I keep a nice sharp hatchet and a serrated dive knife around for that. The
dive knife is handy to strap to your leg while going through locks.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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LaBomba182 wrote:

Subject: The *best* knife for cutting fish into bait...
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NOYB, I have a Kershaw fillet knife that is VERY flexible, (the reason
I bought it), but like you, it just doesn't hold that razor edge like
I thought it should, seeing how it's not a cheap knife. I took it to
my local knife dealer, had it re-ground, and it didn't help. Still
will not hold the honed edge well.

Cheap, as in higher carbon stainless steel knifes, often hold a better
edge
than ones made of high grade stainless.

Capt. Bill


The secret to keeping an edge on a knife: clean the knife with soap and
water after you use it, dry it, and then touch up the edge with a good
ceramic or steel sharpener.

Even if you don't fish, you should keep a good, sharp knife on board.
There will come a time when you have to cut a line in a hurry, and if
you have that good knife around, you'll be able to do it.



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Dexter Russell is the choice of all the folks around here in the industry,
and I have to agree. Their fillet knife is so sharp it'll cut you if you
look at it wrong... be careful!

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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...I have ever used:

http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=202950

This is an offset "bread knife" by Henckels, but there are other
manufacturers who put out a similar knife. The offset handle makes a big
difference when you are trying to slice off nice sized "steak" chunks of
bait from a bait fish, and the blade is very, very sharp and serrated.

Sometimes you can find these knives for about $20 new on eBay.

Oh...makes a great tool for steaking out kingfish mackeral. Much better
for that purpose than even a good fillet knife.

Best fillet knife: a Henckels Four Star boning knife, between 5-1-2 and
7-1/2 inches long. Sharp as a razor, flexible and easy to maintain.


Yeah, sometimes I fish to catch fish.



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Keith wrote:

Dexter Russell is the choice of all the folks around here in the industry,
and I have to agree. Their fillet knife is so sharp it'll cut you if you
look at it wrong... be careful!

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
...I have ever used:

http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=202950

This is an offset "bread knife" by Henckels, but there are other
manufacturers who put out a similar knife. The offset handle makes a big
difference when you are trying to slice off nice sized "steak" chunks of
bait from a bait fish, and the blade is very, very sharp and serrated.

Sometimes you can find these knives for about $20 new on eBay.

Oh...makes a great tool for steaking out kingfish mackeral. Much better
for that purpose than even a good fillet knife.

Best fillet knife: a Henckels Four Star boning knife, between 5-1-2 and
7-1/2 inches long. Sharp as a razor, flexible and easy to maintain.


Yeah, sometimes I fish to catch fish.



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Dexter-Russell is the big time supplier of knives to the commercial
fishing industry. Typically, they have the white poly handles. The
commercial knives are very good.

I just got a Cutco filet knife for Christmas. It seems very sharp. If
Cutco's other knives are an indication how this one will hold up, then I
have high expectations for it.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Keith wrote:

Dexter Russell is the choice of all the folks around here in the
industry,
and I have to agree. Their fillet knife is so sharp it'll cut you if you
look at it wrong... be careful!

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
...I have ever used:

http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=202950

This is an offset "bread knife" by Henckels, but there are other
manufacturers who put out a similar knife. The offset handle makes a
big
difference when you are trying to slice off nice sized "steak" chunks
of
bait from a bait fish, and the blade is very, very sharp and serrated.

Sometimes you can find these knives for about $20 new on eBay.

Oh...makes a great tool for steaking out kingfish mackeral. Much better
for that purpose than even a good fillet knife.

Best fillet knife: a Henckels Four Star boning knife, between 5-1-2 and
7-1/2 inches long. Sharp as a razor, flexible and easy to maintain.


Yeah, sometimes I fish to catch fish.



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Dexter-Russell is the big time supplier of knives to the commercial
fishing industry. Typically, they have the white poly handles. The
commercial knives are very good.