hmm . . . couldn't seem to modify my post above and forgot to put in the bahco thread

Here it is (actually well past the 100K views now and out to 38pages)

http://www.fishnhunt.co.nz/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1330842472/0

They are a pretty handy & cheap knife. I dunno bout carrying several knives in the field when one of these will easily do a whole deer and then still give me a good cut after being stupid 

However I generally just carry a tiny folding Gerber knife & jewel stik now Does the whole job.

SF90 wrote on Apr 19^th, 2017 at 11:14pm:


It's the A and B knife system.  Use the A knife for taking out arseholes and the B knife for buttering your bread.  Don't mix the two.

creed wrote on Apr 20^th, 2017 at 10:01pm:


Using one Bahco is questionable. Using two would be downright ridiculous.

SF90 wrote on Apr 20^th, 2017 at 10:43pm:


It also has the advantage that you leave the A knife in your daypack you have it and it's still sharp when you shoot your deer.

If you are going to run with a one knife system it's important to go B to A not A to B or B to A and back to B again.

I use a knife made by Ripi Knives, Its made of N690 steel. I have also owned Svords but this is the best knife by far in mop. In the field I just give it a bit of a touch up on a normal steel (not diamond) more out of habit than necessity  and after field dressing and boning out an animal I run it over ceramic rods. Easily does 3 animals without the need for the rods or a stone. I have used a strop to the point where it shaves my arm but find theres  no real need for it to be that sharp.

+1 for Mercator. It's done 3 animals over this roar, with nothing more than a quick touch up with a ezi-lap sharpener. Hold a great edge, stays sharp, both knife and ezi-lap weigh nix.  Just got this set up for my young lad who shot his first deer this roar and realises that it's how you use it that's more important than what it looks like.