I personally prefer a clip shaped blade for skinning, as opposed to the usual round tip skinning knives. I love a good old buck 110, its a hefty size, has nice really hard steel, and has a hollow grind. This makes for a super (scalpel-like) sharp blade, scary sharp, and it holds and edge very well, the only time it really dulls is if you take it to something hard like bone, then the edge will tend to chip on a microscopic level. However, when i use my 110, a always keep a secondary cheaper knife or a multi-tool(even better because mine has a saw) that i use when i come close to touching bone.