Common useful knives that I use a lot

[T.R.]

These knives are neither rare, custom made, nor expensive but they are quite useful to me. What knives do you all like, too? - TR

 

[JDK]

The two I use the most are:

Mora
Opinel

 

[longbow]

I have other knives, but I carry this one 24/7. Use it for everything, even gutting. When it dulls I put a new blade in. Outdoor Edge.

 

[mowbizz]

Mora, Cutco Hunter, Havalon are what’s in my pack. I carry my late father’s pocket knives every day.

 

[Kingman Cruncher]

I carry a Kabar Dozier most days. Cheap, super light abd I like rear lock backs. So light and thin it’s comfy in shorts and doesn’t weigh them down, etc.

 

[NoDeerHere]

I have other knives, but I carry this one 24/7. Use it for everything, even gutting. When it dulls I put a new blade in. Outdoor Edge.View attachment 27993

Is that the one you sliced your thumb with.

 

[longbow]

Is that the one you sliced your thumb with.

No, I used a bigger deer butchering knife for that job!

 

[NoDeerHere]

The one I carry the most, either on my belt or in my pack is a hand made Rudy Ruana that I bought while in the Navy sometime around 1979 or 80.

https://www.knivesillustrated.com/the-rugged-reliable-ruana-knives/

 

[lester2]

One of my very good friends got married in August of 1987. He gave five of us who stood up for him at the wedding these knives as thanks. I’ve carried it in my pocket pretty much every day since. Nothing fancy but I keep it sharp. Cleaning fish, peeling an apple, cutting duct tape, even cleaned a couple deer with it, it’s been pretty darn useful. Thanks old friend!

 

[RememberBaker]

I don’t know what it is about pocket knives but I’ve bought and lost more than I can count. Most of them within a week.

 

[NH Hunter]

I carry a Kershaw leek everyday. Deer hunting , I have a straight blade buck 105 that was given to me as a Christmas present 20 years ago .

 

[RememberBaker]

This is my favorite hunting knife but it doesn’t look quite that nice anymore. I don’t think the guy that made it is still in business but if he was I’d buy another.
I added an orange paracord lanyard with a reflective strip in it so I can find it when I lose it every time I gut a deer and put it down.

 

[NH Hunter]

This is my favorite hunting knife but it doesn’t look quite that nice anymore. I don’t think the guy that made it is still in business but if he was I’d buy another.
I added an orange paracord lanyard with a reflective strip in it so I can find it when I lose it every time I gut a deer and put it down.
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There's two stag handled knives rusted/rusting away in the Forrests of Bow NH that I left next to gut piles and never found again.

 

[tobydog]

My wife bought me this for Christmas a couple of years ago. I like it a lot but I too have a problem with losing knives. I "lost" it about two weeks after getting it only to find it the other day hanging in my basement with a stand seat I had up on a hook. One of those, "I'll remember where this is because its in a logical spot" type things.
Thanks to Remember Baker I just ordered a reflective lanyard...

 

[mowbizz]

I’m constantly “losing” things I put somewhere “logical” just like you! It’s the human condition mixed with old age…
I’ll tell ya though…when you accidentally, “find” it its like the goldfish turning around and being surprised by its castle (again) for the millionth time!

 

[802-603hunter]

Schrade Sharpfinger

The new ones are made in China with lesser quality steel. I picked up a couple of the older ones on eBay last year so my boy now has one. They are small, take a good edge, and are easy to maneuver for gutting and skinning.

 

[Wolfshead]

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I make my own.
it helps keep me busy in my retirement.
they’re not as polished as a knife you would get factory made but I like them to look hand made. Which they are….

 

[tobydog]

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I make my own.
it helps keep me busy in my retirement.
they’re not as polished as a knife you would get factory made but I like them to look hand made. Which they are….

nice work

 

[longbow]

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I make my own.
it helps keep me busy in my retirement.
they’re not as polished as a knife you would get factory made but I like them to look hand made. Which they are….

Wow, those are nice! I like the deer head one.

 

[Gwlambo]

Schrade Sharpfinger

The new ones are made in China with lesser quality steel. I picked up a couple of the older ones on eBay last year so my boy now has one. They are small, take a good edge, and are easy to maneuver for gutting and skinning.

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X2 on these. I had one with a gut hook on it, but apparently left that near a gut pile with no reflective para cord.