike]

well if your gonna eat the game your gotta butcher it so I say ya!
I am a kife junkie not supper expensive but I like USA, German and some Japanese kings and mostly slip joints.
been shoving in a shock drawer for so many years I need to get a big box as the drawer if to point no more will fit.

lol my game is hunted at Restaurant Depot in the cold room lol

 

[Grunt64]

I know some are going to laugh, I carry frost cutlery. I have used this thing to cut open cans, pull up tent pegs. i abuse it and still holds an edge.

 

[JimT66]

I know some are going to laugh, I carry frost cutlery. I have used this thing to cut open cans, pull up tent pegs. i abuse it and still holds an edge.

Don't know why anyone would laugh, unless they don't know near as much about knives as they think they do. I have 5 or 6 of the Frost cutlery blades, 2 that look just like your Pic. Excellent knives. As good as any others I have used or field carried.

 

[pan60]

frost produced some good knifes I have a couple.
I don't collect them but that's because they don't fall into the world of what I collect. I think they made some good stuff.

 

[Grunt64]

Don't know why anyone would laugh, unless they don't know near as much about knives as they think they do. I have 5 or 6 of the Frost cutlery blades, 2 that look just like your Pic. Excellent knives. As good as any others I have used or field carried.

I say that because i worked with a guy that would say: if you don't spend at least $ 300.00 for a blade you have a cheap blade.

 

[JimT66]

I say that because i worked with a guy that would say: if you don't spend at least $ 300.00 for a blade you have a cheap blade.

Grunt, ask him if the $300.00 cut is a better class of cut. If the one cut can tell a difference.

 

[pan60]

I say that because i worked with a guy that would say: if you don't spend at least $ 300.00 for a blade you have a cheap blade.

there more to a knife then that most metal used for a knife is of known material
for example I like A2 for a lot of my knife some people might like W4 some W2
some knife maker use 5160
and on and on
how a blade is heat treated and tempered has as much to do as the steel.
now I am talk production knife here I have no clue what frost used on a given knife because he had a number of compares make knifes for him at one point shcrade make knifes for him. and most of these are from a given most likely SS formua as long as they follow the direction for the give material they will get an exoeptiple quality knife.
now there's more.
some of use collect knife more many reasons some is the little extra some is artistry and other some knife make have formulas they have discover that just work and they don't share.
if you buy a knife from say myself you buying soming more your buys my trade secrets my knowhow and my artestry and you would spend a LOT more the 300.00.

 

[Grunt64]

there more to a knife then that most metal used for a knife is of known material
for example I like A2 for a lot of my knife some people might like W4 some W2
some knife maker use 5160
and on and on
how a blade is heat treated and tempered has as much to do as the steel.
now I am talk production knife here I have no clue what frost used on a given knife because he had a number of compares make knifes for him at one point shcrade make knifes for him. and most of these are from a given most likely SS formua as long as they follow the direction for the give material they will get an exoeptiple quality knife.
now there's more.
some of use collect knife more many reasons some is the little extra some is artistry and other some knife make have formulas they have discover that just work and they don't share.
if you buy a knife from say myself you buying soming more your buys my trade secrets my knowhow and my artestry and you would spend a LOT more the 300.00.

Not me, I can get by with a $18.00 blade that i can use for pulling up tent stakes or whatever life confronts me with, i Carrie 3 blades. This one i just picked up as a backup, Im way off the grid when hunting or at my shooting range. It's just my opinion; your knives are probably worth every penny to someone else. Oh, and I have a handmade blade that was a gift I Carrie.






Ozark Trail

Ozark Trail Pakkawood Handle, 7Cr17MoV High Carbon Steel,11-inch Fixed Blade Knife for Survival Hunting​

there more to a knife then that most metal used for a knife is of known material
for example I like A2 for a lot of my knife some people might like W4 some W2
some knife maker use 5160
and on and on
how a blade is heat treated and tempered has as much to do as the steel.
now I am talk production knife here I have no clue what frost used on a given knife because he had a number of compares make knifes for him at one point shcrade make knifes for him. and most of these are from a given most likely SS formua as long as they follow the direction for the give material they will get an exoeptiple quality knife.
now there's more.
some of use collect knife more many reasons some is the little extra some is artistry and other some knife make have formulas they have discover that just work and they don't share.
if you buy a knife from say myself you buying soming more your buys my trade secrets my knowhow and my artestry and you would spend a LOT more the 300.00.

