Over the years I've started using a small knife. The one I use at the house while quartering them up only has maybe a 2 1/2" blade on it but that thing will shave ya. It's probably cut up 50 deer or more. It's the smallest one of the bunch. https://www.amazon.com/remington-sportsman-big-game-skinner/dp/b001h0eqg6
I used a small Gerber skinning and cutting deer up for probably 20 years, till I lost it. Maybe 50 or more deer including my buddies . Great knives.[/QUOTE]
I bought a folding Gerber Gator at the sporting goods store I worked at in high school back in 1993. I've had that knife longer than I've known my wife and I've carried it on every hunt since I bought it. Lost count of the deer it's gutted but the black matte finish originally on the blade is all but gone. If I ever lose that thing I'll cry lol