I am still have a bit of truble getting grsitle off necks of coons. My knife is sharp but its not really shrp just kinda likea dull skining knife. Other side is like really dull i use it to flesh bellys and down end of the coons.

How shrp do you guys keep you knifes?

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The sissor side fits a necker just perfect

haha i dont have a necker but if you use that i take it you have it pretty sharp

I dont believe in using dull knifes its against my relgion

If i was in the religin i would have alot of holes in my pelts lol

I cant stand a dull anything. Your more bound to fight the pelt and cut it using dull knife I have cut myself many times doing fur work everytime it has been with a dull knife your more apt to slip and cut yourslef and the fur. Sharp knife means less work on you part as well no more sawwing on it just touch and cut.

Well next worthless rubed and stain coons i get im going to sharpen mine up and give it a try. takes me way to long to flesh one im getting faster but still not fast enough.

I could shave with my Sheffield, you will have more time in the neck area of a coon than the rest of the hide if you do not have a very sharp knife. I like to sharpen one side of the the knife razor sharp and keep the middle a bit duller to push fat, use the side for the the neck and the middle for the rest. Just an idea, and it works well for me.

My knife has two sides i have side that is contoured to been dull really dull i push with it. Other side is just roughly filled sharp. I guess ill sharpen it up and give it a try Thanks guys

i love my necker it will shave ya

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I like a real sharp edge, just make sure there isn't any burs, knicks, or slivers of wood on your fleshing beam. It took me a few holes in some pelts to teach me to inspect my beams surface constantly...

I have switched from a necker to a Post fleshing knife, one of the best moves I have made. It holds and extremely sharp edge and is great for coon and the dull side pushes fat and does the majority of the work on cats, coyotes etc...Tom

For coon I Go from a knife sharp knife on the neck To just below the front arm pits. then I switch to a dull knife to put the fat off. Got to be careful thought with that sharp knife. IT can make a mess of coons hide.

When using the sharp side of the knife, you do not push. You hold the knife at an angle and cut the grizzle off of the back of the neck.