Thread: A Little Info To Share On Electric Fillet Knives

like my Mr. Twister as long as blades are sharp.

Hi Sup
I would guess that the gears might be bad causing the vibration. If the knife is a new purchase I'd take it back and exchange it. The Piranah knives that I mentioned above have plenty of power and strength but the blades did not perform well after they stopped selling the Cuda blades. By far the blades are the most important part of any knife's success and so far the B&D's are doing the job for us. If we had any input with manufacturers it would be to combine the best of both worlds - the Piranah or AA knife with their beefed up gears and the B&D blades. Who knows maybe their listening!

Been using AA with shark blades for many years. The knife is great but they have changed something with the blades. Last few sets are bad to gum up.


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Originally Posted by Snagged again

I have a brand new in the package mister twister and one I used quite a bit of the same model.I also still have out in the garage the slow oscillating,expensive Rapala knife.Have used a couple models of American angler several years ago.Thought I was happy as a clam......A buddy proved to me I was losing about 10% of my crappie by using the electric instead of using a regular knife.We sorted through our catch one day and found two fish of identical weight.I used the electric and he used the regular knife.We put our fillets on postage scales and believe it or not my fillets were real close to 10% lighter.The difference is meat loss around the ribs.I was a bit faster with the electric but not as efficient.It's been 6 or seven years now and I have not used an electric since.To each their own....

The older I get the better I like electricity.

I am a fan of the black and decker also... good knife for the $$$

Specseeker, I returned it and got my money back. I know that vibration is a common problem with cheaper knives. I once found Cabelas Pro Guide's on sale for something like $9. Bought 6-7 of them things...after the first one, the rest were sold at a garage sale. I've seen my dad use the same B&D for the last 20 some odd years, on the same blades. But then again, things are not made as well as they used to be. I'll definitely pick up another to try though.

Couldn't pass up such a hearty recommendation. Stopped by Walmart in Madison yesterday and picked up one. Shelf price was marked at 18.96 but scanned at 11.96. Now I need to make time to go catch something to try it. Thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by Snagged again

I have a brand new in the package mister twister and one I used quite a bit of the same model.I also still have out in the garage the slow oscillating,expensive Rapala knife.Have used a couple models of American angler several years ago.Thought I was happy as a clam......A buddy proved to me I was losing about 10% of my crappie by using the electric instead of using a regular knife.We sorted through our catch one day and found two fish of identical weight.I used the electric and he used the regular knife.We put our fillets on postage scales and believe it or not my fillets were real close to 10% lighter.The difference is meat loss around the ribs.I was a bit faster with the electric but not as efficient.It's been 6 or seven years now and I have not used an electric since.To each their own....

I believe that is more because of how the person fillets the fish. I use an American Angler but I don't cut out the ribcage. The way I learned many moons ago was to run the blade along the ribcage. My fillets come off the fish with no bones and the thin strip along the rib cage attached. Several of my friends cut out the rib cage using both manual and electric knives.
We had an assembly line going cleaning hundreds of Oscars we caught in Florida. They had one guy on each end cutting out the rib cage on the fillets.
I told the guy down from me he wasn't going to have much to do because when my fillets come off the fish, the rib bones stay on the carcass.
I do notice I seem to be the only one doing it that way. I learned that method when I fished for bass and the body was thicker than panfish, usually.