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FWIW I have this knife and I love it.

Thank you everyone. Quite helpful.

Relatively new to wood work but have found my way there. I know where to find Japanese knives, but the not so much for the woodworking. Also from what I’m seeing there’s not a lot in between the entry level stuff and the really expensive. So I guess I’m looking for some mid level woodworking...

To add my two cents, if you're looking for in demand knife stuff buy it when it's there. It can easily be gone in moments. Especially things from Maxim.

Look up acid etching, that sounds like what you want.

Yeah that's pretty accurate. The difference in my natsuya is shocking.

Okeya kiridashi is a pretty popular and cheap answer.

In my limited experience having easy to use naturals is a huge boon. I have two natsuya one selected with help as an easier to use one and it's a joy. The other I selected because it was prettier, it's much harder to use and consequently is likely going to be sold.

You'll want something other than gyuto if you're only taking one and are actually going to be processing multiple animals.

Microfiber towel also grabs a burr pretty hard. Easy tell there.

When you end up with a Watanabe 180 out of this and then decide your done with rectangles again lemme know!

For a flexible western style fillet knife Rapala and Victorinox are the way to go. They're totally functional and aren't so expensive that you can't use the hell out of them. Not the sexiest of options out there though.

I can think of at least four members offhand that live in King County.

Few people I work with use those. They aren't really to my liking and really this isn't for skinning wire except in a pinch. Mostly I'm getting into wire no greater than #2 but do occasionally get into much larger 250/500s. Also pretty common in signal work is to deal with a lot of 3-10 wire...

There's a pretty large Seattle/king county contingent around here.

I don't wear a belt, I wear suspenders. Also I don't think I'm technically allowed, workwise, to carry one. Though if it was in a pocket other than for use nobody would say a thing. Which is to say it doesn't need to be super cozy in hand. Again thank you all for your help.

Most cutting is poly line and nylon mule tape. With the occasional foray into cutting the sheath on copper wire. So it should be robust. Weight isn't too important but not too interested in too heavy. Don't care if I need to sharpen, for reference I currently beat up a griptilian.

I work as an electrician that mostly does signal work and street lighting. So I'm in and out of ditches as well as dealing with a fair amount of concrete to clarify the dirt level. Also thank you to everyone.

Just found them on another forum about fixed pocket carry. Good looking size and price. I can't emphasize how dirty my job is.

Civilware is a pro skater and outdoor guy. I'm sure there are better knives out there and a quick internet search turns up varied reports on the civilware but at $75 it's pretty close to what I want size wise. Who else makes the rat3?