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I have the 105 Pathfinder.. and I do like it... but Buck unfortunately has this thing they do of making their holsters such that all their knives ride too high and want to get pushed all kindsa sideways by the packs hipbelt. It's soo foolish too... because it'd be soo easy to fix. And they could offer it as another holster option and make even more money. Just don't get people sometimes. I guess that's what happens when you've lived your whole life back east or on the plains or something.
Well Ok... and with the Havalon you're able to separate from the vertebrae? Hmph.
Does it involve forcibly twisting the head from the spine? Or are you able to get it done cleanly with the blade?
I'm asking about all this because when I did that coyote a lil bit ago, the way the inter-locking nubs of the vertebrae extended... I was finding it dang near impossible to get the blade down in between two of 'em.
First time... I used my lil 11oz field hatchet. Second time, I cracked the blade on my Buck folder while prying between them. 3rd time I think I was able to get it with the scalpel and fixed blade, but I seem to remember it took a dang long time. Typically I just always use the fixed blade for things I know will dull the scalpel, like when you're running the blade along the ribs as a guide when removing the back straps. Figure that way I don't waste scalpel blades. Doing it that way I usually only use like 1 or sometimes 2. Depends on how tough it is and how precise I want to be with the cuts on the hide.
Any good videos you can think of that show the technique for going thru the vertebrae with just the scalpel?
You beat me to the responseBuck knives for the 1st 40 years were made in the "16".....(El Cajon)…..lol
Well heck... why the heck do they not make a drop-leg version of their holster that gets the butt of the tang just down far enough so the HipBelt on the pack doesn't tug all kindsa sideways on it?Buck knives for the 1st 40 years were made in the "16".....(El Cajon)…..lol
You guys left out that they moved to Idaho.
Steve, ya got to say they sure purtyI ain't buying anything from Commies...Well, except maybe decoys....lol
Steve, technically they are Republicans, they got Trump elected! Lol