The Havalon Piranta-Edge is an easy to use folding scalpel that has a remarkable utility for livestock producers and hunters.
Taxidermists have long used surgical blades to skin and cape game, and a folding pocket scalpel is the natural evolution for hunting and livestock use.
Havalon manufactures a number of folding scalpels, and the Piranta-Edge is its best seller for good reason.
The main feature is its blade. The standard 2.75 inch blade is stainless steel and the right length for performing surgery on livestock or processing game.
The blade may be deployed with ambidextrous thumb studs and uses an adequately strong liner lock to secure it open when de-ployed for slicing tasks appropriate for a scalpel.
Dull blades require only seconds to swap out for a fresh one. An ingenious sliding lock secures the blades in the tool. The folding scalpel comes with 12 additional blades, each separately sealed in its own package.
The replacement blade concept may eliminate the need for sharpening equipment. One could certainly hone a dull blade back to life, but replacing a blade would eliminate the need for hunters to carry sharpening equipment in the field.
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The Piranta-Edge comes with an orange ABS plastic handle with black inlays.
The folding scalpel has an overall length of 7.25 inches when the blade is deployed.
Most folding knives have clips for carrying in a pocket, but the Piranta-Edge comes with a nylon holster for belt carry, which accommodates both the tool and extra blades. Replacement blades may be bought in groups of 12, 50 or 100. A single blade has good edge retention. Havalon offers blades for different purposes, but I have found the #60A model to be adequate for most tasks.
Livestock producers can use the Piranta-Edge to perform incisions. The blade effortlessly shaves hair to prepare the incision area. The surgical edge is easy to control and sharp.
For hunters, fielding dressing and skinning game becomes easy with a folding scalpel. Its performance and lightweight package is hard to beat in the field. The main drawback to scalpels is their thinness. This style of blade is designed only for light cutting tasks.
The Havalon Piranta-Edge retails for about $55 with nylon belt holster and a dozen replacement blades. A dozen blades costs about $13 to $20, depending on what features are selected.
Hunters and livestock producers can’t go wrong with owning this folding scalpel, considering that they are lightweight, reliably sharp and painless to maintain.
