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Outdoor edge knife

Lukeraw7

Lukeraw7

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I’ve head a lot of great things about the knives with replaceable blades. So I ordered myself one. But after receiving my new knife I began to wonder. Working in an industrial environment I go through razor blades like crazy and I’m curious to know how long a blade last. I’ve got I got pretty nice skinning knife but I find myself touching it up about 1/3 of the way threw a deer. The idea of just swapping blades seemed nice, but if I’ll be changing a blade every couple of cuts it won’t seem worth the money. With 3 boys and an ol lady to please money is definitely a topic in our house. So who had one, and what are your opinions on them?


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For $20 I’m going to try one out this year so I picked one up at the high school reunion, I mean Wal-Mart. What sold me was the piece that suppprts the blade extends almost the whole length of the blade, and I read somewhere the blades where thicker than other brands and could be resharpened. If it doesn’t do it for me I’ll go back to the Buck skinner.
 
I left my havalon piranta in the woods this past weekend and already have one on the way via Amazon. One blade would usually last me 2 deer, from gutting to meat in the freezer.
 
I never had much luck with replaceable blades so I stuck with my HELLE knives for the past 20 years the blade is beyond sharp and I have gone thru 5 deers from gut to to cut before I had to resharpen and that takes about dz passes on a good steel. Lay flat and follow the bevel and your done and it’s good for another 5 deer and that’s no BS.
 
Tr33_n1nj@ said:
For $20 I’m going to try one out this year so I picked one up at the high school reunion, I mean Wal-Mart. What sold me was the piece that suppprts the blade extends almost the whole length of the blade, and I read somewhere the blades where thicker than other brands and could be resharpened. If it doesn’t do it for me I’ll go back to the Buck skinner.
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I got mine on amazon for 30 and it came with 5 extra blades.


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I bought a havalon piranta and the stronger blades-I think they are called 60 XT or something like that, worked very well on my first deer. I broke a blade boning out the rear ham but that was operator error, twisted the blade in the ball joint. Blades come surgically sharp, I haven’t tried to sharpen any yet.
 
One blade did a moose. That’s real good. Benchmade altitude did not get through one quarter. The blades sharpen well to extend life but the edge doesn’t seem to last as long.
 
I can gut and skin at least 2 deer and maybe start on a 3rd on one blade. I'm a cutter when I skin, I'm not a peel it off guy so it makes a lot of cuts. Or gut, skin, and butcher 1 but its not that great for deboning so I use others for that and leave the Outdoor edge for gutting and skinning.
 
I have an Outdoorsman's Edge Swing Blaze and they are very sharp but I also resharpen mine as I'm a cheap skate but I essentially just use it for field dressing not the actual buthering. I could probably get through 2-3 deer no problem with the factory sharpened blades but deer hair and bone dulls knives very quickly. I also always carry an Uncle Henry folding knife which takes and holds an edge very exceptionally. It was my Dad's which I got him for a gift and now that he has passed, it has a special place for me. But it is a very robust knife.
 
I use a scalpel to take apart deer. I’ve yet to meet a whitetail to make me want to do otherwise.

I paid a premium for a tyto handle because I wanted it to be orange and longer than a normal scalpel.

but you could take apart a deer with a box cutter and fresh blades. If you’re dulling more than one scalpel blade quartering a sub 200 deer, something’s up. If you’re dulling more than two getting the thing boned out, and ready for final processing, something’s up.

the economics, and the precision needed, make using a scalpel a really easy decision. You can make the argument that a tougher blade is needed for popping joints. I’ve got about 50-60 whitetail knees and elbows that would disagree. But it certainly would make the scalpel blades last longer. I keep a neck knife on me hunting, and sometimes I’ll use it as a pry bar. But a few seconds of patience, and scalpel works fine.

hell I just took apart two elk. Besides the hide on the muddy bull, the scalpel did everything. I think I used three blades between the two animals.
 
I use a 22 blade and a size 6 surgical blade handle. Only used it one time last year but it worked fine and I got rid of the blade when I was finished. 99 more deer to kill and I can order a new box.
 
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