What's a good fleshing knife?

I have a necked 600 I bought a few years ago. The knife is dull on both sides so I want to buy a good one that's sharp & dull .

There are many styles on the market dull, sharp, curved and straight blades. I use a cheap, dull $25 two handled fleshing knife with a slight curve to it which will handle most animals. I want to push the fat off instead of cutting it. If I need to cut anything, I use a sharp knife. Whatever fleshing knife you choose you have to learn how to use that knife. IT's ALL ABOUT TECNIQUE AND LOT"s OF PRACTICE.

I have one of those cheap knife also.

I started with a cheaper knife and eventually got a necker 600. Used it for a while and it always did the job, mine was sharp on one side and dull on the other. Just got a Steinmeyer parallel knife and really like it. Really comfortable to use, once again it’s sharp on one side and dull on the other.

My necked came dull on both sides. It's tough to flesh a coon neck with a dull blade.

I really enjoy my post fleshing knife. High quality steel that is very easy to keep sharp

X2, my "dull" side is almost sharp though (the way it came)...GREAT KNIFE!!! Even better customer service!

The red handled Wiebe is a surprisingly good knife. I have a Necker 600 and a Steinmeyer, but I reach for the Weibe most often.

I have 2 Steinmeyer knives. His regular and his mini knife. I'm really liking the mini, just fits me better. I made a mistake and bought a necker for my first one. I think the back of a butter knife is sharper. That was a waste of money

I have 2 Necker 600's. Both razor sharp on one side and dull on the other. Bought them both used. Very reasonable but they work so I don't know if I will be switching anytime soon.

I did the same thing and love the mini. great knives and great guy.

This may help?

I haven’t touched my original parallel knife since I got the mini. It is just awesome!!

Well get one of the dull sides sharpened. Find a professional knife sharpener and you will be good to go with that Necker 600.

The convex side is the one you want to get sharpened.

If you want a new knife look no further than one of Lee Steinmeyer's knives. Great knife and a great guy too.

If you like your Necker, take the time to sharpen it. Necker makes a good knife.

Regardless of which knife you use, they all need to be maintained to produce a well fleshed fur.

Started with a necker 600 , then bought a post , but bought a knife the style of a necker from Lee Steinmeyer and have never touched my post 2 again his are the Rolls Royce of the fleshing knives IMO ... Jon

I tried a caribou didn't like it to sharp and didn't feel good in my hands. I guess I try to sharpen the neecker.

I've used a necker 600 for longer than I can remember. I had a fox ranch and raised thousands of fox , they can get as fatty as coon. That is where you really learn how to handle a knife. Also did taxidermy for many years using the same knife, bear, deer,elk, wolf, down to weasel. The knife never fails me. Retired now and still use it alot.

Buy one off Lee you won't be disappointed

X2!

X3

Over the years i've used just about everything. I now settle on the Necker 500 for most fleshing

I just upgraded to a Post knife but haven't used it yet... I am looking for a second knife however, and thought of getting a second Post. Now I am curious to know why Lee's knife is better than a Post??? I would certainly go with the Lee S. knife if it was a big upgrade. Any thoughts? Thanks

I have 2 neckers. I like how they feel. Both are sharp one side a dull the other. I do all my fur with them.

I use a Zeph and a Caribou.
Different knives but I use both.
Zeph is stiff,Caribou flexible,both take a razor edge

I broke a caribou in half to thin but sharp.

I don't think you can go wrong with a post or a steinmeyere knife.

Take a file to the Neckers concave dull side. Use that file to square up that side. It will make a difference.

Beav’s suggestion on squaring up the dull side is a good place to start, no matter which flesher you have.

I have a Post , a friend let me borrow his Necker 600. Tried it and it didn’t take me long to go back to my Post knife.
I like the Post much better , not as much curve in the blade as the Necker.

I also have a post knife and love it.

Post, not sure it gets any better.

Post is a good knife and a step above most IMO but mine rarely ever gets used anymore. The Lee Steinmeyer Parallel is my go to now.

Oh, it does!

X4 Steinmeyer Mini

I went from a Necker to a Caribou and never looked back. Saying that, I'm not a huge fan of Caribou's pelting knives. Their beaver knives are first class though.

I’ve got at least one of every knife mentioned. The Steinmeyer and the Post are my favorite. By far.

Just ordered a mini. Anyone in the Lansing Michigan area want to teach me how to use it correctly

I like my Zeph
Post is a close as you will get to a Zeph.

Start with the "dull" side. If you learn to use it, you'll rarely need the sharp side.

Couldn't imagine using just the dull side on beaver.
You can do it but it's tough. I did some early in life without a sharp side but I had it squared up and almost as sharp as a hockey skate blade

You can dang near shave with the dull side of a Steinmeyer (sp)!

Just bought a carIbou this week after using an necker 600 a for the last 20 years.
Don't know anything about the higher end knives which I had bought this 20 years ago.