Best production fillet knife?

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shootist16

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Looking for a good production fillet knife. This will be used for the freshwater variety of fish. Mostly Bass, Catfish, and Bluegill.

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Howdy!

Not a fisherman myself, but check this out: http://www.fallkniven.com/a1f1/f2_en.htm

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I started using the Spyderco Catcherman last year and love it. It's a lockback and great for camping and canoe trips too. I originally bought it to carve pumpkins.
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Cold Steel makes some really good ones out of Carbon V. Buck and Shrade also have nice ones too, that are stainless. I have a Cold Steel 7" model that I will sell cheap if you want it.
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by shootist16:
Any idea when these will be available? Or price?

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Around July, look here: http://www.knifeforums.com/ubb/Forum65/HTML/000013.html

Me thinks that Fällkniven makes great knives
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Be well!/Jonas aka 2Sharp

"Who want fulfillment? -denial lasts forever"
Total Emerson knives freak!!! Usual Suspect wanna-be...

The coolest bar in the world: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Camp/8373/index.html
My knives!
 
I agree that the Cold Steel models perform very well for the price. The only drawback is that you need to thoroughly clean the edge portion of the blade that does not have the black epoxy powder coat because the Carbon V will eventually rust, especially if exposed to saltwater.

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I like the Browning 906 & 909 composite featherweights for production fillets. 440C is a good choice at the price point on these which is mid $20 to low $30. Handle is comfortable too. Moderately flexy, about right. Comes with a surprisingly nice sewn leather sheath with a teflon liner.

Smallest one is 6-1/2", kinda big for panfish, and larger is 9". Blade thickness is 0.075".

Page down about 2/3 of the way:
http://www.browning.co.uk/ownersclub/products/knives.html

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I can't see owning a carbon steel fillet knife. Just the wrong place for carbon steel's chief attributes relative to stainless.
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That Fallkniven F2 looks really nifty for a shorty fillet...would need to check the flex but looks good. VG-10 is good stuff. Rubber handle works for me (I have a Fallkniven F1 hunter, great for money), just have to clean guts out of the gnurled rubber. (uh, I think that's knurled rubber... "checked", no that's wood, gun stocks. Textured. Ahhh...whatever).

4.5mm blade thickness is 0.177" or right between 5/32" and 3/16" and that sounds a bit thick to me for a fillet knife. I'm predicting not flexy enough for a fillet knife, but at least they say it starts 4.5mm and tapers. Buy from someone who'll let you send it back.

110mm length is 4.3" blade length, so a shorty.

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Nothing wrong with Buck's stuff to be honest. 420HC beats regular 420, more carbon, heat treats to higher Rc if they want it to. Buck knows how to heat treat. Price is super cheap ($17 retail). Probably won't cry when you drop it into the drink:

http://www.buckknives.com/Pages/prod20f.html


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The Brownings seem like a pretty good pick. The Buck equivalent is about the same, maybe you could just pick on looks.

By the way, Browning does not use 440C alloy, their marketeers have been calling AUS-8 a "440C type" alloy for years. They recently started correcting things on their main website. AUS-8 gets good and sharp, but it is not as tough as 440C. Here's a link that calls it like it is:

http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/knives/featherweight_fixed_blade_knives.htm

There is a much more interesting option from Fishmonger Knives. It has an offset handle and a 440A blade (not as hard as 440C, but more rust resistant). It may be overkill for your application:

http://members.aol.com/fishknives/knives.html


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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jeff Clark:
By the way, Browning does not use 440C alloy, their marketeers have been calling AUS-8 a "440C type" alloy for years. They recently started correcting things on their main website. AUS-8 gets good and sharp, but it is not as tough as 440C. Here's a link that calls it like it is:
http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/knives/featherweight_fixed_blade_knives.htm
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Ah-HA! I've been duped again, even while being one not to fall for "Surgical Stainless" and that cr@p, indeed, I took Browning at their word that they used 440C, and lo, I shoulda known, probably Japanese fabrication in Seki City or something, and that means AUS-6/8/10 or somesuch.

Good catch Jeff.

For a cheapie production knife, you can't be picky about steels anyway. I'm so jaded that I consider anything below $30 pretty much disposable.... I won't cry if I drop it into some irretrievable place. And cheap is not a bad strategy for a fillet knife.

My "addicted to fishing" friend, who's caught more fish in most years than I have in my whole life, uses a cheapo Buck and he just carries one of those small handle-shaped sharpeners, the two small V-shaped ceramic sticks embedded in the handle, kind they have at any sporting goods store for, oh, $8 or whatever. He just gives the ol Buck a few strokes and goes to it.

Nearly every fishing guide down the Louisiana Bayou's uses an electric knife. They nearly always catch a mess of fish too, so it isn't so criminal to waste a bit of meat just flying through Redfish and Speckled Trout. Electric is another option (takes some practice to avoid really mangling up a fish w/ electric, I don't care for the electrics myself, or haven't learned how to do it right, anyway.)


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