Pacific Salt preparing sashimi

[Surfingringo]

Well, not actually slicing up the pieces, (that work is reserved for my Punta Chivato fillet) but the Pacific Salt has its job to do too. The mackerel here are really clean and make excellent sashimi. Trick is you need to bleed them out as soon as you catch them to help keep the blood out of the meet. I use the pacific salt to cut through the gills on both sides. The serrated edge works great for this work as the serrations grab the gills and you don't really have to apply any pressure. Reducing the force required to make cuts is a good thing in a kayak where space is scarce and errant cuts can be dangerous. Here's a few pics showing the process that this knife has performed many hundreds of times. Sorry you can't see the actual cut, but you get the idea.






And here is the only cleaning it ever receives. A couple of swishes in the ocean.

 

[wire edge]

That's awesome, Lance! I always crave a nice fish dinner after reading your posts!

 

[Cursum Perficio]

Nice catch. You know, I've never tried a serrated knife to bleed fish or gut and gill. I'm so used to using a PE knife with a point for this, and the blunt end serrated Salt knives are just so different to what I'm used to I've hesitated to get one for fishing. Was considering a PE Dragonfly for this reason, though it's too small to do what I want.
Mind you, I sourced a PE Pacific Salt and H1 Dragonfly for a friend and he swears by them.

Apart from bleeding them, what else do you find the serrated Salt good for? I mean in processing fish.
Thanks for the pics!

 

[Lycosa]

Is this the fishing thread??

 

[Surfingringo]

Nice catch. You know, I've never tried a serrated knife to bleed fish or gut and gill. I'm so used to using a PE knife with a point for this, and the blunt end serrated Salt knives are just so different to what I'm used to I've hesitated to get one for fishing. Was considering a PE Dragonfly for this reason, though it's too small to do what I want.
Mind you, I sourced a PE Pacific Salt and H1 Dragonfly for a friend and he swears by them.

Apart from bleeding them, what else do you find the serrated Salt good for? I mean in processing fish.
Thanks for the pics!

They will work for anything as long as you keep em sharp. (which is really simple on the sharpmaker). I have even filleted fish with the se Pacific Salt, though it is obviously not the optimal tool for that job. They DO work quite well for steaking mackerel. Honestly, the main reason I use se on the water is the edge retention of the se Salts is so much better than the pe Salts. There are some jobs they excel at and some where I would rather have a pe but as long as I keep them sharp, they do everything I need and will hold an edge very very well.

Here's a pic of some fillet work compared to a custom. Obviously not as fast or efficient as the Phil Wilson but if you are out in your boat all day or camping it can certainly get the job done.

 

[ThePeacent]

Learned everything from you, Master Surfingringo! I owe you my discovery of the Salt series. I've been EDCing my Pacific Salt ever since you posted about it. Keep it sharp, it'll do everything you need! Gardening, food prep, box cutting...impressive knife!

Just a few pics of my all-time favorite EDC, that I learned about thanks to your posts:

Wicked watermelon shredder...

Thanks!!!

 

[carbonsteelfan]

Awesome catch , man !! I use my D2 Military for slicing up Haddock back here in Europe. I'm a plain edge guy.
But l recently got my hands on a serrated Spyderco Autonomy with H1 steel. I hope to use that for my next fishing trip.