Re: Opening cut b’ver w zip knife?
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I do the belly cut and cut around the tail with hook blade, have to be careful on small beaver or you will open the guts, the fatter they are the better it works. I have the same trouble, so I use my regular knife on the littles. With a knife I go from vent to lip, with the hook I go from lip to vent.
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Re: Opening cut b’ver w zip knife?
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Most box cutters with that hooked blade have 2 settings. So just adjust to the shallow setting.
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Re: Opening cut b’ver w zip knife?
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I use one from the lip to about 4 inches from the vent. I do the rest with a knife. It's very fast with the hook blade.
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Re: Opening cut b’ver w zip knife?
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Turtledale. Why do you switch to the knife? Thanks I stop above the vent a few inches because I've cut into the castors before with the hook knife. I have a lot more control with the knife after that
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Re: Opening cut b’ver w zip knife?
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Re: Opening cut b’ver w zip knife?
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You can use the box cutter you have. The hooked blade has 2 notches In the blade just use the one closest to the hook end when connecting the blade to the box cutter. But the adjustable box cutter will give you another setting. So by using the short notch In the blade and the adjustable box cutter you have 2 settings.
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Re: Opening cut b’ver w zip knife?
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No good,they cut fur and get plugged up. Better to use a fillet knife with a small ball on the point or a gutting knife.
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Re: Opening cut b’ver w zip knife?
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I agree Boco they do gag up with under fur But in my case I just use it for the one opening cut It does gag up when I go from the lip to the lung area once. I clear the blade then finish my cut. Still very fast and that's all I use it for. Just another tool in the box full of many
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Re: Opening cut b’ver w zip knife?
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I don't know what kind of box cutter Boco Is talking about but the one I have has never plugged up. The only time I open It up Is to turn the blade around. I opened up 5 deer and don't know how many beaver and a few coon and It never plugged up. Cutting fur??? Start from the lip insert the hooked blade and make your cut. Most of the cutting surface of the bade Is below the hide. And If a few hairs are cut along the incision so what.
Boco we aren't talking about the average box cutter blade. We are talking about a hooked carpet blade.
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Re: Opening cut b’ver w zip knife?
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No good,they cut fur and get plugged up. Try the ones I provided links to and I guarantee you'll like them.
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Re: Opening cut b’ver w zip knife?
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Thats the ones I tried. The ball on the end of the fillet knife is faster. Just one swipe and done.
I also have the knife saskfly showed-its very good too to open the belly cut.
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