Knives Best Sellers: The Skinning Sets, Gloves and Blades Kiwis Are Buying Now

Our first Knives best sellers round-up was dominated by filleting sets, boning knives and a trusty machete. This time we went back through the last 90 days of orders and set those aside to see what else Kiwis have been buying from our Knives range. The answer: hunting and home-kill gear, kit that keeps your hands safe, a solid kitchen knife, a proper fish-cleaning blade and a good-looking pocket knife. Here are five genuine recent best sellers.

1. Victory Butcher Skinning/Boning Set - Hollow Ground

If you do your own home kill or process a deer or a few sheep each season, this is the set people come back for. The 5-piece version gives you two skinning knives (14cm and 15cm), a 15cm sheep skinning knife, a 13cm narrow curved boner and a 15cm curved boner, all hollow ground for a keen edge, rolled up in a Victory knife wrap. There's a 6-piece option too, plus versions with a black rib steel and a choice of canvas or leather wraps. Victory Knives have been made in New Zealand since 1927, and farmers and hunters trust them for good reason.

Price: from $226 - Victory Butcher Skinning/Boning Set. More sets in Victory knife sets.

2. Victory Stainless Chainmail Glove

Sharp knives and fast work don't always mix, which is why this glove sells right alongside the knives. It's a flexible stainless steel mesh that keeps the edge away from your skin while leaving you enough feel for trimming, deboning and filleting. It stands up well to wet, busy environments and cleans up easily. Butchers, fish processors and anyone doing a big batch of fillets at home all buy them. Sizes run from 2XS to XL, so check your fit.

Price: $118 - Stainless Chainmail Glove. See also sharpening steels & knife accessories.

3. Victory Wide Cook's Knife 20cm

Not every knife we sell goes out to the paddock or the boat. This 20cm wide cook's knife is a proper professional-grade kitchen workhorse at a very fair price. It's made with high-grade German steel hardened to 54-56 RC for good edge retention, has a finger guard, and the handle and blade materials are MAF and FDA approved. Home cooks buy it as a step up from supermarket knives, and cafes and commercial kitchens buy it because it does the job day in, day out.

Price: $45 - Victory Wide Cooks Knife 20cm. Browse the Victory chef & kitchen range.

4. Victory Small Heading Knife 17cm

A simple, no-fuss blade for one job: taking the heads off fish quickly and cleanly. It has a 17cm stainless blade from the Victory fish knife range, and it's popular with keen recreational fishers and small commercial operators alike, here in NZ and across the Pacific Islands where a good fish knife gets used every day.

Price: $40.99 - Small Heading Knife 17cm. See the full Victory fish knife range.

5. Buck 259 Haxby

Every now and then an everyday carry knife sneaks onto the list, and this one has been popular lately. The Haxby has a full-length flat-ground blade, a carbon fibre style handle with a red pivot collar, and ball bearings for smooth one-handed opening. A liner lock keeps the blade secure. It's a sleek, modern pocket knife from a brand with a long history, and it makes a great gift.

Price: $125 - Buck 259 Haxby. More in Buck folding knives and Buck everyday pocket knives.

Also popular

A few more that have been flying out: the Victory Leather Knife Wrap (5 pockets) at $99.99 for keeping a set together, the Sheffield-made Shepherds Steel Knife Sharpener at $30, and the Victory Hunting Skinning Boning Knife Set (Blue) from $215 with Progrip handles.

Browse our full range at actionoutdoors.kiwi.