D2 Fixed blade - hard to clean up the fish

[azamie10]

I've the ontario RAT 7 (D2 steel) . Usually i bring it together with my other smaller survival knife for fresh water fishing (Deep inside in the primary jungle).

My problem is ; My knife i think is sharp enough, can easily cut the small tree branches. But It hard to clean up the fish with the RAT 7 without using batton. For me its troublesome to botton the knife. Previously, i just use a cheap 2 dollar knife or a cheap parang (machete) without any bottoning.

Any comment?

 

[J_Curd]

Clean fish with a fillet knife? The RAT-7 is pretty thick for that job.

 

[Thalestin]

its too thick...

 

[Chewy1]

Wrong tool.

 

[franchisekid]

Cleaning fish with a baton? You makin' hash?!

 

[knarfeng]

Cleaning

That was rude and uncalled for. BACK OFF!

 

[pilote]

what the heck kind of freshwater fish do you need to baton to cut?

 

[Dorito Monk]

what the heck kind of freshwater fish do you need to baton to cut?

That fish must be one tough SOB, whatever it is... One of these suckers, perhaps?

 

[texasflyfisher]

I was thinking snakehead or something with either a tough scaly exterior or large bones maybe? In that case you may need a knife that won't flex just to punch through the skin and along the spine to get you started but to fillet the fish correctly after that, you will likely need a thin blade that maybe flexes just a bit so you can fillet right up against the inside of the skin.

 

[RevDevil]

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