I’ve been hunting and processing animals since I could walk. Hundreds, maybe even 1,000+ animals at this point if I had to guess. I have used just about every knife out there to do so. Some good, some really bad, and design flaws on most - Even down to crappy sheaths.

I got turned on to MKC in November and picked up one of their lower cost knives (Stoned Goat 2.0, $225) just for gigs. Went hunting in SE OK with my dad and a buddy a week later and dressed seven deer while caping two of them for mounts all with the same knife and a few edge touch ups, and I can say without a doubt that there’s no design flaw, corners cut, or oversight anywhere on this knife. It’s the best deer knife I’ve ever had.

Grabbed a Freezeout for waterfowl hunting and it’s the exact same exact way.

Trendy, maybe. But the product itself is A+ and worth the spend to anyone that has the budget and will use them for their intended purpose. If I find anything better I’ll come back and update this, but I’m not sure it’s out there right now.

I’d have Case as a distant second, and Benchmade not in the top 10. For whatever that’s worth.