My 'belt knife' (which I use for skinning and breaking up the carcass for later deboning) is my Eka swing blade knife from Sweden.

I bought an orange one so to not lose it in the grass (they are available in black).

One comment I have to make however is that I've never been brave enough to use the gutting blade. Call me old fashioned, but I still prefer to run the blade between two fingers up the paunch.

Also, the older I get the less weight I want to carry, so I'm on the lookout for a light folding knife with about a 4in blade.

Having said that, I've just bought a Grohmann No.1 belt knife that I'm itching to take into the field.

 

The only thing I usually carry is of the two Buck 119s I have.
One my father bought for me back in the mid 1980s and the other I inherited from my Uncle.

 

The only thing I usually carry is of the two Buck 119s I have.
One my father bought for me back in the mid 1980s and the other I inherited from my Uncle.

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I carry one of two buck 119s as well. One I bought when I was 14 with money I made baby sitting the neighbor kids when my sister was unable to do so. The other was gifted to me by my uncle before he passed. I was also fortunate enough to be gifted his much beloved Belgian made BAR in 30-06 with redfield widefield scope also before he passed.

 

I don't have any pictures as knives are boring. 🤠

I carry a fixed blade Buck Knife and one of those new fandangled knives with the disposal blades in my hunting backpack.

I got lots of pictures of guns.

 

Field dressing will most likely be a Schrade Sharpfinger or variant of it.

Other possible option this year will be a Giantmouse Jutland.

Next year will be a Bark River Mini Aurora

Or a Bark River Gunny LT

Most of the boning is done with a 6" Mundial boning knife

 

I usually carry my 3 blade Case pocket knife. I usually am never over 30 min. from home(usually closer)........I shoot "em". Load "em" in the truck and back up to my skinning rack and cooler........i NEVER put a knife on one in the woods. At home my sawzall and 2 blade folding hunter Queen or Case knife does the unzipping..........I have cleaned many with a good sharp pocket knife.........For cutting and debonig at time of processing I prefer my 2 Rapala 6 in fillet knives.

 

I carry the Victory with steel on my hunting belt and the Mercator in my pocket.

 

I carry Randall 6" sportsman bowie. Gift from my mother. She gave me a lot of Randalls.. Her quote, "you will never get rid of any knife I give you." And she was correct.

 

Your Mother must have been an exceptional lady.

Padraig

 

I carry 2 buck knives, a 119, and a 110. Nothing fancy, just sharp!

 

My first real 'hunting' knife was a Schrade Sharp finger. My hunting mentor was a taxidermist, and the Sharp Finger was perfect for preparing hunting trophies. (eg: getting into the fine work around the eyes, ears and lips). I've still got it tucked away at the back of the cabinet. My trophy days are behind me.

Now my emphasis has moved on to meat recovery. For that, I've got a couple of F.Dick boning knives, and a few Victorinox and Dexter Russells.

 

These are pretty much my EDC knives even during hunting season. The Case trapper sometimes gets swapped out for a Spyderco Tasman Salt when I am harvesting vegetables from the garden.

 

The question was what knife (or knives) do I carry while hunting. After seeing these other replies with fine examples of knives, if I had any shame I wouldn’t even respond. The pic below is what I carry. It’s a cheap gift from my eldest son. I use this for field dressing. (I do not process my deer; there’s a commercial processor minutes from my house that butchers cattle, hogs, and deer, and they do a great job.). As you can tell, I’m no knife connoisseur.

 

I generally have a Buck 105 Pathfinder that my Dad gave me for Christmas in 1964 and Buck 110 I bought in around 1970. Both hold tremendous edges.

 

I'll have a Cold Steel Ultimate Hunter on my belt and either an ESSEE 3 or Buck Selkirk in my pack.

 

After trying many knives over the years from expensive custom knives to the ever useful Buck 110.
I have determined that the Diamondblade Summit is the perfect companion in the woods.

 

Fox River EXT1 from Bark River Knives.
Hope I can bloody it soon.

 

I carry a 50+ year old Buck 102 for gutting, and an undated Camillus Pilot Survival knife for breaking the pelvic bone. No pictures.

 

Fällkniven H1 for multi purpose use and a victorinox hunter xt for skinning, gutting.

 

It varies, depending on the hunt and how much gear I can take.

Most often it involves a Buck 105 Pathfinder I have had since HS, a Gerber Vital, and a Havalon Piranta. I keep these in a small blue dry bag with a whole lot of HD blue surgical gloves. I recently bought a Buck Mesa to replace my Pathfinder. Target species include deer (whitetail and blacktail), bears, moose, and caribou. No bone saw for skinning, though I carry a Stanley Fat Max 15" hand woodsaw. It cuts through skull plates like a hot knife through butter. I skin critters via the gutless method, so cutting ribs isn't a part of my process.

 

I still have a couple of those Stanley saws from my 'carpenter days', never thought about trying them on game. I always marvel at the way they will go through lumber, so I will have to try it. Usually all my major bone-cutting is done with a recip saw & blades I reserve exclusively for that task, once the critter is home & hung up.

 

I use a cold steel master hunter carbon V made in the usa. I can easily open the pelvis with a baton with this knife.

 

Have yet to get it bloodied.

 

Typically the Southfork fixed blade, though my companion blade this year was a Spyderco Native in REX 45 steel and a Stretch in K390 which retains a working edge for a long time.

 

Schrade SP7 folder. Super light, super sharp and doesn't dull easily. Carried in a nylon sheath in my small hunting bag (6X6, carries my license, permission slips, baggies, small personal flashlight, etc.), like others our cleaning station is less than a mile from the farthest hunting area. I also have a damascus knife that i got in Oklahoma when attending the Cherokee National Holiday.

 

A Randall #5 (camp and trail) with a 4" blade (3/16" stock) and Micarta handle.

 

These two mostly.
Benchmade Saddle Mountain Skinner w/ gut hook (S90v)

and a Benchmade Hidden Canyon Hunter (also S90v)

Also have an old Browning Similar to the first Benchmade above (no gut hook though - AUS 8 or 10) that I usually use for any really hard use (getting through/around big bones/pelvis). No pic handy for that one atm.

Luis

 

I carry one of two Marbles sheath knives, a Fieldcraft or a Woodcraft.