Bird knives
 

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").

Very nice Phil!

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Mr. Hall’s bird knives !

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.

I'm humbled.

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

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.

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.

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 .

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 .

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

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.

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

Me too Chris!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Top picture left knife is damascus

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?

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!

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

Did someone say Randall's

What model is the top one?

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

Jay ,Pathfinder

One of my favorites. Wish I had one.

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

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.