Fillet Knife.

[Masteroffajitas]

Looking for a tough fillet knife, any ideas?

 

[6.0stroker]

You COULD NOT go wrong with Schrade Uncle Henry:thumbup: (older USA) models 167UH Steelhead 12inch OAL or 168UH Walleye 10 1/4 inch OAL both are Great knives and highly usable as well as desirable among the collectors of older USA made Schrades. There are a couple other models also, 147 and 146 these I think are Old Timer marked knives I have neither of them:grumpy: so CANNOT attest to their useability BUT if they are anything like the rest of the Schrade line as I expect they are they will also be very good!





ps: they don't come cheap unless U R lucky and findem at a garage sale or other type places!

 

[VCM3]

Another fine one is a Grohmann Knives of Pictou Nova Scotia
Dexter carbon blade style are well used/liked by guys I know,as well as the white plastic handled Dexter ss ones

For a custom :

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=454847

 

[stockman242]

I really liked the KJ Eriksson

Image from ragweedforge

Peter

 

[Absintheur]

Rapala...with blades from 4 to 9 inches you can find a size for any fish...

 

[ss Dragonfly]

I second the Rapala suggestion, they are excellent blades. I even use mine in the kitchen when at our cabin. Great value and easily obtainable.

 

[texasflyfisher]

What sort of fish will you be filleting? The reason I ask is that being in Texas, if you are on the coast and are catching redfish and black drum and will be filleting it, be sure you don't get a fillet knife that is too thin. I bought a nice Kershaw fillet knife once and it was fine for largemouth bass and white bass but it got all bent at the tip trying to break through bones on a big drum. I borrow my cousin's fillet knives when at the coast since his are are a bit thicker. I believe his are Rapala knives.

 

[Guyon]

Have a look at the Dexter Russell line.

 

[mnblade]

Have a look at the Dexter Russell line.

My Grandad used long, thin Dexter boning knives for almost everything in the kitchen (a rarity for an old timer, perhaps, but he did a lot of the cooking in the house) and, when I was a kid and we'd come off the lake with a mess of fish, he'd bring one down to the dock and do the filleting with it. He's gone, but I have one of his old Dexters in my kitchen to this day and it cuts like a laser. It's about as plain a knife as you'd ever want to see and is patinaed a rich, dark gray. My wife says it's butt ugly but it's her go-to knife for serious kitchen cutting jobs. The best my dad can recollect, it was purchased in the late 40s or early 50s.

 

[brians]

Buddy of mine swears by the Cutco Fisherman's Solution and he fishes alot: "With the extendable stainless steel blade; pivoting sheath that doubles as a gripper; built-in, notched line cutter and sharpening stone, this knife is the solution to your fishing needs."

http://www.cutco.com/products/product.jsp?itemGroup=5721

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Opinel makes a nice folding fillet knife in stainless. I have one in my office drawer...

-- Sam

 

[Ebbtide]

IJ small fillet
Dozier fillet
Schrade Steelhead
Murphy Fillet (with Ebbified handle)
They all good

Skinny, fleixible blades skin the cut fillets better than stiff blades.
For me at least.
You can use any knife to fillet the meat off the fish.
A fillet knife makes it easier and quicker.

A bunch of fishing knives

 

[david thurmer]

Spyderco makes a nice folder Fillet, if you can find one ,

 

[LuciousClay]

Texas Toothpicks make me feel right at home!
I have several made by Case, one of my favorite patterns. I have never filleted a fish with them but they would work great for smaller fish.