Fallkniven Fishnerman

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Mr. Wilson

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Any feedback on this knife. Will be used for surf and in-shore fishing. Seems expensive, but then it's a Fallkniven.

Thanks,

Mr. Wilson
 
Hey Guys..

Mr.Wilson

It is a Very stiff thick edged fillet knife..It won't bend at all...
actually I wouldn't really even call it a fillet knife...

Good knife,, but too stiff for me...

I like a fillet knife to Flex,,however it also depends on what kind of fish you are going to be using it on..

If you are cutting bait,, it very well may be a good knife for you...
Great knife in general though..

Hope that helps...

ttyle

Eric
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I mostly use the Martitiini's marketted by Rapala for fillet knives. You can get a 4", 6" and 9" for the same price as the fallkniven. Flexible blades and work well for filleting fish. I use the 6" for trout , bass and walleye and the 4" mostly for yellow perch. I love how the leather sheath darkens with age, although one of my older ones is starting to get a bit smelly. Great little knives that do what they are supposed to do - clean fish. Handles are a bit too fat but the finger groove is nice. You can pick them up for $10-$20 a piece.

My wife also recently came home with a Wusthof 'Flexibel' fillet knife. 8 1/4 " blade. Nice handle slabs - some type of resin, thin but full tang. Feels great in the hand and has the required flex to allow cutting around, not cutting through, fish bones. I did a large rainbow trout and it worked really nice. No idea what the steel is on it but it sharpened well with crock sticks. Handle feels wonderful to hold. The markings on the blade say: Wusthof Gourmet, Solingen Germany 4618/20cm Flexibel. She received it as part of a cooking class on deboning and fish cleaning. The so called $100 value gift that came with the class - so I have no idea what its actual value is. At least they used the knife as part of the class. I still don't know why she took the class because she still makes me clean the fish every time.
 
The only problem with those inexpensive Rapala fillet knives, is that they only stay sharp for about a half a fish. :thumbdn:
 
I love fillet knives, but I don't have the Fallkniven.

I think my next fillet will actually be a custom.

Best off-the-shelf fillet knives I've found are the Dexter Russells (white knives on the right).

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Danbo said:
The only problem with those inexpensive Rapala fillet knives, is that they only stay sharp for about a half a fish. :thumbdn:
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Sorry Danbo - I must disagree. I will very typically fillet upwards of 25 yellow perch and 5 or 6 walleye without any problems. Sure the knife gets sharper when you touch it up afterwords, but by and large these thin flexible blades cut fish flesh well and stay that way. Avoid cutting off the heads and just slice the meat and you are good for a long time.
 
Thanks all for the input. It will be used mostly for utility duties (cutting bait and wings off skate and, gutting and cutting off heads - fish heads that is), not for fillet. My salt I is too light duty for those frozen bunkers.

I think I'll order one.

Thanks,

Mr. Wilson
 
Hey Guys...

Mr. Wilson

I think it will be Absolutely perfect for what you are needing it for..

Please let us know how it works out...

ttyle

Eric
O/ST
 
Yeah Mr Wilson, in that case stiffer & thicker would be better. I imagine the Fallkniven laminate would be great in the marine environment. Bechmade makes a fixed dive/river knife out of H1 (other times referred to as X15 steel) which I believe has similar rust resistance as the spyderco salt series. However the blade is only 3.25" and 0.12" thick - probably too thin and short for your use. At 0.177" thickness the fallkniven might just be the ticket!
 
"I imagine the Fallkniven laminate would be great in the marine environment."

I'll soon find out - just ordered. Will go into the surf this coming weekend.

Thanks all,

Mr. Wilson
 
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