re: Looking for a Hunting Knife Set for skinning and processing.

Get a good drop point skinner in carbon steel and learn how to sharpen it. The art of sharpening is slowly being replaced by changeable blade knives. No one is going to remember the Havalon tbat their powpow handed down to them.
For everything past the skinning rack it’s hard to beat dexter russels.

I'd swap out that old hickory skinner for a Dexter Russell if I were buying a new one. The one I have has some sentimental value to it, it's hard to beat a high carbon steel blade for skinning, but a polypropylene handle is definitely better than wood.

Old Timer with guthook on back of blade.

New model is 158OT

I have a few of the older ones which are much easier to sharpen.

Very hard to beat for a decent purpose built deer cleaner

There's no way that kit can not be junk. With that said, all you need is a simple sharp blade. It need not be heavy nor thick.

A 6" Boner, either stiff or flex from Dexter Russel will clean and process deer all day long.

Seperate everything at the joints, and you don't need a big blade.

The most demanding spot is splitting the sternum, and even that isn't really totally necessary.

If you want to, get a meat saw for cutting through bone roasts and splitting the sternum.

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6" Boner, either stiff or flex

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He said he is skinning animals

If you want a minimalist approach, get a knife with a gut hook, if you're looking for a kit, keep the gut hook separate from the skinning knife.


Outdoor Edge Swing Blade, may be something to look into, there's even RazorPro that offers the changeable razor blade with the gut knife

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uses a folding utility knife. 

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I have one with the carpet hook and a havalon . Makes quick work of pigs and deer. Blades are sharp and cheap.

The men are all here talking about knives and you're thinking about wieners.