looking to buy a manual filet knife and would like opinions for a good one. thanks in advance.. JB
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looking to buy a manual filet knife and would like opinions for a good one. thanks in advance.. JB
Heard good things about the Bubba Blade.
dexter Russell . 8 or 9 inch blade. you can't go wrong with it. Memphis Net and Twine - Custom Commercial Fishing Nets, Sports Nets, & Industrial Nets
If your going to look at the bubba blade look at the reviews. I have not had either one but many of the reviews that I have read on them say that you can get a Forschner fillet knife for about half the price and they are supposed to be a good fillet knife. You may also want to search some previous threads on the same thing. I am an electric guy, but I have used the wood handled Rapala and it worked good for me.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/main-...e-reviews.html
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/main-...let-knife.html
Where's Nimrod I know he will have an answer.
Rapala are still good and most even the cheap off brands are suprize'nly sharp. I recommend a good steel to maintain the sharp straight edge over sharpening them too often wearing them down.
Many people can sharpen a knife well. I am not one.
I got one of these, and now it almost doesn't matter what kind of knife I use. I know I can sharpen it and it will work great.
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Yes Mickey has one and they work good but each sharpening removes metal, use a steel after each use to straighten blade edge and it will stay sharp much longer without removing metal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckrub
Bubba blade and Berkeley. Bubba holds edge better and longer than Berkeley.
If your going with an electric fillet knife check out the salt water type they tell me the gears are metal they cost a little bit more, but the next time I buy one. I think that's the way go.
I'd love to see a video of you good non-electric filleters slicing up some crappie. I found a youtube video of a guy that was unbelievable. He could fillet crappie with a knife twice as fast as I can with an electric.
bubba blade or cabelas advanced angler
I got the same sharpener for Christmas.....I love it as well!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckrub
I have a Schrade and I love it. Good flexible blade and it is easy to sharpen. I usually put it on steel for 6 or so strokes prior to sharpening and it holds through 15-20 fish and then I hit it again. I like a very sharp edge and believe in maintaining that edge.
I have a back up knife that is made by RADA. I bought it from a friend at work because his daughter was selling RADA products as a fund raiser for school. I think it was $18 and that is a pretty decent knife.
For a back up, to those 2, I do have a CASE filet knife. the blade is pretty stiff but as CASE products go, it will hold the edge.
Comparing my fileting with a manual to an electric, my dad and I both started with 30 crappie each. I'm a stickler about saving the rib meat so I do take a little time with my fish. Dad cuts through the rib cage with the electric knife and then has to cut the rib cage out. He finished 1 fish ahead of me. Manual fileting is my choice.
I have a bubba blade. I love it for everything but cleaning crappie. Need to practice. I use a com. Electric fillet knife . Works great had over 10 years.
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Iv'e always used the 7 inch Rapala...and will continue to do so until I fillet my last crappie. There are many good knifes out there but Rapala was one of the first to market a good fillet knife. It's a sen-ti-mentle thing I guess.
Better watch a gift like that Dog!!! The wife may want ya to sharpen the knives so she can decapitate ya!!! :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by hawgdog
Oh yeah, how much life insurance you got? Hehehe
Tell her I can sell your boat for her!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Hope you guys don't mind an out-of-stater posting in this thread. I'd like to toss out an observation to the OP about choices on the fillet knife question. The 8-9" Dexter's were suggested to me when I was looking for a new fillet knife. I bought a 7 and on 8" and find them too long to be real comfortable with. A 6" blade, on the fish I come home with the most, say 15" and under, seems to be a more manageable option.
With that said, I purchased this week a Forshner 6" flexible knife and a Forshner 4 1/2" straight point poultry knife that I think will work great for me. The flexible is VERY flexible and I'm not sure how much I'll like it. I got the poultry knife because it has a similar shape to a knife that came in a bunch of stuff I bought and I'm very comfortable with its blade length and shape. Its a stiffer blade yet still has some flex to it and on the smaller freshwater fish I bring home, I think it will be a good thing.
I got the Forshner's from this place, which was recommended to me by the guy who makes the Edge-Pro sharpening system. Got very good service from Tim here at Accurate.
Forschner Victorinox Fishing Knives
I made a fillet knife from a power stroke hack saw blade and a broken spike maul handle thirty-three years ago. Ground the blade to the shape I wanted on a bench grinder at the signal shop at the Pine Bluff Hump Yard. I was surprised at how well it turn out. I am not a knife maker. Still using it and it does a great job. I keep a steel and stone at hand when I am cleaning a bunch of fish. A sharp paring knife is also something I keep at hand.
Never used a electric fillet knife. If I did and learn to use it well, I might throw away my old stuff.
I got this one as a gift several years ago, works great, Cutco knives hold an edge extremely well: The “Fisherman’s Solution” Fillet Knife | Backwaters, Beaches, and Bays
A follow-up on my concern about being too flexible: for me, it is too flexible for getting the fillet off the fish and only OK for getting the fillet off the skin. It flex's so easily, its tough to keep enough pressure evenly across the fillet to keep it from riding up into the meat rather than staying flat on the skin.
The poultry knife, on the other hand, worked wonderfully for me and my style of filleting and I'm quite happy with it. I do switch knives to get the meat off the skin as the blade is too short for that task. The 6" Rapala is perfect for that.
Still using a 9" Dexter from the '70's .... holds a good edge for about 25-30 fish and great for fish under 13-14 inches or so. That's the knife I prefer but if I am cleaning really big Crappie I usually use an electric because of the ribcage.