Hi All - been reading comments in the past on folks looking for a good knife to use as many have been disappointed on some of the knives that they've been using. Us too but would like to share with you a solution that is working well for us. In the past we were using the old green Mister Twister knife and they were fine except that the gears did not hold up if you used them a lot. We switched to the Piranha Mister Twister knife because of the metal gears and we had good results using the Cuda blades that were sold until Mister Twister removed them from the stores. We tried using the new replacement blades that they brought out but they weren't worth a hoot. Frustrated like everyone else we've been looking for a different knife brand and we bought a couple of the American Angler Pro knives and they work fine, feel a little awkward in your hand and if used for any extensive amount of time can get a little warm to the touch. We do a lot of fishing throughout the winter so a warm knife in your hand is not a bad thing but again they feel a little awkward in the hand. So we tried an experiment and we took an old worn out Cuda blade and cut off the ends that insert in to the knife and clamped them on to the American Angler 8" Shark blade and we put them to a grinder and tailored them to mirror the end of the Cuda blades and they work perfectly in the Piranha knives. The AA 8" Shark Blade is the ticket as it cuts easily and doesn't get hung in the skin, cuts through bone with little effort and doesn't have any issues with scales or flesh getting between the blades screwing up the works. The Piranah knives don't heat up with extended use so we have the best of both worlds -Piranah knives for Spring, Summer & Fall cleaning and the AA Pro for keeping our hands warm in the Winter. Hope this helps some of you and we probably don't say it enough but thanks to everyone out there who shares what makes them successful because you all have certainly made us better at what we love to do. God Bless!
