Japanese fillet knife ?

[Kim473]

I need a good fillet knife. Where can one find a really good Japanese steel knife in Edmonton ? Not worried about price but more so the quality that a really good fillet knife should have . Holding edge, ease of sharpening and so on.

Tired of reshaping after two or three fish after cutting through bones as well as not being easy to cut through bones on a Walleye.

[sdb8440]

Knifewear, the owner is an ex chef and knows the knife makers personally

[Weedy1]

Knifewear.com

82ave and 108st

[M.C. Gusto]

https://northarmknives.com/product/kermode-9-inch-fillet-knife/?v=3e8d115eb4b3&c=e38de74562d1
This can be here in a couple of days.

I’ve got one of these. You can get whatever steel you want

https://www.coteknives.ca/custom-made-fillet-knives/

To be honest though I’m perfectly happy with Rapala. My buddy who hunts and fishes like crazy uses the Victronox medium fillet knife for fish and butchering. His dad is a butcher and uses the same knife for most everything he tells me.

[fishtank]

if you have to skin n fillet lots of fish
https://www.cabelas.ca/product/73823/skinzit-electric-fish-skinner

[grouse_hunter]

I have a Kershaw that I really like. It's a Japanese filleting knife at a reasonable cost and it meets all of the OPs' criteria.

[Dean2]

I need a good fillet knife. Where can one find a really good Japanese steel knife in Edmonton ? Not worried about price but more so the quality that a really good fillet knife should have . Holding edge, ease of sharpening and so on.

Tired of reshaping after two or three fish after cutting through bones as well as not being easy to cut through bones on a Walleye.

You realise that Japanese Filleting knives are no where near the same shape as we use? If you just want a good steel that holds an edge order a buck filleting knife with the 420HC steel hardened to 58 Rockwell. They hold an edge really well and are far cheaper than the Japanese blades.

https://www.buckknives.com/product/clearwater-fillet-knife/0023FAM01/

There is a S30V steel version available through Cabelas and made by Buck

https://www.cabelas.ca/product/12154/cabelas-alaskan-guide-fillet-knife

Harder steel holds an edge much longer but it also means you will need diamond sharpeners and they take longer to sharpen.

[Red Bullets]

Try Kent of Inglewood on Whyte Avenue. They have some Japanese blades as well as others like Helle.

[Scott N]

Another vote for Knifewear.... highly recommended.

[colroggal]

You realise that Japanese Filleting knives are no where near the same shape as we use? If you just want a good steel that holds an edge order a buck filleting knife with the 420HC steel hardened to 58 Rockwell. They hold an edge really well and are far cheaper than the Japanese blades.

https://www.buckknives.com/product/clearwater-fillet-knife/0023FAM01/

There is a S30V steel version available through Cabelas and made by Buck

https://www.cabelas.ca/product/12154/cabelas-alaskan-guide-fillet-knife

Harder steel holds an edge much longer but it also means you will need diamond sharpeners and they take longer to sharpen.

I have a couple of S30V knives and a fillet knife made of it might just never need sharpening - unless you use it to buck a few logs or something. Every so often I just slick them up with a strop and some jeweller's rouge. 5 years of hearty use in and my benchmade 162 is just as sharp as when I took it out of the box.

Colin

[sns2]

https://northarmknives.com/product/kermode-9-inch-fillet-knife/?v=3e8d115eb4b3&c=e38de74562d1
This can be here in a couple of days.


Killer knives!

[surhuntsalot]

I’m a West Coast fishing guide, and clean fish in excess of 100 days per year. Everything from salmon, Halibut, ling and rockfish. I have tried many different fillet knives, and in all honesty always have gone back to Victorinox knives. Great edge holding ability, comfortable grip, and decent price. Nothing against a $90 Bubba Blade, or a $150 Henkels Professional (tried them all), Just prefer the $40 Victorinox. Last time I was at Halford’s in Edmonton, they had a good selection of different blade lengths, shapes, and stiffness...

[lone wolf]

I’m a West Coast fishing guide, and clean fish in excess of 100 days per year. Everything from salmon, Halibut, ling and rockfish. I have tried many different fillet knives, and in all honesty always have gone back to Victorinox knives. Great edge holding ability, comfortable grip, and decent price. Nothing against a $90 Bubba Blade, or a $150 Henkels Professional (tried them all), Just prefer the $40 Victorinox. Last time I was at Halford’s in Edmonton, they had a good selection of different blade lengths, shapes, and stiffness...

x2 ...... the steel in Victorinox knives is hard to beat. Picked up a few from a professional cutter years ago and they are my go to knives. Take and hold a great edge and are very, very easy to touch up.