I have a couple of the #711 knives that I keep in the cars. Today I used one to help skin and cut up five hogs my cousin raised. (Five of us sponsored pigs, and at one point we had 8 people helping to process them). The knife did very well, and the edge was cleaned up very well with a simple carbide sharpener, 8-10 strokes through the coarse side, and the same through the fine end.