Well, we have used all kinds of knives in the past, and I wish I could say that I use a Scrapper but there just isn't one that's very well suited for the job.

We mostly use nives that have a nice clipped point and that are much narrower from top to bottom across the blade than most Scrappers. Some of the knives that we use that work very well are the original style KaBar Fighters, SOG Seal 2000 and Marble's Ideal 8". I also used the old Schrade 153UH knives for years, and while they are really too small for a serious hog knife they are still excellent knives if you can find one.

You basically need a knife that has a very secure grip(guards and finger grooves are a good thing on hog knives) and a sturdy blade that's made for stabbing and then slashing. The blade profiles on the above mentioned knives are excellent for this.

As for dogs, we have three Rhodesian Ridgeback/Pit Bull mixes and a Bull Mastiff. The RR/Pit mixes are the most amazing dogs I have ever seen. The nose of a pointer with the fight and tenacity of the RR/Pit like you would expect, but they are the most loving and gentle dogs I have ever owned as well. The Bull Mastiff is what we call a "back end" dog. He will grab the tail or hind leg of a big hog and drag them out when the others have one holed up in thick brush.

Come on down and visit and we'll saddle you up a horse. You haven't lived until you've been hog hunting with us!
The way we do it is to plunge the knife in