Not sure if I posted this or not before

upnorth · Nov 21, 2015

I was in the north on a camping, fishing, metal detecting vacation with the wife back in the summer. I brought my new Recon with me and figured that it should fillet pretty decently, which it did. The point of this video was having a 'run what ya brung' mentality and improvise with the knife on you at the time. I forgot all about this video as I was disgusted by the response that I got on on a bushcraft site, when I posted it. So I dumped it and forgot about it.

http://vid1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/kabarbecker/MAH00482_zps9huzthm2.mp4

Sadden · Nov 21, 2015

Hey, it works.

Is it the best tool for the job?
Clearly no.

But still it works, take your time and be sure not poke anything that will spoil the meat though.

Kels73 · Nov 21, 2015

I think you made your point and had fun doing it. With a little skill and ingenuity, you can use a Recon Tanto to fillet a fish, even though it wasn't likely designed with that use in mind.

BitingSarcasm · Nov 22, 2015

At the risk of stirring up bad memories or attracting trolls, what got the bushcrafters in a twist? You had a fish and a sharp knife and combined the two to make food. Nobody who actually lived in the Bush would have chosen to go hungry because it was "the wrong knife" for the job.

upnorth · Nov 23, 2015

Sadden said:
Hey, it works.

Is it the best tool for the job?
Clearly no.

But still it works, take your time and be sure not poke anything that will spoil the meat though.

It was a tiny Walleye, not a deer bud with a pizz bag. Even ducks I used to just pull their the guts out their arse, no biggy.

upnorth · Nov 23, 2015

Kels73 said:
I think you made your point and had fun doing it. With a little skill and ingenuity, you can use a Recon Tanto to fillet a fish, even though it wasn't likely designed with that use in mind.

Thank you. I thought that I was just making a quick simple point. The wife and I were fishing (she caught a huge Walleye), and I did this spur of the moment. Not much thought to it really.

upnorth · Nov 23, 2015

BitingSarcasm said:
At the risk of stirring up bad memories or attracting trolls, what got the bushcrafters in a twist? You had a fish and a sharp knife and combined the two to make food. Nobody who actually lived in the Bush would have chosen to go hungry because it was "the wrong knife" for the job.

My remarks in the video, which I just winged on the fly, and what I wrote about not needing some fancy shcmancy custom knife, is what got up their noses sideways I believe. I thought nothing of it myself. But apparently custom knives and their makers saw the comments as a slight. When actually they were not even thought of. I was thinking more along the lines of...jeez, I didn't bring that super dooper filleting knife that I bought, so I have to use what I have. It really showed me how some people think, and it was pretty ugly. But fortunately I have a life, and many outdoor interests. I just moved on.

BitingSarcasm · Nov 23, 2015

Wow. I can only imagine what they must have thought of an Inuit processing game with a flaked stone or sharpened antler or bone. I had a hiking buddy who got a Master Tanto in 1989, and he was really damn proud of that thing. I thought it was a little heavy for long treks, but he took it everywhere and made it work for every conceivable task that could be turned around to make it need something cut or chopped. We even mounted a search and rescue for it when it fell off his pack strap, and boy did we give him hell over the added miles to the trip. It might no always be the "best" tool, but t I love the "I can make it work" attitude instead of mourning the super dooper filleting knife. Thumbs up for upnorth.