skinning knife
Pelt removal tool
A skinning knife is a blade designed for removing the hide from game animals.
The blade is typically short, curved, and very sharp, shaped to separate skin from flesh without puncturing organs or damaging the pelt: He pulled out his skinning knife and got to work on the deer.
Hunters and trappers consider it an essential tool.
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- drop pointBlade with curved spine
- huntingPursuing wild game
- hunting seasonLegal wildlife pursuit period
- big gameLarge hunted wildlife
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- knivesjackknife, penknife, stiletto, meat cleaver, cleaver
- bladed weaponsdagger, sword, stiletto, sabre, dirk
- frontier weaponssix-shooter, peacemaker, Colt revolver, derringer, Winchester
- trapper gearbeaver trap, steel trap, snare, powder horn, flintlock rifle
- game butcheringfield dressing, gutting, quartering, butchering, deboning
- Redneckredneck, hillbilly, hick, yokel, bumpkin
function/purpose
skinning knifebutcher knife
Heavy blade for meat
cleaver · meat cleaver · boning knife · bone saw · meat saw
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