Do you have any recommendations for a hunting knife around 100-200 bucks? Thanks.

P.S. If someone deletes this post like the last one, it would nice to tell me why.

Frank,

Are you looking for a knife for yourself to use or a gift for someone else? If you are looking for a working knife you can get some great quality knives in that $100 range or less. I use Case knives and have for years.

good luck

Look up Siggma Knives ! I personally know Jim Sigg and own 2 of his knives . His knives come with a life time guarantee if you brake the blade he will replace it !! Need I say more .

Your thread is still there...its over in the packs and knives classifieds.

Have you looked at the La Clair skinner? It is on Ron's website. It will be my next knife.

look at Helle. Real nice knives.

www.mlknives.com  or  www.mlkknives.com,   I think it is the latter,  anyhow I have about seven or eight of matts knives, they are great, he can even custom build you one.

puma  made in germany/spain

You may want to take a look at Great Eastern Cutlery. GEC make's some of the finest production pocket/hunting knives in the country. They are a small shop with limited production runs. Very high quality at a good price. I carry a #73 lock back with a 1095 high carbon blade, every day.

Glen

A girl I know wants some recommendations for her boyfriend. He's a hunter. So far, there's some good stuff here.

Mat at  www.mlknives.com  is a GREAT guy and his work is TOP NOTCH!!!!

For what?  Skinning or field dressing in the backcountry?  Piranha havalon.

Utility hunting blade, Gerbers are made in Oregon and tough as they come.

Are you handy with a few basic tools, helle has some great blades you could make real social pretty easily.

Contact TG Member Skullworks (Clarence Smitherman). He is a very nice guy and does some great work. I bought a knife from him last year for $135.00. I'm very pleased with the knife he made me.

Here is a link to show some of his work.

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=110;t=003097

Two syllables....K-Bar

good point can't beat a K Bar for price or use!

There are many knives in that price range.  I suggest choosing a knife based on the most common purpose, ie field dressing deer or small game, woodcraft, etc.  Hard to beat a drop point blade about as long as your index finger.    I really like scandinavian style knives.

There are a lot of great knives in that price range.  I personally prefer 154CM or ATS 34 steel for a knife blade because it's fairly easy to sharpen and it really holds an edge well.

We've been getting very good feedback on this one.

http://shrewbows.com/laclair_skinner/index.html

What are you looking for? A belt knife that looks and feels right in the field while your hunting traditional archery? Something more primitive with pre 1840 craftsmanship? A folding blade modern and light to hike up the side of a mountain in Alaska to cape out a goat? Something to field dress a deer with less than a mile from your truck in Texas?

The only time I like Stainless is around saltwater and then I don't really like it, just accept the practicality of it in a folder. Sure stainless is popular but so are compound and crossbows  

Just saying, there is a lot of stuff to think about when buying a knife. Recently I found a old belt knife from the 70s, maybe earlier, got it for 8 bucks and its real nice. A small belt knife in high carbon steel seems like a good match in the field for a traditional archer.

knives of alaska all the way