Skinning

[Sweet]

You need a small thin blade for that.

I would add that you would want the knife to have a slight drop point (i.e. just like the victorinox swiss army knife has). I am with Bushboy - those little red knives are some of the best ever... and for just about any job this side of slicing a whole rump into 2" thick slabs of steak :-) Is it supper time yet?

Sweet

[MyLani]

Here are the pics of my custom made caping knife.
It's made by Keith du Plessis in Port Elizabeth.
He uses mostly animal horn for his handles. This one is Blesbuck.
Kudu and Giraffe shin bone looks amazing!

[G-force]

Lani that is a cool little knife,congrats.

[Cerberus]

That is a mini knife almost - It looks like the knife sits comfortably in the hand! very cool MyLani! Thanks for taking the time to post the pic.

[gregnell]

Hi C,

Sheep will be no good, only cut opening cuts then skin with your fist. No knife needed.
PM me if you need some practice, will help you out close to west r

[hagar]

+1 on the small knife. Thought I knew it all being from SA, but a mormon friend in AZ taught me how to skin. He tube skins smaller animals, you don't gut them but start cutting at the hind legs and roll the skin up towards the head as you go. Makes for a much neater and tidy package, once you have the hide off you can remove the insides a lot easier. I saw him skin and quarter a cow elk about as big as a big koedoe with a teenie little swiss army knife. I also saw some coyote trappers tube skin a coyote in 2 minutes or less, with almost no blood being spilled. I tried it on a springbok I shot in SA 12 years ago, and it worked as good or better than the gut it open and dump everything on the ground method.

[GameFarmer]

Hagar, have to agree with first skinning the animal and then gutting it. That's the way I've been taught. You have less issues with flies getting into the 'interior' while you're skinning, and you dont need to deal with the 'flapping' sections between the ribs and the hind quarter. Everything stays nice and tight for skinning, and less blood and gore while skinning. Overall a cleaner neater way of doing it.