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briandg · January 28, 2019, 10:55 AM

John, I see your point and have considered it.

I'm looking it as a commercial processor running thousands of pigs a day.

Picture the hog hanging. Grab the ears, slip the knife around the back of the neck, then slash forward. No blood spilled. The benefit to it would be that the cutter would have better leverage than using a knife held at arm's length, maybe?

Again, you'd have to have leather armor and gloves on the arm.

I'm clueless.

A fleshing knife will be curved, and will absolutely have to have dual handles. Worked with them before.

January 28, 2019, 10:55 AM	#9
briandg Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2010 Posts: 5,468	John, I see your point and have considered it. I'm looking it as a commercial processor running thousands of pigs a day. Picture the hog hanging. Grab the ears, slip the knife around the back of the neck, then slash forward. No blood spilled. The benefit to it would be that the cutter would have better leverage than using a knife held at arm's length, maybe? Again, you'd have to have leather armor and gloves on the arm. I'm clueless. A fleshing knife will be curved, and will absolutely have to have dual handles. Worked with them before.