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04-11-2014, 07:11 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: edmonton
Posts: 2,205
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Lookin for a new knife
What do you guys recommend
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04-11-2014, 07:15 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 208
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Bark River bravo one. Great all purpose knife, holds a great edge, sharpens nicely, expensive, but worth every single penny.
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04-11-2014, 07:19 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Calgary
Posts: 3,810
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Bark river or puma both great knives.
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04-11-2014, 08:01 PM
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Banned
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 1,509
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Cold Steel or Fällkniven, money well spent. Check out Bushcraft Canada
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04-11-2014, 08:05 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,574
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The Outdoor Edge Razor knife and a spare pack of blades will last a very long time.
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04-11-2014, 08:46 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Beaumont
Posts: 3,389
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What will you be using it for and what's your budget?
I personally have a Hanta Pirahana, outdoors edge, Puma folder, Mora and many others. All are excellent in their own right as are many other knives.
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The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. Then why do I hunt? I hunt for the same reason my well-fed cat hunts...because I must, because it is in the blood, because I am the decendent of a thousand generations of hunters. I hunt because I am a hunter.- Finn Aagard
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04-11-2014, 09:40 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Edmonton (shudder)
Posts: 4,640
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I have a 3" Benchmade that I have come to absolutely love. Its the best knife that I have ever used for skinning. That's all I use it for. It has great edge retention.
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04-11-2014, 10:29 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Stony Plain
Posts: 6,433
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I have a Enzo trapper in D2 steel. Pretty wicked knife for the hip anytime out in the bush.
I also have a knives of Alaska magnum hunter and it it a great hunting and skinning knife!!
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04-11-2014, 11:23 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: East of the big smoke
Posts: 1,496
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Grohman #1 is a classic Canadian knife. Knives of Alaska are nice. I have been disappointed with the fit and finish I have seen in pumas the last year or so. Really need to know what you are lookin for to be any more help.
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04-12-2014, 07:16 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary, AB
Posts: 2,146
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Originally Posted by brohymn2
What do you guys recommend
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I will support the ENZO as well....the quality is in the steel......I have too many knives and thinking of selling a few with one being an a used ENZO folder.
http://www.workwearcanada.com/produc...fm?product=279
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04-12-2014, 09:51 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 6,699
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Knife
For my money I'd buy a mora or two, inexpensive, great steel, easy to sharpen and the right size and shape to do darned near everything you want. Take the money you saved and put it towards a nice hunting trip.
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04-12-2014, 11:18 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary
Posts: 307
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http://lonhumphreyknives.com/?page_id=10
I got one of his brutes at Christmas, similar to the first picture. He's got a video showing him testing a knife that's pretty cool.
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04-12-2014, 11:42 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Sylvan Lake
Posts: 654
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Nothing wrong with the cutco d blade knife.
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04-12-2014, 11:57 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: N. E. of High River
Posts: 4,985
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Originally Posted by cowmanbob
The Outdoor Edge Razor knife and a spare pack of blades will last a very long time.
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I bought a couple as gifts and kept one for myself but have not used yet. I used the Outdoor Edge swing blade this year and really like it. Liked it enough that I gathered up a whole bunch of bucks and other knives and donated them to an outdoor cause.
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04-12-2014, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Edmonton, AB
Posts: 16,986
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Havalon Piranta Edge. I put off buying one for years. My swing blade.. my cutco all sit now collecting dust. This past season I did my moose and my friends moose and three deer all gutless method except for one of the deer.....with two blades on the Havalon. AMAZING KNIFE!!!
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04-12-2014, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 53
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Cutco, i skinned over 6 animals with mine!!
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04-12-2014, 12:51 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Calgary
Posts: 19,420
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Are you looking for a hunting knife or an everyday carry knife? Folder or fixed blade?
I went through a few everyday carry folders from S&W, Gerber & CRKT that were unsatisfactory, usually due to the pocket-clip screws backing out. Though some loosened up and some wouldn't hold an edge very long. The odd thing as how fast loss of the pocket clip screws would happen, as I would notice a loose pocket clip. It seems once those tiny screws get loose they back out at breakneck speed. I picked up a small Buck Vantage that was nice and the pocket clip stayed put so I was pleased, then I found a larger version with the laminate handle and have had that as my everyday carry for well over a year now with zero issues; it seems to hold an edge better than the other brands I've had as well.
