bamaranger
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My sis gave me a Buck Mini-Mentor and I carried it steadily for 15 years or more. The Mini is discontinued, and is a fixed, stainless, sabre blade, 3-3/8 with a rubbber Pachmeyer type grip that includes a lanyard hole. When I got a new fangled climbing/safety vest, the fixedblade sheath hung on the vest webbing at my waist, and I relegated the Mini for quartering/ butchering. Too bad, as that is one tough, handy knife. The grip was good no matter how cold or wet/bloody your hands, and the lanyard was a plus in skinning. I never had a complaint about putting or keeping an edge on that Buck. I like stainless as my hunting clothes hang outdoors on the back porch, all season, and a carbon blade can rust easily in those conditions.
I went to folders, carried in my front pants pocket, and used a Buck 112, the Ranger, but it was just to heavy for pocket carry. I tried a Gerber Serator, and liked it, lighter than the Buck 112, but it too seemed a bit bulky. Found a used Case Sodbuster, the big size, with a lock blade, and that has been my hunting knife the past 5 years or so.
I don't "field dress" unless gut shot or the deer is very difficult to access. They go home to a gimbel, and work them up from there. The Mini still comes into play, and I've grown partial to a goofy little thing from the CRKT people called a "Ringer" for making my abdominal cut for the entrails.
My sis gave me a Buck Mini-Mentor and I carried it steadily for 15 years or more. The Mini is discontinued, and is a fixed, stainless, sabre blade, 3-3/8 with a rubbber Pachmeyer type grip that includes a lanyard hole. When I got a new fangled climbing/safety vest, the fixedblade sheath hung on the vest webbing at my waist, and I relegated the Mini for quartering/ butchering. Too bad, as that is one tough, handy knife. The grip was good no matter how cold or wet/bloody your hands, and the lanyard was a plus in skinning. I never had a complaint about putting or keeping an edge on that Buck. I like stainless as my hunting clothes hang outdoors on the back porch, all season, and a carbon blade can rust easily in those conditions.
I went to folders, carried in my front pants pocket, and used a Buck 112, the Ranger, but it was just to heavy for pocket carry. I tried a Gerber Serator, and liked it, lighter than the Buck 112, but it too seemed a bit bulky. Found a used Case Sodbuster, the big size, with a lock blade, and that has been my hunting knife the past 5 years or so.
I don't "field dress" unless gut shot or the deer is very difficult to access. They go home to a gimbel, and work them up from there. The Mini still comes into play, and I've grown partial to a goofy little thing from the CRKT people called a "Ringer" for making my abdominal cut for the entrails.