Looking for an all around hunting knife, to start with.
Anyone have any reviews or comments on the Knives of Alaska set? Pref. the elk hunter or whitetail hunter?
What would you buy or rate as 1 ultimate good solid all around knife?
Thanks
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Looking for an all around hunting knife, to start with.
Anyone have any reviews or comments on the Knives of Alaska set? Pref. the elk hunter or whitetail hunter?
What would you buy or rate as 1 ultimate good solid all around knife?
Thanks
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Originally Posted by IamCanadian
Old Hickory knives if you can find them. Just be very careful with a knife....they are like potato chips, you can't have just one. :thumbup:
Don't own a knives of Alaska, but I love their big blades (Brown Bear?) The cleaver style is a great tool. Their workmanship is excellent.
In the past I'd have recommended a Puma, but I hear the new ones aren't as incredibly excellent as the old ones. I think the Hunter's Pal is a great knife.
I have a couple of Grohmann knives that are my mainstays. They are awesome, and MADE IN CANADA! And not really expensive. One is the Original Belt knife, the other is military issue. Similar designs and materials. They sharpen easily and hold an edge well, and the blade and handle shape lend themselves well to gutting, skinning and butchering quite well.
I also have an older Premier, made in Solingen, Germany. Excellent. And one Falcon knife, a folder made in Northern Italy. I'm very happy with that knife too.
Im a big fan of small knives. My favoite knife is a folding knife, very similar to a buck folder with a 2.75" blade. I have it razor sharp all the time, and ive cleaned 3 moose and 4 bears with it. Havent needed a bigger knife. Its on my belt all the time, and i dont even know its there.
My next knife will be a fixed 4" blade. I think that is the absolute best of both worlds. You get the "size" of a bigger knife, but the "handling" of a smaller knife.
I agree with Kilo Charlie Grohmann knives are great knives and great value and if you don't mind saving a few bucks you can buy seconds online with just small blemishes or buy a kit and finish your own handle while saving money. I have the bird and trout knife (a kit knife) and the moose deer knife, I really took a liking to them after gutting a buck with my brothers standard belt knife.
I also have to caution you like SnowWalker its hard to have just one I'm a bit of a junkie. If your interested in custom knives Ron Post seems to have a nice line and tempers to 58-59 rockwell so there hard enough but still sharpen nicely - online at www.postknives.com or at the sportsman show.
What ever you choose enjoy it.
FB
:thumbup:Grohmann knives...had 2 (#2 Trout & #4 Survival) of them for close to 30 years now and they are the best darned knives i've ever had!:thumbup:
I have 2 Ron Post knives and they are excellent for moose and deer, real nice looking and working knives. I also have a 20 plus year old Puma and it is excellent as well. My folding buck has been a great all round every day kife also.
the next knife i buy will probably be the cabelas alaskan guide series vanguard. its made for them by buck, using the s30v steel and their heat treating process. the blade is just over 4" and has a drop point shape to it, pretty much the same blade i have on my everyday carry knife (buck vantage pro).
http://www.cabelas.com/fixed-blade-k...-knife-1.shtml
apparently the logo on the blade can be removed relatively easily.
Check out Bark River knives, they make an extremely good product.
I own one of those bear gRylls knifes, thought it was gOing to be a peace of just but it's actually pretty nice for 50$ the blade is strong and the knife just feels well made. It holds a edge well to and comes with a sharpener right on the carrying case. The butt of the knife has a solid peace of metal on it so you are able to break things with it or use as a mini hammer. And the knife holder also has a flint stick build in to it that you just pop out and strike across the back of the blade.