(Not mine, photo culled from Google Images)
This is the fixed blade Buck Ergohunter Pro I take hunting. Its made of S30V steel (random Google image):
I liked the Ergohunter so much that I got the folder version, it comes with a belt sheath and thats the only way to carry it due to the grippy nature of the handle material; its nearly impossible to insert or remove from a pocket, plus its rather on the fat side.
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04-12-2014, 01:19 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by covey ridge
I bought a couple as gifts and kept one for myself but have not used yet. I used the Outdoor Edge swing blade this year and really like it. Liked it enough that I gathered up a whole bunch of bucks and other knives and donated them to an outdoor cause.
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Since using the Razor knife,the buck and the gerbers and others are now used only to cut twine. I've butchered three beef on the first blade and it will likely do another three before needing a touch-up.
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04-12-2014, 02:29 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: N. E. of High River
Posts: 4,985
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cowmanbob
Since using the Razor knife,the buck and the gerbers and others are now used only to cut twine. I've butchered three beef on the first blade and it will likely do another three before needing a touch-up.
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It seems to be a really nice knife. I hope mines serves me as well as yours. When I was looking at knives with removable blades I also looked at the Havalon Piranta. After changing blades a few times on each it was my opinion that the change on the Outdoor Edge could be done easier and safer and without tools.
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04-12-2014, 03:50 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Central Alberta
Posts: 31
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Grohman
Grohman, I have a bunch of them and CANADIAN MADE
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04-12-2014, 05:52 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 172
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calgarychef
For my money I'd buy a mora or two, inexpensive, great steel, easy to sharpen and the right size and shape to do darned near everything you want. Take the money you saved and put it towards a nice hunting trip.
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x2 $10.00 at Peavey Mart
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04-12-2014, 06:06 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Rocky Mnt House
Posts: 936
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Buy a custom knife from a local craftsmen. Money well spent and you will always want to use it. Buy a cheep knife you throw it away brake it beat it don't care about it. A custom will be a heirloom you will be proud to pack and use in field. Also to hand down.
My 2cents
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04-12-2014, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Stony Plain
Posts: 6,643
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I have this Shrade Oldtimer I have had for over 30 yrs I have probably gutted and skinned over 50 animals with it . It fits my hand ,it needs to be resharpened on occasion but it always does the job. I have a lot of other knives around but this one always goes hunting when I go hunting. The down side is they went under and all the new ones are made in China .
The moral of the story is, you don't have to spend a boat load of money on a knife to get a good one .you get a quality knife that fits your hand and does the job and you will always want to carry it whether you pay $25 or $500 for it
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04-12-2014, 11:29 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 374
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brohymn2
What do you guys recommend
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Yes.
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04-13-2014, 01:37 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 242
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these are some good knifes
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04-13-2014, 08:02 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 122
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Life time knife
Tetlock knives.
Had one made 20 years ago and I was using it yesterday.
And that knife has seen more country than the average blade.......
I'll be handing it down to my son some day.......
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04-17-2014, 01:06 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Millarville,alberta
Posts: 494
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Fallkniven f1 is a great knife fairly expensive at 200 plus dollars but will last a lifetime
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04-17-2014, 01:20 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Quesnel BC Canada
Posts: 5,603
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cowmanbob
The Outdoor Edge Razor knife and a spare pack of blades will last a very long time.
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I have a Havelon, that I won off their site, and found it to be an awesome little knife. Then I saw the ads for the Outdoor Edge Razor and wanted one immediately, funny thing was I couldn't find one left of the shelves of our stores so they must be very popular.
A buddy went to Winnipeg and they had none in the stores there, none here, another buddy was traveling in the usa and finally found me one ($45), and I have another coming from Edmonton ($65 with one pack spare blades)
I hope they are as good as the Havelon because I am going to end up with two.
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04-18-2014, 08:16 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Northern Alberta
Posts: 246
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Absolutely love my Havalon Piranta!! Almost lost a thumb because of its sharpness aha, but it simply can't be beat!
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04-23-2014, 02:51 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 62
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Knives of Alaska, made f D2 tool steel. Bit more pricey but superb.
Find at Cabellas and wholesale sports.
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