Street Beat as a Skinning Knife?

[SimpleIsGood229]

Howdy y'all,

Has anyone here used the Street Beat to skin game? If so, how well did it perform?

Thanks!

[JD Spydo]

I never have used a Perrin Street Beat but with it's bowie style geometry I don't see why on earth it wouldn't be a great skinner. Now I have used the Spyderco fixed blade Temperance model for skinning and it was great.

If you're looking for a great skinning knife with a shorter blade then I would use the Spyderco Impala folder. I've done some skinning with it and I really liked the Guthook model to use on white-tailed deer.

I am curious as to why you find the Street Beat a potentially good skinning knife ???

[SimpleIsGood229]

I am curious as to why you find the Street Beat a potentially good skinning knife ???

I'm just curious. I saw it on the Spyderco homepage and I like the looks of it. It just so happens that I also need a good skinning knife.

[bell]

For cleaning game I would go with a fixed blade. The SB blade has sufficient sweep that it would make a good skinner and do all the other cleaning chores associated with your deer/whatever. Also I like the deep front choil which truly indexes your grasp when you are in there deep with all the slick and warm blood. Seems like a great camp utility knife and I dont know why they gave it that urban guerilla name.

[Michael Cook]

:spyder: it's a great thin blade and very secure in the hand, great jimping! No folding parts to get gunkafied! Awesome! :spyder:

[Manix Guy 2]

As far as I am concerned the Street Beat would work very well as a fixed blade hunter , perfect blade shape and size for most needs . Bigger is not better field dressing a deer . Good steel too , MG2

[JD Spydo]

As far as I am concerned the Street Beat would work very well as a fixed blade hunter , perfect blade shape and size for most needs . Bigger is not better field dressing a deer . Good steel too , MG2

Actually the more I think about it I think that the older, original FB-04 Perrin model would be the one to use to skin with.

But I do agree with Manix Guy that the old belief that you need a huge fixed blade to skin a deer with just isn't true. I skinned several whitetail deer with an old double bladed Ka-Bar that I had for years. Those 2 blades were 3 & 3/4 inches long. The times I've used my Spyderco Impala with Guthook it was all the knife I needed to do any skinning chores.

You all may really laugh at this but I've done some skinning with both of my Spyderco Catchermans. That Catcherman model I use for all kinds of food prep and it is an extremely versatile knife. When I got my first one I couldn't imagine why a fillet knife would be upwards around $40+ but that knife is a "users delight".

[cobrajoe]

Annother option to a street beat could possibly be a Moran. A friend of mine bought a drop point Moran just for the specific purpose of skinning. And even though it has been discontinued, I think you could still find one cheaper than a street beat. Not that I have anything against the street beat, but I do think it is a little bit expensive.

[JD Spydo]

Annother option to a street beat could possibly be a Moran. A friend of mine bought a drop point Moran just for the specific purpose of skinning. And even though it has been discontinued, I think you could still find one cheaper than a street beat. Not that I have anything against the street beat, but I do think it is a little bit expensive.

The Moran without a doubt is a first class skinner. Both variations are truly designed for all kinds of skinning and hard utility uses. Since I've thought about it and slept on it I now see why the Street Beat could be a premium skinner. It's size truly would give it great manueverability. It wouldn't be my first choice but that's just a matter of personal preference.

The handle ergonomics are what make the FB Temperance a real jewel. The handle on the Street beat was just slightly a bit too small for my liking but I can see why a lot blade users would be drawn to it.

It's amazing how we can sometimes overlook possible uses for certain blades.

[Bruceter]

Annother option to a street beat could possibly be a Moran. A friend of mine bought a drop point Moran just for the specific purpose of skinning. And even though it has been discontinued, I think you could still find one cheaper than a street beat. Not that I have anything against the street beat, but I do think it is a little bit expensive.

The Moran has not been discontinued, see this thread:

http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30153

Bruceter

[cobrajoe]

The Moran has not been discontinued, see this thread:

http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30153

Bruceter

Whoopsie. I guess I have been mistaken.

Come to think of it, I don't remember where I thought I heard that fact, so I guess it was all in my head.

I guess you don't often hear/see them much though.

[foggy]

I think the street beat would work great for skinning. Since discovering spyderco I have used a spot and a impala to skin and field dress deer, and this year I used a vegabond to field dress two deer (without sharpening in between :-). The best thing about the vegabond is that it is fixed blade, but you just close it and through it in the bag with the heart and liver to clean up later :eek: I keep the impala clipped to my pants for more clean chores. I may have to buy a street beat to use next year but every time I get a knife that pretty I tend to leave it home so it doen't get lost/broken/rusty/used by a little kid to split fire wood ect. :D Good Luck! foggy

[Bruceter]

Hi Foggy,

My Father-In-Law uses a Vagabond on deer for the same reason.
He said that he never liked putting a dirty blade back into a leather sheath.
Last year, he just ran it thru the dishwasher after he got his deer.

Bruceter

[SimpleIsGood229]

Wow, thanks for all the replies!

Without having actually handled either, I like the Street Beat over the Moran because of the Micarta and the deep choil. But really, that's just from pics. I really should handle the both of them.

Any more suggestions? :D

ETA: I was gonna ask for some more (not necessarily Spyderco) suggestions, but I thought it would be more appropriate to start a new thread in Off Topic. http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthre ... post380273

[foggy]

Hi Bruceter,
I still remember thinking you needed a realy big knife to clean and skin deer :) . Nowdays it seems like any short bladed knife will work as long as it is reasonably sharp. I tend to use a fixed blade now because its just easier to clean up (a big consideration when working in 20 degree weather by lantern with limited water). I thought the spot was going to be a realy good knife, but when I was field dressing my finger wanted to be on the outside of the guard and nicked my finger some . If I only had to do one deer every other year I would just use my impala, but I usualy end up doing two or three in a couple days.