Best fillet knives

Definitely nice knives.

If they perform half as good as they look, they are the real deal.
I'm going to look him up, check some prices.
I'm in the market for a good 4.5" & 8" fillet knife.

Thx for the info.

Damn his knives are very nice.

The wood handled Rapala has a blade that is still made in Finland - the rubber ones do not.

The wood handled Rapala has a blade that is still made in Finland - the rubber ones do not.

exactly, the rubber handles steel is crap, our local shop was practically giving them away at one time. The wood handle blade has the perfect flex, and the curve is perfect for taking out the rib bones. They also hold an edge well, at least as well as any other fillet knife I've used. I went through the period of buying a few expensive fillet knifes thinking they would be a better, but they all ended up in the box of shame and I went back to the wood handle rapala. I mean 90% of the Northern guides all still use the rapala and they fillet a heck of lot more fish then me, so that must say something.

Saying that 1 knife is best is like saying only 1 certain lure is best and so on.

You need to decide on the predominant fish species and size you intend to fillet.

I fillet over 1,000 fish per year as a base point

I agree that Normark blades are good as do I with bubba knives. I have used both plus the electic.

recently I went back to Cutco for salmon and steelhead and like that blade for those fish.

For perch I still use a 6 inch rapala electric as it does the job for me.

For large walleye 25 inces and over. I prefer the longer rapala due to the flex in blade as mentioned

So, one knife does not do it all for me, but 6 will do for sure

Again , keeping blades honed is a must.

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great point longshank..I also clean lots of fish,many different species.Used to use a different knife for almost each one...Electric for most lately, only because there is such a great variety of blades available,interchangeable with most brands.
After using many versions of fixed blades and wearing out a Mr. Twister and Rap corded elecs, my choice is my American Angler elec... 5Yrs old ...and a 9inch flex bubba.. 7 inch perch to 25 lb. salmon,anything in between.
nothing against any others out there,just my personal experience.

Cheers and tight lines to all

My 2 favourites, on left, Normark Presentation, at least 25 years old, don't think they make them anymore. Drop forged made in Germany, it cost about $75. One on the right is a Normark 7" made in Finland. Don't know what the handle is. but it's not rubber.