It's just my feelings on spending $300.00 and up on any knife, not happening. I Carrie 3 knifes, i use the Frost for everything from opening cans to pulling up tent stakes and still keeps an edge. Sence I'm way off the grid when I'm hunting or at my shooting range i need backups and i picked one up recently. (lower left pic)

Ozark Trail Pakkawood Handle, 7Cr17MoV High Carbon Steel,11-inch Fixed Blade Knife for Survival Hunting​

the 3rd was a gift, (handmade)

 

[pan60]

my point was a 20 or 30.00 knife made with good steel is a good knife what you pay for in some high end knifes is not just the steel.
if you buy art your paying the artist.

 

[JimT66]

my point was a 20 or 30.00 knife made with good steel is a good knife what you pay for in some high end knifes is not just the steel.
if you buy art your paying the artist.

Yep, learned experience and skill don't come cheap. Even a blade hand crafted from a file, is still hand crafted, and the skilled maker deserves a good price on his product.

 

[pan60]

Yep, learned experience and skill don't come cheap. Even a blade hand crafted from a file, is still hand crafted, and the skilled maker deserves a good price on his product.

yes that is what I was trying to say.

P.S. I did just garb a cool old Parker knife at one Parker and frost where producing knifes together they made some really good knifes.
ill post a pic of this beauty in a bit.

 

[JimT66]

yes that is what I was trying to say.

P.S. I did just garb a cool old Parker knife at one Parker and frost where producing knifes together they made some really good knifes.
ill post a pic of this beauty in a bit.

I have a little collection of WW2 and modern bayonets and survival knives. Would those count in this thread?

 

[pan60]

I have a little collection of WW2 and modern bayonets and survival knives. Would those count in this thread?

since I am a knife junkie I say yes : )
bayonet knife make great hunting knifes ; 0

 

[JimT66]

since I am a knife junkie I say yes : )
bayonet knife make great hunting knifes

I will have to start looking for a nice well worn example.

 

[pan60]

here's the Parker I just snagged it is in like new condition. glad to have been able to get it.

 

[Grunt64]

lol my game is hunted at Restaurant Depot in the cold room lol

I hunt coyote, woodchuck and coons which i dont eat. Anything else i shoot i use as bait. If i did need to use it as such i would get by like they did in the 1800's before 300 dollar knifes came along.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I hunt coyote, woodchuck and coons which i dont eat. Anything else i shoot i use as bait. If i did need to use it as such i would get by like they did in the 1800's before 300 dollar knifes came along.

Coons still popular and n areas like Louisiana . There's meat places with wild game license that sells it . You'll see coon for sale signs right along with crawfish

The Rise And Fall Of Racoon Meat In The US - Tasting Table

Racoon meat isn't something most folks would be willing to eat these days, but it was once popular in the U.S. Learn about the history of its consumption.

www.tastingtable.com

 

[pan60]

post pics of any cutting tool even hatchets and axe's

 

[Grunt64]

since I am a knife junkie I say yes : )
bayonet knife make great hunting knifes ; 0

My Dad is a retired Marine . He inlisted in 1956 and still has his bayonet. He says it was old when he was issued it. It now sits in his car trunk as a tool of need. Still sharp and in good shape.

 

[Grunt64]

Coons still popular and n areas like Louisiana . There's meat places with wild game license that sells it . You'll see coon for sale signs right along with crawfish

The Rise And Fall Of Racoon Meat In The US - Tasting Table

Racoon meat isn't something most folks would be willing to eat these days, but it was once popular in the U.S. Learn about the history of its consumption.

www.tastingtable.com

They also eat road kill,lol and thats the truth.