Hunting Knives; The Complete Review

I've been using that Schrade sharp finger for deer for almost 30 yrs.......ya know! lol Great review,there is way to much garbage out there being marketed as hunting knives. Just keep it simple.

This is a very truthful and honest program for hunting! We need to watch and learn everything! I am infinitely grateful to the author of this project! Good luck and success! The right knife for hunting is very important! Thank you so much again! I apologize for my English!

I carry my buck 110 every day. It is comfortable to carry in the belt holster. I have been carrying my buck since deer season 2019. It’s always on my belt and has been a daily carry knife.

I have been a knife enthusiast for over 55 years and am especially interested in good multi-purpose food processing kitchen knives. Typical kitchen knives are either too big to control or too small to process dense foods like cabbage. I have watched dozens of knife videos and this one is one of the best (if not the best) knife video I have seen. I agree with many of your points. And I agree that a #8 or #9 Opinel is a great food slicer - but I prefer a fixed blade with a 4 to 5 inch blade and a long comfortable handle. Big Bowie knives and tactical knives are very poor food processing knives. Perhaps one difference between hunters and kitchen knives is the blade grind. Hunting knife blades tend to be thicker (1/8 inch) saber ground but I prefer a thinner (3/32 inch) full hollow or flat ground blades. PS, I have one of those old Old Timer sharp finger knives and very pleased with it. Thanks for a great video.

When the Opinel is hard to open, just tap the pommel lightly on a table top and it will open a little and make it easy to fully open.

Absolutely fantastic video.
Would the Buck 110 lite version still be ok for hunting please?

Check virtuovice's channel, although I believe your approach is correct too

I'm a knife guy, but I always end up using my cheapo gerber disposable blades over everything else. They just make it too easy.

Buck 110 is like a .270 in that everyone and their dog, has one! That’s why I never did and still refuse!! 😂

Great video.

Buck 110 is great. I have a couple of those and several old Scharade that were 110 copies. Just as good in my opinion and back then the Bucks were more expensive and not very sharp from factory requiring a lot of work to get them into shape. Sears had a sears brand that was actually that Scharade model made by Scharade but marked sears. Those were incredible because they were much cheaper than a Schrade marked one. Dad and I loaded up on those in the 70s. I'll never need another hunting knife. That Buck 420HC is much harder than any AUS-8 or 8Cr13MoV, edc pocket knife I have ever owned by a good margin even though those steels have the potential , with the right heat treat, to out perform 420HC. Edit: Schrade LB7 is the model I was talking about but only the old American made ones were any good.

I never realized that opinel knives have such a good reputation.

Here in austria and I thing in Bavaria as well most man own a knive like that sine a 'feitel', as these knives are called in our dialect, is part of every tratitional lederhosen.

Lederhosen have an extra pocket just for your folding knive and one is not fully dressed without one when wearing lederhosen.
Without knowing much about opinel, to me they always where the cheap massmanufactured version of this knive.
Most people here have some custom made or small run knive of this type made by local manufacturer, that can be quite elaborate.
Edit: I just did a quick research and found that, here in austria, there are small manufacturers of that kind of folder that are 500 plus years old!!!

My dad bought a sharpfinger in the 70s because, as he said "When I saw it, I had to have it. It was the sportscar of knives!" He isn't a hunter, but he carried it with him when he traveled in central america and used it every day to cut shavings off bricks of brown sugar for his coffee.

"Perfect for coring out the butthole on a deer" should be the marketing line Buck uses for the 110 on their website.

Buck 110 over rated to heavy in my pocket. I do like buck fix blades . Pocket knives to me need to be light weight.

what a great video,watched every minute ,really greatful for finding your video

Go back over a hundred years you'll find the outdoor writers (Such as George Washington Sears) advising people not to carry big Bowie knives. Carry a knife for cutting and a hatchet or axe if you need to chop something. The Bowie was a side arm and it started to fall out of favor as such after reliable repeaters came into being.

I preferred a fixed blade back in the days I was able to get out just because I found fixed blades easier to clean. The Buck 110 is a stellar choice, I agree one hundred percent on that.

There are now new US made Sharpfingers. No idea if the quality is comparable to the old ones though.

I get more knowledge from this channel than any other. I’m realizing how much we are programmed to be consumers. We are constantly told that we need the newest greatest everything. Reality is that whatever worked in the past … works now. Including rifle calibers! As a “ biker “ I approve of Buck knives and this channel.

Nice review/tips! Could be nice make a similar review with fishing knives and survival knives too, like a complete reference for diff types of knifes.

Amen! Amen! Amen!

What do you think about the buck 110 with finger grooves?

thank you for saving me time, money and pain, thank you again

Excellent 👍 Video 👏. Thank you 🙏🇨🇦!

I'm sorry, did you say "coring out of the butthole on a deer?"

