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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin45" data-source="post: 2930623" data-attributes="member: 109862"><p>Man I've come to be a huge fan of the boring old fixed blade buck 119. </p><p></p><p>Nothing pricier than that…cuz I'd weep if it got lost <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" />. These things do happen. </p><p></p><p>Also a big fan of an unknown model gerber folding skinning type knife, short and deep blade, heavily curved. I find gerber, for the price point, is the right balance of easily crazy sharp, not hard to sharpen, and edge retaining. BUT they are brittle, hard but not tough. Easy to chip if used for rougher work like splitting a sternum or separating joints, etc…</p><p></p><p>That's where the buck 119 is great for me. A softer steel isn't always a bad thing. It's easy to sharpen and tough as nails, not brittle or chippy at all. And a long and beefy blade like that can be used for real heavy stuff. </p><p></p><p>so within my self imposed budget, buck for heavy duty, gerber for skinning and more precise work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin45, post: 2930623, member: 109862"] Man I’ve come to be a huge fan of the boring old fixed blade buck 119. Nothing pricier than that…cuz I’d weep if it got lost 🤣. These things do happen. Also a big fan of an unknown model gerber folding skinning type knife, short and deep blade, heavily curved. I find gerber, for the price point, is the right balance of easily crazy sharp, not hard to sharpen, and edge retaining. BUT they are brittle, hard but not tough. Easy to chip if used for rougher work like splitting a sternum or separating joints, etc… That’s where the buck 119 is great for me. A softer steel isn’t always a bad thing. It’s easy to sharpen and tough as nails, not brittle or chippy at all. And a long and beefy blade like that can be used for real heavy stuff. so within my self imposed budget, buck for heavy duty, gerber for skinning and more precise work. [/QUOTE]
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