[chimpac]

It is hard for one knife to do all things well.
Like; skinning small and large fur and meat game, taking out the bones.
Hunting knives are usually to thick in the blade for a butcher to use.
I am guessing Jim Bowie needed a thick blade that would not break for fighting and maybe hunters need the thick blade to fight bears.
I like a high carbon steel blade like butchers use. The one I carry hunting has to be long and big enough to bleed and skin the animal I am hunting.