Wisdom

@arkas6797When all the serious companies are trying to give hunters knives with an anatomical, non-slip handle and a steel hardened to 59-62HRC you recommend folding knives for hunters? When Nordic knife companies and hunters in those countries don't know what a folding knife is you are telling us that these toys are suitable for hunters? Of course, I have seen guys on the internet who use such games for extortion, but that does not mean that it is correct. At some point the hands and the knife are flooded with blood, many times they receive great pressure and this makes them extremely dangerous. The right hunting knife should be stable with an anatomical handle about 4'-5' long and with a hardness of 60 HRC.

I started carrying a 110 when I was 12. They were made in my hometown. As a kid I could fick it open one handed, It was cool. I gave mine to my son in law. At 66 I stopped carrying one years ago. But I'm really missing it so I'll get a new one.
Great video thanks

Try out a outdoor edge field skin . Cheep,sharp... My favorite. Didn't think i seen a mention of a gut hook hunting knife why i mention.

Fantastic video, thank you. I needed this.

I do equal amounts of hunting and bushcraft. I literally beat the crap out of my knives.

I do much prefer a fixed blade over a folder. Between 3.5 and 4.5 inches. For game I like 2.5 to 3 " but sense most of my knives are multi purpose I like 4.5

I've got a Chinese sharpfinger .3.5 " blade. Though it took some work to put a decent edge on. It is pretty easy to keep sharp .the real problem is the crapy sheath . And it is very pleasing to the eye. But of all the knives I've used over the years... the drop point loveless style is in my experience the best multi use blade.

I've got a high quality folding box cutting knife.? Was great when it was working but the mechanism got stuck and now even after much attention I can't get it unstuck! Lmao 😂

I do understand your point of view, concerns and wisdom. Though I love fancy fixeds for big games and my Opinel No. 8 for birds and rabbits.

In my sick mind It’s disrespect gutting, dressing and processing a beautiful game with gerberish knives where we can use mkc, buck, old hickory, William Collins, bark river, lt wright, and many more great ones. They just multiply the joy specially if you keep them razor sharp, oiled, loved through the year waiting for the season together with dreaming fantasies.

Great old video. I love a fixed blade. The amount of times a locking blade has collapsed on me in my life, I don't carry them. I carry a game kit in backpack. But the pack usually stays at camp. I like a folding bone saw. I have an old timer I have used to process game. I found it under a house in the crawl space. I have used my old timer a lot in fixing vehicles hoses and cleaning battery terminals and what not. My favorite knife right now is a 8$ Szco drop blade patch or skinner patch knife that I use as skinning knives. It fits in my change pocket on most jeans.

I made my first comment on your video 4 years ago. Now I have a buck 101 and a buck 113

Thanks for such a thorough talk on knives. By the way the Knife Center has the Boker rangebuster at ten times the $20 you said, they are over $200.00. I think the Buck 110 slim (void the brass) drop point is my choice instead, at about $34.00. That and an Opinel no. 8 are about all I will need, maybe add a medium stockman for coring the anus.

the steel used on the stainless steel opinel is sanvic 12c27

You are right on everything. But the old saying: ' Life is too short to have an ugly rifle..." does apply as well here. It is a nice thing to have a nice knife that will do the job well, but also looks like quality over the years. Get a good one and keep it for ever. Who knows, you might hand it over one day to your three-year old... You wouldn't want that to be ugly, would you?...

Ken Warner wrote a book, "The Practical Book of Knives." It's worth a read.

Great video

The most important thing in a carry knife for hunting is being sharp…I have some nice knives but my little gerber w a 21/2-3” blade is more than capable of getting the meat from a deer carcass after
Skinning it w the same knife…use the animals joints to break it down and get it in a cooler or debone it depending upon how you want to use the meat…really not complicated…my real go to is a Queen Steel folding Hunter pattern…two blades..no it doesn’t lock…if you use it properly it will never fold on your hand…this knife and a Diamond rod stay w my while hunting

From Kudo to squerills the folding Hunter pattern from Queen Steel or Case do a great job…I carry a Diamond steel for touching up the blade as I work.

I must have well over 100 knives, yet still grab my Buck 110 that I have had for over 40 years for actual hunting applications. But hey, the rest look great in their sheaths. !

This guy is awesome and hits the nail on the head. Outdoor Edge knives are #1 on Amazon because hunters love the scalpel sharp blade for game. The Buck 110 has sold millions because deer hunters hate the fixed blade on the belt when climbing and walking. Cheap replacement blades are the wave of the future because people just want something really sharp and disposable. Long blades are for movies and TV shows, not hunting. Excellent video from a guy that really knows his stuff.

I use a buck frontiersmen knife I like it a lot

When I mentioned the replaceable blade knife idea 25yrs ago to a knifemaker, a got a lot of scorn....but people who use them, love them. They hate sharpening. It's that simple.
I never leave home without a multitool (wife tells me to take it off before going to bed), and as far as hunting, either a folding knife (for redundancy), or a fixed blade, always under 4"...3 to 3.5" is better. Needs a good point (stupid tag regulations). So I essentially have 2, & my meat gets packs out. But if it was necessary to quarter it, like moose or elk, then a small saw or pack axe.
Not to be a knife snob, but the new Magnacut is fantastic. It holds a great edge, and more importantly, doesn't rust...and Buck makes a folder in it with a great heat treat.