Fishing Knife

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Fishing Knife

Postby saltydave » Tue Aug 26, 2014 2:54 pm

Hi. Can anyone recommend a good all round fishing knife? What are the best ones out there?

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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby paul skelly » Tue Aug 26, 2014 3:53 pm

Martini are a good knife worth a look.
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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby JimC » Tue Aug 26, 2014 5:06 pm

Yes Marttiini are good but they are expensive.
The Surecatch Professional Series are good to hold an edge and are only around €15.00
http://www.henrystackleshop.com/product ... 644b494821

I would prefer the one without the serrated piece in the blade.
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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby Kran1230 » Tue Aug 26, 2014 5:12 pm

I'm looking for one too. Anyone reccomend something with a nice secure sheath with a built in good quality sharpener? I had a diving knife years ago that had all that and a sheath that locked the knife in place untill you depressed a latch with your thumb, super secure but easy to remove. Can't remember the brand unfortunately and it was a bit too big for fishing.
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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby ste c » Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:29 pm

Id get a martini if I was you iv had a few others and the would only be fit for buttering bread
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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby Eoin » Wed Sep 03, 2014 3:17 pm

martini great but not for cutting bait. for bait a short stout sharp knife is grand. always use a chopping board don't use blade side of knife to scrape off board. Southside have €2.95 knives on the counter - the job for cutting bait and line.
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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby ste c » Wed Sep 03, 2014 6:47 pm

Eoin wrote:martini great but not for cutting bait. for bait a short stout sharp knife is grand. always use a chopping board don't use blade side of knife to scrape off board. Southside have €2.95 knives on the counter - the job for cutting bait and line.



They are perfect for cutting bait once used on a chopping board and not rocks etc were the blade can get damaged, there is a green martini knife you can buy for €19 now in abc angling they are sharp an were about 50-60 a few year ago
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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby Tanglerat » Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:35 pm

I thought my Martini was bad enough.....
http://www.neemantools.com/en/products/ ... hef-fillet
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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby Eoin » Mon Sep 22, 2014 2:19 pm

ste c wrote:
Eoin wrote:martini great but not for cutting bait. for bait a short stout sharp knife is grand. always use a chopping board don't use blade side of knife to scrape off board. Southside have €2.95 knives on the counter - the job for cutting bait and line.



They are perfect for cutting bait once used on a chopping board and not rocks etc were the blade can get damaged, there is a green martini knife you can buy for €19 now in abc angling they are sharp an were about 50-60 a few year ago


Knives get abused cutting bait - a stout knife is a better option
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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby Johndory16 » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:02 pm

would not go to expensive as you end up cutting bait on rocks and plastic boards so hard to keep an edge on the knife.wooden chopping board is the best.
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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby Tanglerat » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:07 pm

It's easy really. I have a cheap bait knife that's used and abused horrendously, and a different expensive filleting knife I tend to be careful with.

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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby feathers » Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:31 pm

the expensive jarvis walker knivs are good for filleting
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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby kealan777 » Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:05 pm

Lidl have filleting knifes at the moment for €2.50 and they're brilliant, good and solid + ridiculously sharp
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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby Conger » Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:03 pm

Tanglerat wrote:It's easy really. I have a cheap bait knife that's used and abused horrendously, and a different expensive filleting knife I tend to be careful with.


The same as Tanglerat, I have a cheap bait knife but have a good victorinox filleting knife with the flexible blade, not too expensive, around 30 odd euro, the good thing with these knives is that they are easily sharpened with a decent steel.
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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby ste c » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:53 pm

kealan777 wrote:Lidl have filleting knifes at the moment for €2.50 and they're brilliant, good and solid + ridiculously sharp


just out of there an didnt see any type of knives
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Re: Fishing Knife

Postby kealan777 » Sun Oct 26, 2014 11:55 pm

They might have sold out mate they were full of em down here in dungarvan the other week
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