Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
I've hunted big game a handful of times, but always with a guide to do the field dressing (for a tip). So my question for the actual, for real, big game hunters here is, is there any reason you would not bring a skinner pattern blade to use as your general purpose big game hunting knife, i.e., to field dress with?
Too big. Too heavy. Too hard to get really sharp. I’m not chopping anything up or in a hand to hand battle so I have no use for a big knife.
I generally do all that needs done with a good sharp pocketknife. [Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]