The Complete Guide To Hunting Blades

HUNTING BLADES What You Need to Know for What You Do in the Field |www.USAKnifeShop.com Bird Hook Used for cleaning the entrails out of freshly taken fowl. After skinning, Insert the bird hook into the rectum, spin it a few times to entwine the internals and pull to remove Caping Blade Used for field dressing of small game and doubles for meal preparation in the field. Clip Point Tip more pointed than a drop point blade with a slight upsweep at the point. Blade may move straight out from the handle or have slight apex along the spine of the blade toward which the blade rises as it moves away from the handle and then drops as it moves to the point. A general use blade good for indoor and outdoor chores. Drop Point Gentle downward curve along the spine of the blade giving the blade a slight humpback feel. Used for hunting and general purpose and makes an excellent cutting tool since the downward curve of the blade maximizes leverage and hand pressure. Gut Hook Usually seen combined with a skinner blade where the spine of the blade has the gut hook cut into it, making it a great hunter. Underside of the animal is opened for field dressing by hooking the gut hook in a small cut and pulling like a zipper. Skinner Large curving belly to help in field dressing and skinning of any size game. Usually there is no sharp point, the belly is the main using part of the blade and can be like a scraper in some skinner varieties. Trailing Point Tip is upswept higher than the spine. Large belly and is also good for skinning.