Fish n Fillet

I've had one in my hand after fishing for over 60 years. Needed a new one, the flex and sharpness of the blade were perfect as always! Can't go wrong with this purchase, if you know how to catch fish.

Love the knife so much after 5 years, I purchased 3 for my friends for xmas. They always commented how sharp and easy it was to fillet fish with, so I bought them one. The knife keeps a great edge, so sharp I can shave my hairs on my arm with it and has nice flexibility for skinning the fillets. I'm sure you can find a better knife out there but I personally don't see the need to spend the extra money for what this knife can do for under $20.

I have been using one Rapala fillet knife for decades (don't remember the exact year I bought it, but it's 20-30 years ago), love it so much that I recently bought 6 more of them, for my sons, my friends, and one more for myself. The flexibility and shape of the blade is perfect. After hundreds or perhaps over a thousand fish, no damage is seen. With occasional sharpening, it's as good as new. The wooden handle looks and feels nice in hand, and the new one even has an improved appearance to the blade, and uses a high-build finish (looks like epoxy) to seal the handle better. Among the recent purchases are a few of their cheaper model which came with unfinished handles. I like those just as well, because I can easily sand and finish them by myself. The cheaper version has the same quality blade.

Have not used it yet.

Used it for the first time to fillet a shark and it worked great

Very good quality. i trust this brand to hold up with lots of use. Love the handles.

great fillet knife.

I like this knife. For years I have owned and used the longer version of this knife and when I needed another filet knife I decided to try the shorter one. I have only used it a few times but it worked as good as the longer one does. However, I can see some instances where the longer knife would do better but that said the shorter also has its place. I believe having both would be best. The knife itself keeps an edge and the stone provided keeps that razor sharp with a few strokes before each use. The shorter knife is a little less flexible than the longer one which makes skinning a little more difficult but as anyone knows when fileting a fish it is sometime desirable to have a more ridged blade. Depends on the fish and what you are doing. The handle although simple has an excellent fit and grip and the knife is light reducing fatigue when I have a lot of salmon tails to dress out. The shorter blade also helps with control. I have no problem running the tip along the rib cage with precision, something that was more difficult with the longer blade. The sheath on first glance seem average but I have found it is durable and well designed. When storing these knifes in a drawer I always keep them in the sheath which protects not only the blade from nicks but also my fingers. The only issue I have is that inserting the blade into the sheath requires a deliberate effort as the plastic liner sometimes catches the blade but then handling anything as sharp as these knifes should require your full attention at all times. Sorry but I can not tell you how well they would hold up in a salt water environment. I use them in my kitchens and they get washed and dried after each use but I believe any good knife should be given this minimum of care and effort. With so many products "cheapening up" over the years it was refreshing to see the same quality and pride of workmanship to be present in this new knife as found in the knife I purchased years ago . Could you buy a better knife? Yes. Could you buy a more expensive knife? Yes. Could you get a better value than what these knifes offer? Doubtful and I tell you this with conviction as I own knifes that cost hundreds of dollars each but these are my "go-to" knifes when I reach for the block. I have fileted literally thousands of fish and tell you that for the cost you have nothing to lose buying either one or both of these knifes.

Good fishing knife for fish fillet

Purchased as a gift for my son...he like it. Was what he was looking for!