Thread: SCALPEL FOR HUNTING ?

What the scalpel offers is a very thin and slightly flexible blade.

Hate the 'disposable' aspect of it...

By the time you have bought the knife itself and X amount of blades you could have bought a cheap Opinel and Mora, both of which complement each other and can be made crazy sharp if you know what you are doing.

Literally all you need is a leather belt for stropping and a Fällkniven stone (don't like thier knives but the stones are great!) which will get the edge you need. Don't buy the 'V' type sharpeners... they are for people who have yet to learn, or very lazy. Edge does not last long and they ruin the knife, making it last half as long.

Sharpen the Mora until shaving sharp, then strop. The Scandi grind Mora (ideally, Carbon steel not stainless) will do most of the 'heavy lifting'.

Sharpen the Opinel until shaving sharp, but keep going. It will feel like you have started to blunt the edge but in truth you have not, what you have done is make the edge very thin (and to a degree, fragile). Then strop a very small amount. Use this for the fine stuff.

So for less than $20 USD you have two knives that will do anything imaginable until you need a saw/machete.