I think it’s a great looking knife though I don’t have one. I do have questions about the sheath though. It’s very different than what I’m used to.
If I was purposely going into the back country to hunt, hike, fish, etc a fixed blade is always my main knife. A fixed blade is the one thing I wouldn’t be without. I will likely have a folding knife or two as a back up in my pack somewhere. I think the remote environment here where I live is probably a little different than in Europe so I think the context is likely quite different. My requirements are different just based on what we’ve discussed here in the past on the subject. I also always have a proper saw and hatchet with me all the time. The concept of trying to smash a knife through a chunk of wood is kind of silly to me when I’m in the bush. The juice isn’t worth the squeeze. So much of what “professional” bush crafters suggest is just fluff that’s meant to sell books and spark imaginations. Not based in practical reality. That is any reality that I know anyway. I should make that clear.
I know a lot of people do it but the thought of using a folding knife as a main knife to dress out an animal just grosses me out. When you’re actually elbows deep in blood and guts inside a large animal like a Moose trying to remove all the bits and pieces you’ll want a proper knife. The thought of the amount of bacteria you’ll never get out of a folding knife is sick. Conversely the thought of the amount of bacteria you’re introducing to the meat is equally bad. Would you want to see your butcher using some random folding knife from his pocket to cut up your meat? I don’t even clean fish with a folding knife. You can never get it clean it will always smell like fish.
One other consideration I would like to bring up specifically with using any knife to actually clean an animal. The lack of grip with blood soaked hands is a real problem. Even a knife with some shape to it can still feel like you’re trying to hold onto a wet bar of soap. A razor sharp wet bar of soap. You’ll never see the cut on your hand with all the animal blood anyway. I would likely use a sharp standard folding knife to make an initial incision through a hide then I’d put it aside. Mainly to keep from both dulling and contaminating my main fixed blade knife that I intend on touching the actual meat with. The knife I clean with is never the knife I touch to the outside of an animal.
I think the Venture Pro might be potentially one of the best knives Victorinox makes if you’re a serious back country user in an area like I live in. I think the blade length is about perfect for what it is. Any longer and it becomes difficult for me to use with any accuracy.
