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creed Donor Member Offline Searching wild horizons with pack & rifle Posts: 3077 Location: Nelson Joined: Jan 12^th, 2007 Gender:	Re: Field Knife Sharpening Reply #15 - Apr 19^th, 2017 at 8:03pm	Print Post
	Huntertoo wrote on Apr 17^th, 2017 at 8:02am: Hiff em both in the gorge, get a Bahco. this needs to get added to the Bahco thread over here . . . it might yet top out the 100K views.

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creed Donor Member Offline Searching wild horizons with pack & rifle Posts: 3077 Location: Nelson Joined: Jan 12^th, 2007 Gender:	Re: Field Knife Sharpening Reply #16 - Apr 19^th, 2017 at 8:11pm	Print Post
	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.

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SF90 Donor Member Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 464 Joined: Jul 14^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Field Knife Sharpening Reply #17 - Apr 19^th, 2017 at 11:14pm	Print Post
	creed wrote on Apr 19^th, 2017 at 8:11pm: 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 One to spread the butter on your bread and mash in the sardines - "Baramenyn" and the other to create havoc with the deer you just shot - "Flewynanhrefn." I called it "Sting" for a bit after being a bit careless, but my dad was a Welshman and I like to keep the faith. Mostly I just carry the one and that's for if I lose the Gerber - there's more than one of my knives sitting out there.


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MassiveAttack Forum Font Offline Setting trends in waterfowling fashion since 2011 Posts: 9300 Location: Canterbury Joined: Feb 15^th, 2008 Gender:	Re: Field Knife Sharpening Reply #18 - Apr 20^th, 2017 at 8:39am	Print Post
	SF90 wrote on Apr 19^th, 2017 at 11:14pm: creed wrote on Apr 19^th, 2017 at 8:11pm: 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 One to spread the butter on your bread and mash in the sardines - "Baramenyn" and the other to create havoc with the deer you just shot - "Flewynanhrefn." I called it "Sting" for a bit after being a bit careless, but my dad was a Welshman and I like to keep the faith. Mostly I just carry the one and that's for if I lose the Gerber - there's more than one of my knives sitting out there. 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.

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creed Donor Member Offline Searching wild horizons with pack & rifle Posts: 3077 Location: Nelson Joined: Jan 12^th, 2007 Gender:	Re: Field Knife Sharpening Reply #19 - Apr 20^th, 2017 at 10:01pm	Print Post
	gotcha . . . makes sense then

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BC Donor Member Offline Posts: 6698 Location: Wellington Joined: Mar 23^rd, 2010 Gender:	Re: Field Knife Sharpening Reply #20 - Apr 20^th, 2017 at 10:32pm	Print Post
	creed wrote on Apr 20^th, 2017 at 10:01pm: gotcha . . . makes sense then Using one Bahco is questionable. Using two would be downright ridiculous.

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SF90 Donor Member Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 464 Joined: Jul 14^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Field Knife Sharpening Reply #21 - Apr 20^th, 2017 at 10:43pm	Print Post
	creed wrote on Apr 20^th, 2017 at 10:01pm: gotcha . . . makes sense then Only if you're actually shooting deer, in which case I'm carry one Gerber too many And MassiveAttack, I didn't know my system had a technical aspect - hell, I didn't even know it was a system


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MassiveAttack Forum Font Offline Setting trends in waterfowling fashion since 2011 Posts: 9300 Location: Canterbury Joined: Feb 15^th, 2008 Gender:	Re: Field Knife Sharpening Reply #22 - Apr 21^st, 2017 at 1:45pm	Print Post
	SF90 wrote on Apr 20^th, 2017 at 10:43pm: creed wrote on Apr 20^th, 2017 at 10:01pm: gotcha . . . makes sense then Only if you're actually shooting deer, in which case I'm carry one Gerber too many And MassiveAttack, I didn't know my system had a technical aspect - hell, I didn't even know it was a system 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.

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SF90 Donor Member Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 464 Joined: Jul 14^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Field Knife Sharpening Reply #23 - Apr 21^st, 2017 at 6:15pm	Print Post
	MassiveAttack wrote on Apr 21^st, 2017 at 1:45pm: 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. Jeez - I'm bloody glad I know my alphabet and run with two knives.


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Sika 9 Donor Member Offline Onwards and upwards Posts: 817 Joined: Oct 18^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Field Knife Sharpening Reply #24 - Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 5:23pm	Print Post
	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.

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Krico Forum Font Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 1628 Location: Wairarapa Joined: Oct 3^rd, 2008 Gender:	Re: Field Knife Sharpening Reply #25 - Apr 29^th, 2017 at 12:12pm	Print Post
	SF90 wrote on Apr 17^th, 2017 at 11:15am: My main knife is a Gerber folder and my back-up Mercator's. I don't usually do a full butcher out there, but I have - and those knives did it okay. Dirt and grit on a deer or pigs hide will blunt your knife quicker than anything I know. And I carry a red Swiss knife in my 'survival' pack because I like the tweezers and toothpick - and I've done a deer with that. +1 Snap! Gerber folder = main with Mercator as utility or spare - always together in the pikau with diamond jewelstick. Bahco in the quad toolbox for when on friendlier ground the quad can get to. Lansky set at home for re-setting bevels and re-facing if edges become damaged.


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kimmi7m08 Just Joined Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 34 Location: hamilton Joined: May 27^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Field Knife Sharpening Reply #26 - Apr 29^th, 2017 at 4:43pm	Print Post
	+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.


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