Mike Jeffries of 2 Birds Metalworks made the smaller skinner in this set as a companion to the camp knife. Contact Chris Rowley at and at Nomad Custom Knives and Tools group on Facebook. Maker’s list price: $350 with Kydex sheath. Contact Spencer Aplin at ,Ĭhris Rowley made this 3.25-inch blade from pattern-welded 1084 and 15N20 steels. Hand-tooled and carved sheathes are available upon request at an additional cost. Maker’s list price $550 with padded zippered pouch. The handle is made with stabilized myrtle burl. This Spencer Aplin skinner has a 4-inch blade made of ELMAX Steel. Then the second most requested is a trailing-point 4- to 5-inch blade.” And in Spencer’s experience, a whopping 99 percent want finger grooves. “Most people want a 3- to 4-inch drop-point. “I do such a wide variety of skinners that it all depends on what the customer wants,” Spencer Aplin of STA Custom Knives noted. Contact Lane Ferrell at or Facebook at Ferrell Custom Knives. Price $275 with vegetable-tanned leather sheath with red stitching. The handle is Russian bog oak with red G10 liners and mosaic pins. He pointed out that comfort, not being too heavy and being balanced well, is essential “since some skinning jobs can take a while to finish.” He noted that a skinner “should also be small enough to be carried on a belt or in a pack, but large enough to get the job done effectively.” Lane Ferrell’s Razorback model skinner has a 4.25-inch blade made with 1084 steel. “I feel the most important parts of a good skinner are on edge-holding and the ability to be sharpened easily in the field,” Lane Ferrell of Farrell Custom Knives commented. Contact Info: Ramon Hunt at and on Facebook at 3H’s Knives, LLC. Maker’s list price: $600 (includes sheath).
The mortised handle is made with exhibition-grade desert ironwood with sterling silver pins and 416 stainless steel guard. The convex cutting edge is 3 1/2 inches, and the knife is 8 1/2 inches overall. Raymon Earl Hunt’s Nessmuk-style drop-point hunter has a forged 4-inch flat-ground blade made out of 1075 steel. There should be no areas on the handle that could produce hot spots. “It is amazing how carrying a heavy knife along with a rifle on a six-hour stalk through the bush can wear you out.” Raymon added that comfort is important. When Raymon Hunt of 3H’s Knives LLC makes a skinner, he strives for “enough belly for caping, but with enough point to make opening the cavity easy without piercing the organs.” A skinner should be balanced and lightweight, he notes. Within the drop-point category, however, there is plenty of individual styling. The drop-point skinner is one of the most, if not the most, popular skinning knife blade design. Contact Mike Cleveland at Half Life Knives on Facebook or at 40. Maker’s list price: $650 with leather sheath. The handle is made of mammoth bone with Voodoo Resin bolsters. Cleveland of Half Life Knives uses CPM S90V to make the 3.85-inch blade on this skinner. With this style of blade you’ll finish ahead of those with a sharper point.” Michael J. I value that over the ability to stab in a skinner. “(It) keeps its edge longer and that means more game prepared before sharpening.” Mike added: “I prefer the fuller belly for its ability to cape around tight areas. Contact Josh Bryant at, on Facebook at JB Custom Knives and on Instagram like a skinner made with a CPM steel,” Mike Cleveland of Half Life Knives commented. Maker’s list price: $180 with leather sheath made by the maker. The handle is made of dyed stabilized maple burl. Josh Bryant of JB Custom Knives put it this way: “The bump and large drop at the tip are intended to go over guts without popping them.” Josh Bryant’s Mini Green River Skinner is made with a 2 3/4-inch blade out of CPM 154 steel. Contact Travis Flemming at or on Facebook at Fleming’s Fabrications. The bolster is brass, and the antler handles were supplied by the son from the first buck he got with his dad. The 4 1/2-inch blade is made out of CPM 154 stainless steel.
This set of bull-nose skinners were made for a father and son by Travis Fleming. “The blunt tip in conjunction with the trailing point helps from punching through the hide,” noted Travis Fleming of Fleming Fabrications in North Texas about bull-nose skinners.
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There are any number of blade patterns you could select for a skinning knife, but why are they shaped the way they are? What is the maker considering when he crafts a knife he calls a skinner? Let’s look at 20 examples of 5 types of skinners, plus an extra. Depending on where you live and by what method you hunt, deer season is underway.
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