Hunter's knife
OwnerMarvin L. Austininventor
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Abstract
A hunter's knife is provided which is adapted for both eviscerating and skinning a game animal in the field. The knife has a blade portion which includes a reversely facing hook-shaped portion formed on one side, with the hook-shaped portion having a sharpened arcuate inner edge and a relatively blunt outer end. The other side of the blade has a continuous cutting edge formed along substantially its full length. The handle of the knife includes a generally T-shaped finger engaging member for securing the knife to the user's hand while the palm is either closed about the handle, or open, to thereby permit the knife to be retained on the hand while the hand is used for a non-cutting purpose, such as manipulating the animal carcass. The blade and handle are preferably integrally formed from a metallic material, such as stainless steel.
Claims12
A knife particularly adapted for use by hunters in eviscerating and skinning animals in the field, and comprising
- an elongate integral metallic body defining a blade portion and a handle portion of substantially equal lengths,
- said blade portion including opposite sides, with one side having a hook-shaped portion formed therein, said hook-shaped portion being reversely curved toward said handle portion and having a sharpened arcuate inner edge and a relatively blunt outer end, and with the other side of said blade portion having a continuous cutting edge formed along substantially the full length thereof, and
- said handle portion including finger engaging means for securing the knife to the user's hand when the palm thereof is closed about the handle portion and the knife is used for cutting, as well as when the palm is open and the hand is used for manipulation of the animal carcass or the like, said finger engaging means being defined at least partially by a pair of open sided adjacent arcuate recesses having generally oppositely and outwardly directed openings, each respective recess defining an upper overhanging portion with said upper overhanging portions being generally oppositely and outwardly directed so as to overlie the corresponding finger received therein.
A knife particularly adapted for use by hunters in eviscerating and skinning animals in the field, and comprising
- an elongate body defining a blade portion and a handle portion,
- said blade portion being formed of a metallic material and including opposite sides which define a widthwise direction extending therebetween, and with one side having a hook shaped portion formed therein, said hook shaped portion having a sharpened inner edge facing toward said handle portion and a relatively blunt outer end, and with the other side of said blade portion having a continuous cutting edge formed along substantially the full length thereof, and
- said handle portion having a generally T-shaped finger engaging member extending in a widthwise direction from one side thereof, said T-shaped member being disposed between first and second adjacent open sided recesses formed along said one side of said handle portion and which are adapted for respectively receiving laterally therein the index and middle fingers of the user's hand, with said first recess being disposed adjacent said blade portion and having an arcuate inner edge which faces in a direction which is inclined from the widthwise direction toward said blade portion, and with said second recess having an arcuate inner edge which faces in a direction which is inclined from the widthwise direction in a direction away from said blade portion, whereby the opposite sides of the T-shaped member are respectively defined by portions of the inner edges of said first and second recesses, and said T-shaped member acts to secure the knife to the user's hand when the palm thereof is closed about the handle portion and the knife is used for cutting, as well as when the palm is open and the hand is used for manipulation of the animal carcass, hide, or the like.
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