It would still skin. So would this one. It's a Grohmann #4 Survival in Stainless and black micarta. With the flat grind option.




Kinda Nessmukkie looking to me.

Actaully HD, I was referring to the knife in the pic DMelone put up in the post before mine up top. The curve in it seems pretty extravagant to be used as a skinner, and also seems poorly designed as a chopper.

I know the Grohmanns' very well, and like their design (I own one each of the ones in our pics).

i just finished version 1 of my nessmuk design. it'll be 1/16" thick O1. there are two straight lines in it, kinda give it a twist.

Actually it is not meant to be a chopper, as it is way too small and thin. It is meant to be carried in the traditional Nessmuk way, with a double bit hatchet for chopping and a double bladed, small congressman.

As far as skinning goes I could not tell you, however it is an old hickory knife skinner that I got for $6.00 and modified it using photos from Backwoodsman magazine.

Here is a link with Old Hickoy kitchen knives. Apparently they were around for over 100 years. Also, the same curved blade that they used for buffalo skinning. The knife is in the first row, seven down.

This is not the place where i got mine from. http://www.knivesplus.com/OLD-HICKORY-KNIVES.HTML

All I did was draw a curve on it, the way the mag showed and cut it with a dremal tool.

As for the curve on the back, I can choke up on it with my fore finger and thumb and found it to be pretty good for fine work. In the end it was just something to pass the time.

Hmmm, they even list it as a skinner in your link. I just couldn't imagine using it that way; it would feel unnatural with the way the blade is designed. Interesting though.

I figured I would give it a try, to see if I could make one. It was last year when I lost my job, and everyone was buying Muks. I wanted one and made it on the cheap. I want to get a properly made one, in the future. I even made a sheath for it. I was trying to keep it all very primitive. I have not skinned with it yet, so I can't remark however it did cut all the leather for the sheath very well.

How were you doing the cutting? Straight down, or were you using a sliding/sweeping motion to your cuts?

I was cutting with the sliding motion, pulling the blade backwards not forward. It sliced very well. I also used it on beef jerky that was cured as a whole, not sliced.