A hunting knife is a knife used during hunting for preparing the game to be used as food: skinning the animal and cutting up the meat. It is different from the hunting dagger which was traditionally used to kill wild game.[1]
An assortment of hunting knives
Some hunting knives are adapted for other uses in the wild; such as a camp knife, which hunters may use as machetes or hatchets when those specific tools are not available. In this case, their function is similar to a survival knife.
Hunting knives are traditionally designed for cutting rather than stabbing, and usually have a single sharpened edge. The blade is slightly curved on most models, and some hunting knives may have a blade that has both a curved portion for skinning, and a straight portion for cutting slices of meat. Some blades incorporate a guthook. Most hunting knives designed as "skinners" have a rounded point as to not damage the skin as it is being removed.[2]
Types of knife
Fixed-Blade- Fixed-blade versus a folding knife is both personal and practical. If the game you hunt is large and the terrain more rugged, a fixed blade knife is often a better option for its strength and dependability.
Folding knives- Folding knives have the advantage of being easier to carry and to conceal. They are also considered safer. They can be kept in pocket easily.
Out Of the Front Knives- OTF knives usually used by Military personnel.[3]
Type of blade
Clip Point - The clip point knife blade is thin with a well-defined point. The blade itself is relatively flat. And this type of blade is used for the Dressing and Skinning.
Drop Point- The blade of a drop point knife is thick and curved. It’s used to dress the animal and skinning.
Skinning Blade- These types of blade specially designed for skinning. The blade quickly and neatly separates the skin from the meat.
^Marrone, Teresa (1999). Dressing & Cooking Wild Game: From Field to Table: Big Game, Small Game, Upland Birds & Waterfowl the. Complete Hunter. pp. 8–11. ISBN978-0-86573-108-0.
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