Captain Knight felt that the perfect combat/field knife should contain the following:
1) Double/cross guard
2) Finger groove forward of the guard (for choking-up)
3) Roughed area exposed at the pommel for striking matches.
4) Two finger grooves on the handle in case if in a fight he lost his index finger, it left him an extra groove to keep hold of the knife.
5) Partially serrated bottom edge, and a long, sharpened false edge.
6) Micarta or other comparable synthetic handle material for wet conditions.

These are the things that readily come to mind from the talks we had.

So again, I ask? What, in your humble opinions makes for a good skinner? A good hunter? Combat or tactical? Etc.?