North Australian FISH FINDER TM forums

i was searching where to start this topic, or to start a question really. I am landbased, so I will stick it here .
Filleting knives. Any suggestions for the good, the pros and the cheapos?
I got the really old berkley , 20 years old which my mate uses as a Veges knife now, he loves it. I recently tried Berkley filleting knife off Big W, edge don't stay sharp, I don't want to waste money Jarvis walker cheap range.
Berkley ,Jarvis walker kmart,BigW stuff are no good.
Been feeling this tramontina '8 inches knife for 2 weeks, filleting a lots of fish, the edge seem to stay sharp. Bitey sharp.
So, what's your best filleting knife?

SWIBO

swibo or a victorinox, at the end of the day, you get what you pay for!

Blade Runner red teflon coated 20cm filleting knife

The Rapala Martini fillet knife in my opinion shines far above the rest,
I have tried all sorts of filleting knives Dexter russel, Fox, Victorinox, Swibo, Tramontina, Mustad etc etc and have found the rapala martini special is incredible, filleted about 30 big nannigai a couple of weeks back and this knife held its edge really well.
FOW has them for about $50 i think,

I was using a big old Dexter Russell on barra, it was a deer skinning knife but was great on barra and especially jewies if you kept the tip sharp to start cuts.

Rapala Martini is probably a much better choice though

Good to make something to hold a big fish steady, makes a difference if it is not sliding around.

Matt Flynn wrote:Good to make something to hold a big fish steady, makes a difference if it is not sliding around.

Spot on Matt - I've got a hole drilled both ends of my filleting boards (both in the backyard & on the boat) and have a few tent pegs that I've put on the grinder to give nice sharp tip.

Peg the fish to the board through the drilled hole (ie drive the peg through the fish just before the tail then down through the hole in board) - makes it MUCH easier !!

Good tip Slug, you certainly have it nailed down... .

Thanks for the replies. I wasn't into filleting my catches. I normally cut them in chunks, bone in and deep fry , steam or alfoil barb Q style. Lately, kids only want zero bones on any fish meal, ...so got to master fish filleting. With proper tools, makes it easy. Tramontina does the job nicely, but looking at swibo kit looks ok.
22 bucks tramontina is my best so far. Did a honing on Berkley knife last night, still can't cut A4 paper without turning it into a pulp.

I find it's good to be able to stand on both sides of where you want to fillet, for me anyway...I like the fishes head facing to my left dorsal spines toward me... knock one fillet off, swap sides for the other fillet

I have an 8" swibo for skinning and a 7" dexter russell for filleting. They need to be professionally sharpened now tho. ...... mates kid decided to hack some trees......

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For the fish you catch Dick, yes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LowVhCfLm68

Victorinox is the go... try this bloke. Warren. he lives in jingili and has plenty of knives to choose from at good prices too http://stores.ebay.com.au/WAZMART?_rdc=1

Try this one http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Kershaw-7-Fi ... 0735823938.