Bubba Electric Knife question

Hi All - Question - has anyone use one of these knives yet? I use other Bubba knives to process game and large fish and they are great but I just saw this knife on their site for the first time. I have posted on this sight in the past regarding us using the Black and Decker knife from Walmart with decent success with the only knock against them is that they have plastic gears and will fail from time to time under heavy use. But they only cost around $10 so are a good value. Only reason I would consider the Bubba Electric Knife is for the slip resistant feature of the handle if the knife is built solid and the blades are top notch at a $125 a piece. I would appreciate any feed back. Thanks! Specseeker

$125 would buy quite a few of the $10 black and deckers! My dad still is still using his 30 year old black and decker and I would hate to guess how many fish it’s cleaned. They do look good, but it would be hard for me to justify buying one at that price.


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My wife bought me a rapala electric knife a few years back. I believe she paid about 40 bucks for it. I checked online and they sell for 44 bucks now. It has served me well and still going strong. I can get replacement blades at Wal-Mart.

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$10 black and deckers are all I've used for years!

I actually have the black and decker but just got the electric bubba blade! Haven’t got to test it yet due to high waters but it looks, feels and sounds like a beast! I’ve never ran an American Angler so can’t really compare to the top end.

Saw the Bubba today at academy for $99

The best setup that we used in the past was the Mister Twister Piranah blue and white knife and the Cuda Blades until they stopped selling the blades. Seems that there was some sort of patent infringement on the blade. The knives are powerful and durable as the gears are metal and not plastic. The blades could not be sharpened so when the last ones dulled out we tried the American Angler and didn’t see the value and that’s why we went back to the BD’s from Walmart. Slabseeker would appreciate to know how you like it after you get the chance to use it. Also I tried to find the specs on the Bubba knife to see if the gears are metal but couldn’t find the info. Does the paperwork in the package have a spec sheet that has the info? Thanks Specseeker

Black and Decker for me. I’ve had the current one for going on 5 years now, so even if it craps out tomorrow and a new repeats the same time frame I can be in knives for 50 years before I make up the cost of the bubba. Im sure the bubba is an awesome knife, but I just can’t justify the price.


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Black and Decker since 2010 and still going strong

My guess ya buying the NAME... that extra 50 bucks it cost is for BUBBA

I can’t tell you anything about the Bubba knife, but I did see it today at Academy for $99.00 right beside the Rapala, heavy duty, selling for $49.00. I have several other electric knives and I have never had a knife that comes even close to cleaning crappie like the Rapala, heavy duty.

Attachment 331614. I went ahead and replaced my old AA with the bubba knife. I like it compared to the old AA I’ve fillet around 75 fish total with it and have not had any issues. The academy knife for 99 comes with two sets of blades and the bass pro knife for 125 comes with four sets of blades.


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Thanks Guppy. I went over to Academy to look at the knife and saw that it only had two blades. Also I noticed that the blades had two slots to keep the blades together to help keep any flesh or scales from getting between them. When you were cleaning your fish did you have any issues at all? Thanks again.

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Thanks Guppy. I went over to Academy to look at the knife and saw that it only had two blades. Also I noticed that the blades had two slots to keep the blades together to help keep any flesh or scales from getting between them. When you were cleaning your fish did you have any issues at all? Thanks again.

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I’ve only used the skinny blade. The two skinny blades in my kit only has one guide but I didn’t have any problems.


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Still $99.00 at Academy Sports in Tupelo .

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Saw the Bubba today at academy for $99

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I don't see how they sell them so cheap. Lol

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I prefer the blue and white pirahna. Blades will dull before motor goes. Have bought replacement blades and probly still have some in a package somwhere, Used the $10-$14 knifes from wal-mart for years but the plastic would get hot and melt effecting the trigger mechanisim. When fileting limits of large white bass and catfish for a week of trotlining you best have a quality knife. Have found that the cheaper ones will let you down. I now have a Rapala, been good, the Pirahna is still my go to knife and I keep an American Angler in DC. If I am cleaning just a few fish like lmb or med size crappie and smaller cats will still use wal-mart knife just to save the better knife for when I really need them.

My old Mr. Twister is 30 bucks. New blades are 10 bucks. It keeps going better than the Energizer Bunny. I have filleted 6,498,753 fish with it so far, salt and fresh water varieties (I counted them, may have made a small error).

No hundred dollar plus knives for me. If an electric knife slices easily through a fish, has sharp (and inexpensive) blades, and lasts and lasts and lasts... the crappie don't know if they were filleted with my 30 buck knife or someone else's 150 buck knife.

Tom