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Let's discuss knives for deer processing

SNIPERBBB said:
Pretty much. Only thing that keeps me away from rada is they don't produce a knife style that I actually use for anything other than for cooking
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Yeah, I have a full set of Rada knives for the kitchen, sounds like there isn't much reason to 'upgrade'. I just need to get my wife to stop tossing them in the sink after she uses them so I don't have to sharpen them so often. I am a fan of Rada's 12" fillet knife. I keep it at my cabin in VA and it has filleted hundreds of Stripers.

Sounds like one or two Victorinox knives is all I need for processing. Anybody have a recommendation on a quality bone saw? I find myself cutting shanks pretty often and would like to not have to run to the garage for my hacksaw every time.
 
GCTerpfan said:
Sounds like one or two Victorinox knives is all I need for processing. Anybody have a recommendation on a quality bone saw? I find myself cutting shanks pretty often and would like to not have to run to the garage for my hacksaw every time.
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Yes, I’ve done 4 or five hogs, one and a half steers, and I’m not sure how many deer in the last three years and the only knife I used the whole time was that Mercer, my friend has a set of vics and he really only uses the 6 inch boner too.
As for saws, if you have a recip saw just throw a 18-24 tpi blade on it and let ‘er rip. Idk about hand saws really cause the one we use is from the 1950s but it goes through almost as fast as the power saw.
 
I've never processed my own deer meat but have skinned a lot of animals as a trapper. Dexter- Russel hold an edge pretty well and are almost bomb proof and are decently priced I think.
 
Cold steel has a kitchen set. I have the boning from that set and it has become my fav for fish and general meat slicing. I have a couple of thier other outdoors fixed blade and for the price they are pretty nice. Very sharp out of the box, decent edge retention, and easy to sharpen. I just recently retired my benchmade from service and put it in the safe to pass on to my boy when he's ready and my daily carry is a cold steel now. I have some twin henckels and the cold steel kitchen commercial series are "better" IMO...
 
Schwonkhead said:
As for saws, if you have a recip saw just throw a 18-24 tpi blade on it and let ‘er rip
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Yeah, I've done that several times. It just feels a little wrong cutting my food with the same dirty saw from my garage. I usually process 4-5 deer a year so, I am looking for a decent butcher/bone saw to keep in the kitchen. I've looked at the Weston and Lem saws but, even though the majority of the reviews are good there are several that basically say they are worthless junk. They're not that expensive so normally I would just buy one and try it but, if I pick one out and tell my wife to get it for me for Father's day, then don't use it, Ill never hear the end of it. :rolleyes:
 
Limb loppers are really good for most deer bones if you just want to cut the bones off. Wouldn't use the loppers for the cases for bone in steaks
 
GCTerpfan said:
Yeah, I've done that several times. It just feels a little wrong cutting my food with the same dirty saw from my garage. I usually process 4-5 deer a year so, I am looking for a decent butcher/bone saw to keep in the kitchen. I've looked at the Weston and Lem saws but, even though the majority of the reviews are good there are several that basically say they are worthless junk. They're not that expensive so normally I would just buy one and try it but, if I pick one out and tell my wife to get it for me for Father's day, then don't use it, Ill never hear the end of it. :rolleyes:
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Why don’t you look for a used band saw.
 
2Sloe said:
Why don’t you look for a used band saw.
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Just looking for something more compact to keep in the kitchen. I actually have a band saw but, I offered to let my dad keep it at his place. He builds recurves and was looking for a second band saw. Since I have a recurve addiction and he feeds it, I let him have mine. :)
 
I have cutco knives in the kitchen and I run bubba blades for processing. Have all the bubba blades available. Multiples. All the filet knives, the chefs knife and the hunter knife. I’ve put them thru the ringer and they still work. The filet knives I bought a few for my buddy’s fishing boat, we do striper and haddock add shark charters and the filet knives have done more haddock and redfish and pollock than you can shake a stick at. Also done several sharks with the chef/filet knife combo. Very sharp knives
 
Forschner/Victorinox all the way. I have a few, but a straight stiff boning knife gets most of the processing done, and a thin curved flexible the trimming. Skinning is done with a butcher skinning blade and a sharfinger if I'm doing more than just caping it....
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My field knife is a Benchmade steep country, I like its compact size and its no slip rubber handle that is orange and easy to find. For my at home processing knives I use Dexter-Russell knives, the wide boning and cook's style parer. I realize they have zero sex appeal but they hold an edge well, are easy to sharpen and are cost effective. If I was going to upgrade I would look into the Benchmade Meatcrafter, I like the design of that blade and think I could process a whole animal with only that blade.
 
The forschner knives are hard to beat. Just to muddy the water I’ll add Outdoor Edge. The processing kit is pretty good.
 
You've already been given good advice on knives, this is the saw I use. It almost scares me how fast it cuts bone. I use the medium-sized one.

Professional Meat Hand Saws | LEM Products

Professional quality meat saws have a heavy nickel-plated frame and a large blade tightening lever that makes blade changing very easy. Choose from 3 sizes to fit your needs.
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CZMark said:
You've already been given good advice on knives, this is the saw I use. It almost scares me how fast it cuts bone. I use the medium-sized one.

Professional Meat Hand Saws | LEM Products

Professional quality meat saws have a heavy nickel-plated frame and a large blade tightening lever that makes blade changing very easy. Choose from 3 sizes to fit your needs.
www.lemproducts.com www.lemproducts.com
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Agreed...these are the best.
 
I have these and I love em for breaking game animals down at the house after a kill.

Victorinox 6 Curved Semi-Stiff Boning Knife | LEM Products

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Victorinox 6 Curved Wide Semi-Stiff Boning Knife | LEM Products

Ergonomic Fibrox handle with slip-resistant design. 30 Day Money Back Guarantee, 1 year Warranty. LEM Products | The Leader In Game Processing
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5-Inch Diamond Knife Sharpener | LEM Products

This 5 Diamond Sharpener is the original oval-shaped, two-sided diamond knife sharpener that Chefs have been using for over 30 years
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