drewgonzalez•8d agoProlific Poster

Wasted $80 on a fancy boning knife that chipped on the first deer I broke down

I bought this high-end German boning knife online, thought it'd be game changer for processing deer. Chipped the blade on the pelvis on the first hind quarter I did, now it's got a nick I can't fix with a steel. Anyone else stick to cheaper carbon steel knives for game processing?

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pat_fisher247d ago

My old timer buddy smokes the same pork shoulder for 30 years straight and never bothers with a new smoker. Seems like this fancy stuff everyone pushes online falls apart the second it meets real world grit. Plain carbon steel just works, no matter if you're breaking down a deer or just fixing a fence.

rubyshah6d ago

Hold on, is a chip in a boning knife really that big of a deal? I get it's annoying for $80, but you can usually grind a nick out with a decent stone in 10 minutes. People act like one bad experience means the whole world of high-end knives is useless. Maybe it was a bad batch or you hit the pelvis at a weird angle. I've seen guys use a $20 filet knife that's dull as butter and still get the job done fine, so maybe the hype around 'the perfect knife' is just overblown.

patricia5588d ago

Funnily enough, my dad still uses an old carbon steel filet knife he found in a tackle box, and it'll take a good edge no matter how much abuse it gets. Your fancy German steel sounds great for a clean kitchen, but out in the field, that harder metal just doesn't bend enough to handle bones. So yeah, I'd say stick with the softer carbon blades for game work, your wallet will thank you later.