Switched from a standard boning knife to a curved blade for breaking down hogs

I was breaking down two 300-pound hogs last month, one with my old straight boning knife and one with a new 6-inch curved blade. The curved knife let me follow the contours of the shoulder and hip joints way easier, with less wrist strain. I finished the second hog in almost half the time. Has anyone else made a specific tool switch that just clicked for a certain animal?

2 comments

2 Comments

the_alice10d ago

Yeah, that makes total sense. I had a similar thing with a skinning knife for deer, switched from a drop point to a trailing point blade. The extra belly on the tip just glides under the hide without catching on every little piece of fascia, it was a total game changer for keeping the cape clean.

aaron_gonzalez10d ago

Heard the same about trailing points for deer, that extra belly really does seem to make a clean cut.