fleshing knifes

I am buying a new fleshing knife for beaver and otter. Any recommendations?

Lee Steinmeyer, he's on here. Get the best and don't look back.

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https://www.zepfknives.com/

Yes x 100 the best period

Lee makes a great knife. Personally, I use a Caribou knife. It's light and easy on my body. Put up hundreds of beaver and thousands of coon with it. It's what I found best for me after trying most everything else.

X1000! I have the parallel, but would really like to try the mini. Can't go wrong with the parallel though!

How much do they cost?

I too use a Caribou. I have never used Lee's knives but they look really nice. I wouldn't mind getting one one of these days but I'm just quite comfortable with my Caribou so never got around to it.

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Lee’s knifes all the way.

I paid 95 bucks for mine from Lee . It’s style is like a necker 600

Got one of Lee's knives a few years ago at Coyote Days. Loved it so much, when the opportunity presented itself, I picked up a second one.

Way back before I started bladesmithing I used a Necker 700 and I liked the caribou as well.. These days I make my own..

I vote for Lee's knives too. He's a true craftsman and all around great guy too!

I use Post fleshing knives for years and they are an incredible tool.

Caribou for me.

I have one of Lee's knives and it is a great tool!
But the one I reach for the most is the red handled Webe. It is the most comfortable for me.

Quite rewarding when crafting your own stuff works for you.

Steinmeyer
Zeph
Post
Necker
Ausable superior (Dexter Russell)
Caribou
And there are more......

These are all very good and I've personally bought and used them all on beaver.
What they all have in common is the convex side is extremely sharp.
Some fleshers are curved more than others also. Some have round handles and others flat.

Just make sure you buy a quality knife and not an el-cheapo with two dull sides.

My first knife was a el-cheapo and beaver also coon and skunk necks were a real bear to skin.

Post, very nice knife

Post knife here, love it.

Just checking out Lee’s site. What is the benefit of the standard knife over the parallel??

Nothing! If you learned on an english knife, you may want a standard. I steer people that are new to the parallel, as it is a safer knife to use. When your in a hurry, it is easy to bump the sharp side, when turning the knife from sharp to dull. The parallel you just twist to go from sharp to dull. Much safer than the english style of knife. The best bang for your buck is the mini, and will do everything the full size parallel will do!

Thanks, Lee

I’m intrigued! And I don’t like to skimp when the right tool is necessary!

I’ve got Lee’ Parallel knife and would not trade it. I skinned a beaver in my buddies heated shop a while back and used his necker. Went back a couple days ago to skin another and brought My ( Lee’s ) knife.

P.S. Don’t forget when you touch it up with a steel, it’s a single bevel and only gets touched on the one side.

Use Lee's parallel on otter , beaver , grissly coon's . Post on skunk , coyote , fox

Sheffield English if you can afford one.

yea it really is, Im a tinkerer anyway and have a lot of fun when the process works out

I've used a Necker for years. Would like to try something different. The angle of the handles hurts my wrists.

I went from necker to Zepf. Shaved about 25% off
My scraping time. That’s a good thing. I send too much time in the fur shed. I went with Zepf simply because a fur processor friend recommended them. Very satisfied with the upgrade.

Zeph if you can find one.

Caribou for me-and its razor sharp-excellent knife and easy to sharpen-use one of those cheapo ceramic hand held deals-easy and safe as well.Use a cheap dull beaming knife for the push off fat

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started with a cheapo knife, was very frustrated doing raccoon. Upgrade to the wider version and sharpened with a file and started having better success.
Know I have a "green English" which takes a keen edge and is inexpensive. I really like using it.