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Originally Posted by coyotezh
Want to buy a fleshing knife. The one for sale at Cabela’s is very dull. Is it normal?
Does anyone have suggestions? Really interested in tanning. Feel better when you could make a beautiful thing out of something you harvested from nature.
A question: should a fleshing knife be dull? Or the sharper, the better?
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Usually there is one sharp side and one dull side.
99% of the time you will use the dull side on coyotes.
It is more of a rolling the flesh off than a cutting action.
I've used ones made out of puck board material cut with a 45 degree bevel.
Worked OK and would not cut the hide.
The best one you could get is a Post two-handed fleshing knife from Halford's.