Hi Guys and Gals,
We have wrapped up our deer hunting for the year and I thought I would give a few impressions of the knives.
I retired my old two dot 110 and replaced it with a new Alaskan S30V and an Alaskan Vanguard S30V with the rubber handle.
They both out performed the old two dot. I was able to field dress 4 deer with no noticable dulling of the 110. The old two dot would be noticablly dull after 2 deer.
Then I used the 192 for quartering and final processing. It is still sharp enough that I could do more. We do all of our own processing all the way to the freezer. And no, I didn't use the Alaskans for cutting steaks and such. The old electric knife is still more efficent for that part.
It only took a few strokes with either of them to have to re-educate my cutting stroke, as a slight touch and I was cutting through the hide.
So it looks like S30V is now my blade for hunting. Now if I can just learn how to get them sharpened back to being as razor sharp as they came from the factory, I will be in good shape.
The only thing I wished for was that the 192 would have been a clip blade like the 110. Would have been a bit better for separating the meat off the bones and stripping the meat off the carcas.
We have wrapped up our deer hunting for the year and I thought I would give a few impressions of the knives.
I retired my old two dot 110 and replaced it with a new Alaskan S30V and an Alaskan Vanguard S30V with the rubber handle.
They both out performed the old two dot. I was able to field dress 4 deer with no noticable dulling of the 110. The old two dot would be noticablly dull after 2 deer.
Then I used the 192 for quartering and final processing. It is still sharp enough that I could do more. We do all of our own processing all the way to the freezer. And no, I didn't use the Alaskans for cutting steaks and such. The old electric knife is still more efficent for that part.
It only took a few strokes with either of them to have to re-educate my cutting stroke, as a slight touch and I was cutting through the hide.
So it looks like S30V is now my blade for hunting. Now if I can just learn how to get them sharpened back to being as razor sharp as they came from the factory, I will be in good shape.
The only thing I wished for was that the 192 would have been a clip blade like the 110. Would have been a bit better for separating the meat off the bones and stripping the meat off the carcas.
:barf: 
