Bird knives

[Phil Yearout]

Reggie Bishop occasionally offers beautiful examples of these knives for sale. His latest offerings prompted me to post my little collection. I've always really liked these knives and have tried to pick up one that I don't have whenever they turn up even though I admit to never carrying or even using one! :o

https://i.imgur.com/Penid9xl.jpg

From the top: Western, Case, Buck, Camillus, Winchester, Remington (the others are a no-name fishing knife, a Case Hobo and a Remington Bullet "Camp").

[Reggie Bishop]

Very nice Phil!

[JAMES HALL]

A few more

[JAMES HALL]

Try again

[JAMES HALL]

Maybe

[Chris Pope]

Wonderful.

[JAMES HALL]

Trying pictures again

[CraigThompson]

Mr. Hall’s bird knives !

[Bob Hayes]

Now a subject I can get behind.I love bird knives and have many.Have also bought several from Bishop.I'll post some later this week.It's turkey season here now and I'm preoccupied.

[Phil Yearout]

Mr. Hall’s bird knives !

I'm humbled.

[Chris Pope]

I hate to trigger the fury of romantic bird knife folks but here’s my modern version- handles snipe to goose. (:

[Garry L Gordon]

So, does anyone actually use a gut hook to dress their birds?

[Daryl Corona]

So, does anyone actually use a gut hook to dress their birds?

Fifty odd years ago when we had loads of quail here in MD, I was harvesting a fair number of birds and an older gent who got me started on quail gave me a gut hook fashioned out of a metal coat hanger. He insisted that as soon as I had the bird in hand you removed the entrails. Worked pretty slick and the hook was cheap.

[Reggie Bishop]

Fifty odd years ago when we had loads of quail here in MD, I was harvesting a fair number of birds and an older gent who got me started on quail gave me a gut hook fashioned out of a metal coat hanger. He insisted that as soon as I had the bird in hand you removed the entrails. Worked pretty slick and the hook was cheap.

Same Story here in TN. Back when we had birds we removed the entrails with a bird knife hook. The only thing I use the hook for now is cleaning trout.

[Jeff Kuss]

I carried a buck bird knife in my vest for 25+ yrs. I never used it . I finally donated it to Mr. Hall's collection.

[CraigThompson]

I carried a buck bird knife in my vest for 25+ yrs. I never used it . I finally donated it to Mr. Hall's collection.

I’ve still got a Buck around here somewhere only thing I ever used it for was to scrape my teeth a bit .

[CraigThompson]

I haven’t picked/gutted a bird in about 40 years , everything dove quail partridge pheasants and ducks have the breasts popped out and the remainder discarded for the local fox population .

[John Dallas]

Does anyone actually use the gut hook when cleaning birds?
Whoops! Sorry to duplicate Garry's post. Great minds think alike

[Daniel Carter]

Have carried a Case bird knife in my vest for 25 years and never used the hook. Use the knife blade to breast out. Next bird i got to remember to try it.

[Phil Yearout]

I hate to trigger the fury of romantic bird knife folks but here’s my modern version- handles snipe to goose. (:

https://i.imgur.com/Q8kakkQl.jpg

Me too Chris!

[James L. Martin]

Here's my LL Bean Birdhunter knife, I've had her a long time. Anyone know who made these for Beans.

[Jay Gardner]

I have a Buck bird knife and I hate to admit that I don't know how a gut hook should be used.

[Reggie Bishop]

Push it in and pull it out. On the South end of a north bound bird.:cool:

[Bob Kimble]

Here's my LL Bean Birdhunter knife, I've had her a long time. Anyone know who made these for Beans.

James, I believe the Bean bird knife was made by camillus.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

I think I showed these before,, picked them up for $5 at a gun show,, still unopened. I think they were from the 60-70 era.
And no, never used a gut hook, ain't that what fingers are for?
Seriously, I fillet the breasts and legs off birds leaving the wings, guts, etc, still in the body cavity.

[Bob Hayes]

Here are a few of mine.Marbles,case,remington,winchester,buck,metz,B ean,RGS etc..

[Bob Hayes]

Top picture left knife is damascus

[Chris Pope]

https://i.imgur.com/Q8kakkQl.jpg

Me too Chris!

Beautiful Marbles knife Phil. And I have a pair of those shears, which gets the majority of the work. Here's what actually travels with me to hunting camp in October.
BTW- great thread. Hope we see more photos of bird knives!

[Phil Yearout]

Beautiful Marbles knife Phil. And I have a pair of those shears, which gets the majority of the work. Here's what actually travels with me to hunting camp in October.
BTW- great thread. Hope we see more photos of bird knives!

Nice Randalls Chris! I have a Model 8 like yours and also an old style 8. What's the other one?

[Chris Pope]

Nice Randalls Chris! I have a Model 8 like yours and also an old style 8. What's the other one?

Not positive but I think it's a Model 7 Fisherman/Hunter (center of this photo.) And the one on the far right I think is a Model 26 Pathfinder with a stag center.
What does your old style 8 look like?

Now someone will have to ask what multi-tool they like to carry around!

[bob lyons]

I usually take 2 knives. One for small birds and one for large birds. They work very well the pointed one is for fish.

[James L. Martin]

Did someone say Randall's

[Jay Gardner]

Did someone say Randall's

What model is the top one?

[Phil Yearout]

Not positive but I think it's a Model 7 Fisherman/Hunter (center of this photo.) And the one on the far right I think is a Model 26 Pathfinder with a stag center.
What does your old style 8 look like?

Now someone will have to ask what multi-tool they like to carry around!

My Old Style and New Style Model 8. In case you can't tell the big one is the cover photo of the book; it's the first knife Bo Randall made in 1937...

https://i.imgur.com/PYQDGOTl.jpg

[James L. Martin]

Jay ,Pathfinder

[Phil Yearout]

Jay ,Pathfinder

One of my favorites. Wish I had one.

[Jay Gardner]

One of my favorites. Wish I had one.

You can still order one...you only have to wait 6-years to receive it. :):):)

[Phil Yearout]

You can still order one...you only have to wait 6-years to receive it. :):):)

Yeah, or drop a few hundred on ebay! I'll have to settle for this old Marble's of mine - not quite the same but close as I'm ever gonna get.

https://i.imgur.com/WtJlxKOl.jpg

[George Lang]

Phil look on Ebay there for sale all the time, new and used.

[Phil Yearout]

Phil look on Ebay there for sale all the time, new and used.

I know George; there's a new one on there now for $1K! Out of my price range I'm afraid.