EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Just checking with y'all what is the best knife for skinning a hog.

Pics and brand would be highly appreciate.


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I use my case trapper to skin hogs and deer I can skin both animals with just that pocket knife that's quartering them up and every thing

I use my havalon it is always sharp and when ever it gets dull you replace the blade

Case Trapper X2.  I have seemed to misplace mine and looking for a replacement.  Only a carbon blade this time. (not to thread jack, but how is this new chrome vandium(sp) that they're, Case, claiming to be cabon?)

nice to have a knife with a gut hook as well.  I carry a gerber now (cant think of the model) with a gut hook and it holds a decent edge on a hog.  But i just love that Case Trapper, could skin 2-3 deer before touching it.

Also have a Howa (i think its called), i think its Japan steel but it is heavy heavy and thick back bone for busting bone.  Wasnt big on the Japan thing, but my grandpa gave it to me and he is big into knives and knows his stuff and said it was good steel and would last.

It's not the horse it's the rider!!!

Dwest when you go to get a knew case ask for the carbon blade if you can't find one you can order them from
tkcknifes.com this place is in spurger Texas is where I get most of my knives from

Is it that chrome vandium blade?  That's all i have found

schrade makes good skinning knifes

Yes sir it is the chrome vandium when you get the knife stick the blades in a potato or an oranger and it will turn the blade black it takes the shine off and keeps it from rusting

 i use a knife i got in germany. i think its a puma blade. works fine and holds an edge even with the course hair on a hog. used an eye brand before too and it works as good as the puma. for gutting i use a ingress/regress strap cutter. makes light work and has a ceramic rod on it for touching up knives.

Thank you!! I love the chrome vanadium blade, I have even sharpened it so fine that I shaved my face once just to see if I could! The only thing I hate is the fact that they rust immediately out of the box! I'll try the orange trick now!

What is the strap cutter thing? Post a picture if you will.

 similar to a gut hook on the tips of knives. here is the link to 1 of my strap cutters. the other 1 is about 6" long, no finger hole but has finger notches. and i ment egress, not regress. they are issued to cut seat belt harnasses incase of a rapid egress ( rapid get the hell out) for either crashed acft or roll over for tcks
http://www.benchmade.com/products/model_lgshot.asp?model=15

Awesome knife and hands down best value i've ever seen, i love my case trapper but it just doesn't compare.


"the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland

That havalon is a cool knife, but I don't like the idea of throwing a dull blade away. Too much of life nowadays is disposable. But that's just my thoughts

 hey t-bob, here is a newer style than what i was issued 7yrs ago. instead of the long line of nubs, it has the ceramic rod.
http://www.benchmade.com/products/8

That's a cool deal there Charles, thanks!

X2 I carry an eyebrand and love it, always holds a good edge for me and if it gets dull it is easy to knock an edge back on

My buddies knife, that way I dont roll the blade on mine, lol. Anything with a thin blade and sharp works well with me.

For those of you guys using that Havalon, what style??


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I use my case double xx "razor" edge. The big one is six in and my short one is three in. Works pretty good till about the third hog. And then you gatta bring out the stone. But if I can get the pig to my shop I ussually cut slits in the skin and hit it with shop air. Seperates the hide from the meat and saves knives and time.

 Don't laugh but since Im not very good at sharpening a knife, I skin a hog using a utility blade.  ;D  Works really good for me. When it gets dull, I just throw a new blade in.

 Thankyou! People need to learn to sharpen a damn knife!

Ive got a Buck with a gut hook.  Its the second one ive owned.  I can get through two hogs with it before i have to sharpen it.  the nice thing about it is it has a lifetime warranty.  The first one i had i had for over ten years, broke the tip tryin to pop the hip joing on a buck years ago. sent it back and they sent me this one.  had it five and so far so goo.

I can sharpen a knife but I'm like the others a folding utility knife is just too simple. I use it just to get the hide off then get my trapper. Picked up a Knife made by Moore. Made in Matador Tx. Well made and the blade will blue in time. It's made on the case trapper model.

Its their money, if they wish to buy a new blade, then thats on them. I do feel folks should learn to sharpen a knife, but if they choose not to and there are alt means out there and they so choose to use it, then cudos for them. I feel if a person is gonna carry the knife, use it and dull it, then they should sharpen it theirselves, but some folks cant keep the same angle of blade to stone every time.

X2 My Buck guts, skins, and quarters anything I kill.

x2 fast and easy

I just got a Mossburg fixed blade with a guthook that i like alot. Light, sharp and holds a good edge and priced right.. Ugly dog has them on their site.

I don't use a knife I just drag it down the road till the hide falls off jk jk

As far back as I can remember as a kid, my dad used a case XX trapper with a carbon steel blade...That is all I ever used until I until I saw my son skin out 3 deer without having to sharpen the blade...he did it with a Gerber that has the gut hook...I read about them and went and bought one...the best thing about them is that they are made in the USA and the price is fair...only thing I don't like about them is the blade is a little thicker than what I like...

I have always liked carbon steel... for me there's something about taking care of a carbon blade...keeping it from rusting, just taking care of it... :D :)

I skin a hog using a Case "Muskrat".  Best pocketknife there is for skinning.  Has the same blade on either side, so when one gets dull switch sides and repeat.

The Case CV blades which is carbon vanadium blades is the only way to go.  There is something about the history and the time it takes to get that blade good and dark and it wears down after time which really pits some character in the knife.  You can stick a potato on each blade for about a week and turn both blades dark.

my favorite skinning knife is a buck 694t. out of all the knifes i have used it will stay sharp through a whole hog. My favorite pocket knife is a SOG sogzilla it is a great cheap knife that will get razor sharp.

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I take a good gut hook and put just under the hide and run it all the way down the body. Then repeat about 3 or 4 in over .and u can pull the hide all the way down with your hands and leave the fat on it. Just cut in strips all way around it