Knife steel preference and style?
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Hey Everyone. Wanting to get some opinions on skinning knives. I plan to make a few for the shed this year and wanted to see what your preference was on blade material (hi carbon steel, stainless, etc.) as well as overall design. Planning on trapping rats, mink and coon. Thanks for your opinions and advice
Dezi
Trap Season Totals & Goals
Muskrat 8/20 Coon 7/20 Mink 0/5 Beaver 10/20 Skunk 0/0 Ducks 0/0
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Re: Knife steel preference and style?
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D2, or O1, as far as 'tool steels', I like 1095 high carbon steel. Maybe cheaper and easier to get, depending on your supplier. Charlie
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Re: Knife steel preference and style?
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D2 steel. For the three furbearers you mentioned, all you'll really need is a pelter (short triangle blade) and a skinner (short drop-point), as well as a 2-handled fleshing knife on a beam.
Good luck, sir...
Jack
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Re: Knife steel preference and style?
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I don't know beans about knife making but these are not only cheap but great pelters for rats mink coon coyotes cats and fox. https://www.katom.com/135-11113.htmlI like these for beaver https://www.katom.com/135-06123.htmlgreat price and easy to sharpen. touched up regular with a few strokes from a good steel and they don't need sharpened very often.
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Re: Knife steel preference and style?
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1095 is great all around, but D2 gets the nod for me in skinning. A2 not bad either
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Re: Knife steel preference and style?
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I like D2 and would love to have one made in style of the Canadian Belt knife.
I want to die peacefully in my sleep just like my Grandfather did. Not screaming in terror like his passengers did.
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Re: Knife steel preference and style?
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Re: Knife steel preference and style?
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I like D2 and would love to have one made in style of the Canadian Belt knife. I have always liked Grohmann knives. Good quality and well made
Dezi
Trap Season Totals & Goals
Muskrat 8/20 Coon 7/20 Mink 0/5 Beaver 10/20 Skunk 0/0 Ducks 0/0
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Re: Knife steel preference and style?
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D2 can be a bugger to forge. I hear it’s pretty hard.
Dezi
Trap Season Totals & Goals
Muskrat 8/20 Coon 7/20 Mink 0/5 Beaver 10/20 Skunk 0/0 Ducks 0/0
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Re: Knife steel preference and style?
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Anyone got a link for Gulu's * sp.knives
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Re: Knife steel preference and style?
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Though not my skinning knife I've got a ZT with S35VN steel and boy does it hold an edge, couple swipes on the steel and its razor sharp again.
Pure Blood
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Re: Knife steel preference and style?
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As a beginner at trapping I am in need of a skinning Knife. My problem is I have no idea what D2, A2 1095 or 5160 stand for or mean? I stopped at our local knife store in Branson and he has like 30 different knives? I have no idea what I will need.
I am hopping to catch coons, cat's, fox and coyotes. I plan on freezing the carcasses until I have several coons to practice on. I have every thing to build a skinning stand. I just don't have skinning knives just 2 fa lay knives.
Thanks for any help. Jim
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Re: Knife steel preference and style?
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As a beginner at trapping I am in need of a skinning Knife. My problem is I have no idea what D2, A2 1095 or 5160 stand for or mean? I stopped at our local knife store in Branson and he has like 30 different knives? I have no idea what I will need.
I am hopping to catch coons, cat's, fox and coyotes. I plan on freezing the carcasses until I have several coons to practice on. I have every thing to build a skinning stand. I just don't have skinning knives just 2 fa lay knives.
Thanks for any help. Jim I wouldn't get to caught up unless you want green stuff or plastic flying away from your wallet. I've got way more money in knives than what I care to think about. Starting out, anything resembling a filet knife will do you great for everything except maybe beaver. If you do want to learn a bit more, you should check this page out: https://www.bladehq.com/cat--Steel-Types--332
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Re: Knife steel preference and style?
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D2, A2, 01, 1095, etc. are different steels. The percent of elements in the steel varies which gives the different steels different properties. Some are flexible, some are hard and some are brittle. Books have been written on alloy steel. A good place to start would be the "Machinery Handbook" or as commonly called "The Machinist's Handbook".
Old chain saw bars make great blades. Use coolant when grinding them.
jim
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