I was looking at something similar to this, but the blade not locking concerns me.i like a thin sharp knife, most small game you only need to nick the skin to dress the game. for now i use a knife similar to this imperial but with a metal scale. View attachment 820894
these small knifes can be hard to close, it never moves when i use it. i use it for tout to and works great, its so thin and sharp you don't need any force to cut.I was looking at something similar to this, but the blade not locking concerns me.
here is my imperial
I used this Case Trapper on many a squirrel. The Trapper has a very pointed blade, which is excellent for poking holes in hide, and the spey blade made this very useful in skinning squirrels. The spey has a nice curve which I used to cut the tail off, without removing the tail from the hide, and then the curved end nicely cuts the tendons. I use the same procedure as show on this web page
How to Skin Squirrels
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Terminology is never standardized as advertising bureaus determine what is the most appealing name, and that changes, but I called these "Poultry Shears". Poultry shears are the most useful "knife" I own for disassembling squirrels. Red Rick in his post verifies this: these are very useful. After you have pulled the hide off these buggers, it will be held on by the hands and feet. Those wrist and ankle bones are tough, but poultry shears just snip right through them, and the neck. It is quick. No sawing trying to get through these bones, just snip, snip. Once you use the point of your knife to open up the belly, it is again, snip, snip with the shears.
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I use this Henckles all the time on rotisserie chicken. Cuts through the breast bone, leg joints, it is fast.
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The Sharp finger ought to be a fine small game knife. The last thing needed is some huge honking blade more suitable to cleaving Knights in armor in twain.
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Cave man used little flint shards, and probably disassembled a squirrel faster than any of us can do it. I bet they knocked them down with slings, or rock bows.
nopeDo you guys find the trapper knives too small for rabbits? I knew 100% it would be great for squirrel, but rabbit i was thinking maybe a hare too big.
....+1I used this Case Trapper on many a squirrel. The Trapper has a very pointed blade, which is excellent for poking holes in hide, and the spey blade made this very useful in skinning squirrels. The spey has a nice curve which I used to cut the tail off, without removing the tail from the hide, and then the curved end nicely cuts the tendons. I use the same procedure as show on this web page
How to Skin Squirrels
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Terminology is never standardized as advertising bureaus determine what is the most appealing name, and that changes, but I called these "Poultry Shears". Poultry shears are the most useful "knife" I own for disassembling squirrels. Red Rick in his post verifies this: these are very useful. After you have pulled the hide off these buggers, it will be held on by the hands and feet. Those wrist and ankle bones are tough, but poultry shears just snip right through them, and the neck. It is quick. No sawing trying to get through these bones, just snip, snip. Once you use the point of your knife to open up the belly, it is again, snip, snip with the shears.
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I use this Henckles all the time on rotisserie chicken. Cuts through the breast bone, leg joints, it is fast.
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The Sharp finger ought to be a fine small game knife. The last thing needed is some huge honking blade more suitable to cleaving Knights in armor in twain.
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Cave man used little flint shards, and probably disassembled a squirrel faster than any of us can do it. I bet they knocked them down with slings, or rock bows.
i have lost so many knifes, most were lost in the ditches for when we ran the water to the houses after drilling the well. for this reason it is hard for me to buy any knife over $60.My only problem with a pocket knife if cleaning it , especially rabbits . My grandpa ( farmer ) was not that worried about many things and would eat anything on a hog , but he always told my cousin and I to wear gloves when cleaning a rabbit , because we could get rabbit fever if you have a cut on your hands . Pus I always lose my pocket knives .
i clean them that wy, the like show them cutting farr back you only really need to get true the tail bone and start the cut then pull the skin off. one other way is cut feet and head off, make a small cut on the back get your fingers in and pull. this works good if they are warm.I used this Case Trapper on many a squirrel. The Trapper has a very pointed blade, which is excellent for poking holes in hide, and the spey blade made this very useful in skinning squirrels. The spey has a nice curve which I used to cut the tail off, without removing the tail from the hide, and then the curved end nicely cuts the tendons. I use the same procedure as show on this web page
How to Skin Squirrels
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Terminology is never standardized as advertising bureaus determine what is the most appealing name, and that changes, but I called these "Poultry Shears". Poultry shears are the most useful "knife" I own for disassembling squirrels. Red Rick in his post verifies this: these are very useful. After you have pulled the hide off these buggers, it will be held on by the hands and feet. Those wrist and ankle bones are tough, but poultry shears just snip right through them, and the neck. It is quick. No sawing trying to get through these bones, just snip, snip. Once you use the point of your knife to open up the belly, it is again, snip, snip with the shears.
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I use this Henckles all the time on rotisserie chicken. Cuts through the breast bone, leg joints, it is fast.
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The Sharp finger ought to be a fine small game knife. The last thing needed is some huge honking blade more suitable to cleaving Knights in armor in twain.
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Cave man used little flint shards, and probably disassembled a squirrel faster than any of us can do it. I bet they knocked them down with slings, or rock bows.
What's wrong with the new sharp fingers? Cabelas by me put them on clearance for $5-7. This is why I thought about using them, but if they are that junky ill put that $7 towards something else.Find old Sharpfingers and ignore ghe new ones.
We do it this way also, but trying to clean them with a larger knife a few weeks back was a Mofo!i clean them that wy, the like show them cutting farr back you only really need to get true the tail bone and start the cut then pull the skin off. one other way is cut feet and head off, make a small cut on the back get your fingers in and pull. this works good if they are warm.
ya smaller knife make it easy, even for deer i like my little kershaw, i think its under 2 inches. i hate gutting most smal game, don't mind deer. for rabbits i pop the guts out the back side, dont no what they call it. my uncle from wales showed me the way for the rabbits. he sells them in england and sometime has over 100 in a day to gut.We do it this way also, but trying to clean them with a larger knife a few weeks back was a Mofo!
What's wrong with the new sharp fingers? Cabelas by me put them on clearance for $5-7. This is why I thought about using them, but if they are that junky ill put that $7 towards something else.