Phil Wilson Shelter Cove Custom Fillet knife

Ankerson

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This is a short review with a lot of photos, I didn't need to do the cardboard cutting because fillet knives aren't really used for that like the utility and hunters I have tested before, but I did do the rope cutting and that's harder on the edge than the cardboard anyway. :D

Specs:

CPM 154 at 60 HRC

7 3/4" Distal Tapered blade with medium flex.

.010" to .005" behind the edge.

Blade thickness - .093" to .011" at the tip.

CPM 154

Carbon 1.05%
Chromium 14.00%
Molybdenum 4.00%


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Did some edge retention testing on 5/8" manila rope, edge finish is off a Norton Med SIC stone, the knife performed excellent making 600 slicing cuts (draw cuts) and still sliced printer paper cleanly, a few strokes on a stop and it was back to pushing cutting phone book paper.

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Since fillet knives also make great kitchen knives I have been using it in the kitchen for general food processing, for the review I cut up a potato and a tomato. With the very thin blade and edge grind making very thin slices was easy as you can see in the photos below. Didn't have any fish to fillet, but I will be putting it to that use in the spring, until then it will be seeing use in the kitchen.

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Phil's fillet knives are legendary in the knife industry with their very thin distal tapered blades down to a very thin edge and good flexibility along with the high alloy steels that give excellent edge retention while providing ease of sharpening.

Very well balanced and extremely easy to use due to the excellent blade shape, and with that 7 3/4" blade length and large belly it's a monster slicer making very short work of anything I have used it on.
 
Another great post and test Jim. :cool:
That Phil Wilson Fillet knife appears to be a very good one. :)
-Bruce
 
Ballenxj said:
Another great post and test Jim. :cool:
That Phil Wilson Fillet knife appears to be a very good one. :)
-Bruce
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Yes, it's working very well, still getting used to it currently, how well it really performs. :)
 
Thanks Jim, nice review! I am a big fan of Mr. Wilson's knives. I think this Fillet knife in CPM154 will be a beautiful kitchen/fishing knife.

Have you found that CPM 154 takes a finer edge than 154 CM?

Thanks!
 
Gunsnknives said:
Thanks Jim, nice review! I am a big fan of Mr. Wilson's knives. I think this Fillet knife in CPM154 will be a beautiful kitchen/fishing knife.

Have you found that CPM 154 takes a finer edge than 154 CM?

Thanks!
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I think so because of the finer grain of the PM process, it gets really, really sharp and with the edge finish I am using it's very toothy. :D
 
The photos of the thin sliced potatoes and tomatoes tell me all I need to know. :thumbup: :cool: :thumbup:


I want one. :mad:




Big Mike
 
A review of a filet knife w/o cutting meat or fish is surrealistic. :)
 
Damn, now I HAVE to get a blade in CPM 154.... I was hoping to make it to the end of the year.

Ankerson, thanks for your time. Your test and reviews have benefited many of us on the forum. I am at Ft Bragg at least once a month and normally fly into Fayetteville. Now I am thinking I may just fly into Raleigh to stop in and buy you a beer as payment for all the knowledge tranfer youhave provide. Thanks
 
brownshoe said:
A review of a filet knife w/o cutting meat or fish is surrealistic. :)
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There will followup reviews as I do different things with it. ;)

RWT said:
Damn, now I HAVE to get a blade in CPM 154.... I was hoping to make it to the end of the year.

Ankerson, thanks for your time. Your test and reviews have benefited many of us on the forum. I am at Ft Bragg at least once a month and normally fly into Fayetteville. Now I am thinking I may just fly into Raleigh to stop in and buy you a beer as payment for all the knowledge tranfer youhave provide. Thanks
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Come on up. :)
 
brownshoe said:
A review of a filet knife w/o cutting meat or fish is surrealistic. :)
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Here is a video of a Shelter Cove in use.

[video=youtube;znnAmTr0Njc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnAmTr0Njc&feature=player_embedded[/video]
 
Ankerson said:
Here is a video of a Shelter Cove in use.

[video=youtube;znnAmTr0Njc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnAmTr0Njc&feature=player_embedded[/video]
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Where I come from, that's called a WHALE! :D Great review, thanks Ankerson!
 
sodak said:
Where I come from, that's called a WHALE! :D Great review, thanks Ankerson!
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Wasn't my video, it's REELEMUP's video, he has a lot of Phil's fillet knives and Phil sent me the link.
 
Another excellent knife Jim. Phil Wilson makes my favorite customs and I love seeing the different ones. In this case the Fillet knife which the need for began Phil's quest for performance.

Those transparent tomatoes are a real indication of the type of clean slicer it really is. I like it!

Joe
 
The Mastiff said:
Another excellent knife Jim. Phil Wilson makes my favorite customs and I love seeing the different ones. In this case the Fillet knife which the need for began Phil's quest for performance.

Those transparent tomatoes are a real indication of the type of clean slicer it really is. I like it!

Joe
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Thanks Joe,

I think Phil really did an awesome job, fillet knives are his thing as we know. :D

Enjoying the coarse edge on the CPM 154.
 
Nice review, like always. I'm no expert fisherman by any stretch, with being said I've come to appreciate a decent fillet knife. There is a void in the production market for them IMHO. I mean you can get one with decent steel, like a Mora or NOS Schrade Pro-Fisherman and the Rapala branded Marttiinis, but there are none sporting the wide array of "super steels" on the market.
 
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