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Comment by Rob Gregg on April 24, 2014 at 11:23

Thanks Tobias, I do like my toothpicks and fisherman knives.

That scaler blade does look like it'd do a great job of scaling a fish, but it also looks like it could saw the head off one in fine fashion too.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on April 24, 2014 at 9:04

Rob, first it is great to see another toothpick collector coming out of the closet!  It is great to know we're not all trapper-holics!   I agree 100% with your comments.  This isn't a filleting blade, it is a blade for gutting fish and small game.  It is a misnomer to call this pattern a fish/fillet knife.  If there is a problem with this knife it is that the fillet blade doesn't recess as much as the ones on older  fish knives.  You use the de-gorger to open the scaling blade. I do like the scaling blade on the knife.  I think it will work much better than some of the other scalers I've seen. 

Comment by Rob Gregg on April 24, 2014 at 8:30

As the only pattern I collect, I found this toothpick/fish knife review particularly interesting. Great job!

From a historical point of view, when these knives were first introduced, they were indeed intended to be used for scaling, gutting and beheading fish. Filleting a fish in those days was pretty much unheard of. My grandpa pretty much saw it as a sin, and a shameful waste of a good fish. LOL!

I know there's a few out there, but I haven't bought any modern day versions of these knives, I might have to take a closer look.

Thanks for posting this.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on April 23, 2014 at 10:31

Steve, I also like that the blade locks but I seriously doubt I will fillet a fish with this knife.  As much as I like the large toothpick knives I really think they are second rate when it comes to filleting fish. The blades are too rigid and lack any type of flex.  This knife style is actually better at gutting and and scaling the fish.  I suppose it would make a decent back-up bird and trout knife, especially since it has a  locking main blade.  That scaling blade would probably come in handy sawing through bone joints. (No doubt there are better tools available, that why I said a decent back-up)

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on April 23, 2014 at 9:10

Good job.