Filleting fish with a 1" folder

Surfingringo · Sep 4, 2015

Ok, this was just for fun. I enjoy carrying the little Serge Panchenko dogtag (spyderco version) around my neck and have been pretty surprised by how useful it is. I have often wondered if I could actually fillet a fish with it so I gave it a shot and took a video of my first try.
[video=youtube;KnX3JzubwgI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnX3JzubwgI[/video]

I was mostly just having fun but it was a good reminder to me that we knife afis sometimes can get a bit carried away with our "design requirements". Don't get me wrong, I don't want to have to use a 1" sheepsfoot as my dedicated fillet knife

but at the end of the day it is a sharp piece of steel and makes for an adequate tool for a lot of tasks.

Mike45ACP · Sep 4, 2015

Very cool, thanks for sharing!

Mike

Undefeatable · Sep 4, 2015

I love how your holding your camera in your mouth when there was another person standing by

. Also, nice job!

Surfingringo · Sep 4, 2015

Undefeatable said:
I love how your holding your camera in your mouth when there was another person standing by . Also, nice job!

That is Javier our guard. I have tried to have him take pics before but he is "camera challenged"...big time.

matus · Sep 4, 2015

Next time I buy a fish I am will put my 180mm Suisin INOX honyaki deba aside and take the small Sebenza for the job. After all - it has 3 times the blade size, so it should be 3 times easier

Mike45ACP · Sep 4, 2015

Now you've got me interested.....guard, guard for what? You aren't in the states?

Mike

Surfingringo said:
That is Javier our guard. I have tried to have him take pics before but he is "camera challenged"...big time.

Rey HRH · Sep 4, 2015

Very nice job. I think it's the indian and not the arrow.

HwangJino · Sep 4, 2015

Cool video, I never tried breaking down fish with such a small knife, seems fun.

Sebenzas are ok for fish, since I am able to disassemble knife first easily.

MattWRog · Sep 4, 2015

Not that filleting is like orthopedic surgery but I would gather that you're filleting experience wth perhaps thousands of fish in your lifetime helps a little to make it look so easy. Slick as snot either way Lance.

jackknife · Sep 4, 2015

Yet another example of how you really don't need more than a few inches of blade for most everything.

Surfingringo · Sep 4, 2015

jackknife said:
Yet another example of how you really don't need more than a few inches of blade for most everything.

Yeah, you can accomplish most anything with even a small piece of sharp metal but I definitely wouldn't call this one "optimal" for the job. I can tell you this, the second I turned the camera off I reached for my 7 1/2" Phil Wilson fillet and went to work. It was a fun little exercise working with the tiny blade though.