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While officially launched in 2005, Havalon Knives has a history that runs longer and deeper.

 

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Since the 1980s, taxidermists had been buying surgical blades from Havel's Inc., Havalon's parent company. The taxidermists liked Havel's products for skinning and caping because the blade edges lasted longer than other surgical blades. When Patrick Carrothers, Havel's current president & CEO, was first hired as a Havel's marketing manager back in 1996, he observed that taxidermists carried their scalpel blades in a toolbox because there was no safe alternative. He also noted that the taxidermists liked Havel's post mortem style blades because they were stronger and didn't break as easily as regular surgical blades. 

 

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After several years of this brewing in Patrick's mind, it occurred to him—and he remembers the epiphany clearly: "I said to myself: 'Why doesn't somebody make a scalpel that folds into itself and locks like a pocket knife? Hey, why don't we make this pocket scalpel?'" And thus, Havel’s pocket scalpels were born. 

 

--> The Havel’s team soon realized hunters would like this kind of knife for skinning big game. "I had a sense this product could appeal to a very large non-medical audience, so we created a new brand that would not confuse our medical customers. This new brand, Havalon, would offer surgical-edging technology to sporting and industrial markets only," Patrick says.

   Havalon is in the enviable position of being stressed by explosive growth. This, of course, is good stress. The company has added new capacity on the blade manufacturing side to meet customer demand, and the Havalon team has been busy improving the strength of the blades without giving up sharpness. Patrick says, "Most customers don't realize that is part of the trade-off. Everybody likes our sharpness, but nobody wants a blade to break. But a huge factor in the sharpness of a surgical blade is the thinness of the steel to begin with." 

 

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Doctors know not to twist or bend or pry with their surgical blades because that will cause them to break. Hunters, however, are accustomed to prying and twisting in all manner of ways when they're processing an animal. "So our customers have to learn to let the blades do the work with slitting and slicing motions only. At the same time, we're trying to learn new ways to make the blades stronger, less likely to break under torque, but without giving up sharpness. That's the future for us—new steel blends and new tempering methods, so we keep Havalon on the leading edge of quality," explains Patrick.

 

Let's face it: do-it-yourself hunting is hard work. It takes a lot of physical stamina to walk up and down ridges carrying a weapon, while tracking or stalking any size wild game. For still hunting, it takes a lot of patience to sit for hours trying not to be detected by your quarry. Both methods can be very tiring. So when you've had a successful hunt, you tend to be tired, cold, and worried about predators as the sun is going down. Add to that, an animal you must field dress and haul back a long way from where you are now. Havalon knives help hunters finish their work faster and easier.

 

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DIY hunters like Havalon because one knife and 12 extra blades weigh only three ounces, while giving the hunter enough skinning power for at least four elk or eight deer—with no sharpening needed. That's the Havalon revolution. Before Havalon, hunters lugged a set of pre-sharpened knives into the field along with sharpening tools, and had to frequently stop and re-sharpen their knives over and over again. The lightweight knives reduce weight in the pack and free the hunter from re-sharpening. Havalon knives also help hunters get home faster with less work, not to mention they are the sharpest knives in the woods.

 

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Patrick adds, "That said, we also want to be clear that our knives are skinning and game processing tools. We're not the only knife you need in the outdoors. But if you have field dressing, skinning, and caping work to do, Havalon is your best choice."

 

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For Skinning and Field Dressing
Choose Crazy-Sharp Havalon Piranta Knives

 

 

 Each Knife Includes 12 Additional Blades

Lighten your hunting field pack with Havalon skinning knives with the "quik-change" blades. The Piranta series reduces the need to carry extra skinning knives, gut hook blades or whetstones. When the blade gets dull, just pop it off and replace it with a new one.

-->No more sharpening! Havalon knives save you valuable time and effort in field dressing and skinning big game or small. Our Piranta may not be the only hunting knife you'll need, but we guarantee it'll be your favorite hunting knife for field dressing and skinning your next trophy. 

 Patrick explains that at the heart of every Havalon product innovation and customer transactionare these four cornerstones:
 
1. Exceptional quality you can trust 
2. Great value for the price paid
3. Exciting innovation that meets customer needs 
4. Outstanding customer service - always 


Patrick adds, "Our goal is to ensure that our customers never regret bringing their business to Havalon."