Fishing knife question

[DrunkenMistake]

Hey guys,
Im away fishing over easter but its been a while since I have had a chance to get out for a fish and to get out camping, went over my gear and I will be needing to replace all my lures and my knife, the lot has rusted to shit, the knife was never any good anyway I just made do as it replaced an old survival knife that I had razor sharp and lost overboard.
So I am in need of a new knife mainly for gutting trout, doesnt have to be super sharp for filleting as the old man has his filleting knife up there at camp with him, something small would be best any suggestions?

[Virago]

I reckon you can't go wrong with the stock-standard Mercator folder:

http://www.mrmuddandmrgold.com/shop/thumbnails/shop/12445/art45/h2493/6352493-origpic-7631ad.jpg_0_0_100_100_430_533_100.jpg

They're a good all-rounder for fish and small game. Treat it like shit and it'll still function well year after year.

[DrunkenMistake]

Any idea where I can pick one up from?

Edit: Found them!

[mossy1200]

I like my gerber prodigy.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hunting-shooting/knives/hunting-knives/auction-461733357.htm

[SMOKEU]

Go to dealextreme http://s.dealextreme.com/search/knife.html?category=862

I bought a knife from there and I'm very happy with it. Cost about 1/3 of the price of a similar knife in NZ and it's nice and solid.

[DrunkenMistake]

the one I lost was a Ka-bar and it was fantastic but Im not looking at spending much more than $50 in total

[DrunkenMistake]

Go to dealextreme http://s.dealextreme.com/search/knife.html?category=862

I bought a knife from there and I'm very happy with it. Cost about 1/3 of the price of a similar knife in NZ and it's nice and solid.

Usually I would seek offshore but as I am needing it at easter im a bit tight on Time.

[mashman]

I used to have something similar to this years ago (http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hunting-shooting/knives/hunting-knives/auction-460522705.htm), except mine was a diving version (rust proof :))... great for more than just fishing.

Edity: serrated is perfect for rope or for when the main blade becomes dull

[mossy1200]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ec8eX8Mpc

i got my wife one of these for when we go camping.Its even smaller than it looks but man that suka is sharp

[DrunkenMistake]

I used to have something similar to this years ago (http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hunting-shooting/knives/hunting-knives/auction-460522705.htm), except mine was a diving version (rust proof :))... great for more than just fishing.

Edity: serrated is perfect for rope or for when the main blade becomes dull

I have something similar for hunting,

I was thinking something along these lines,
http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hunting-shooting/knives/pocket-knives/auction-461595177.htm

Cheap and small and a good weight, its not crematic but should do the trick, thoughts?

[Virago]

the one I lost was a Ka-bar and it was fantastic but Im not looking at spending much more than $50 in total

You should get something in that price range - I think the Mercator still sells for less than that.

Check out Elio's Gunshop - it's close enough to your work.

[DrunkenMistake]

You should get something in that price range - I think the Mercator still sells for less than that.

Check out Elio's Gunshop - it's close enough to your work.

Yeah ill be going by there tomorrow,

I had a gander online and those Mercators sell for $40 - $50 so in my price range.

[mashman]

I have something similar for hunting,

I was thinking something along these lines,
http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hunting-shooting/knives/pocket-knives/auction-461595177.htm

Cheap and small and a good weight, its not crematic but should do the trick, thoughts?

I guess it's what you want out of a knife really. Although I'd consider getting something that won't sink if it's fer fushun and isn't holstered. No doubt the above would do the trick though.

[DrunkenMistake]

I guess it's what you want out of a knife really. Although I'd consider getting something that won't sink if it's fer fushun and isn't holstered. No doubt the above would do the trick though.

Haha yeah, since then I have decided to do all gutting and filleting on dry land so touch wood, I wont sink another knife!

[mashman]

Haha yeah, since then I have decided to do all gutting and filleting on dry land so touch wood, I wont sink another knife!

heh, I was working on a boat and lost 2 knives before getting a holstered one. Floating is all fine and well, but you have to go in after the bloody thing if it goes over. My fave was the one with the fluorescent handle, really pretty when it falls in the water whilst yer takin a piss and slowly heads to the bottom in the clear waters.

I guess a knife is a knife, but I always found a multi purpose big fecker strapped to my leg was the best in more situations

[DrunkenMistake]

heh, I was working on a boat and lost 2 knives before getting a holstered one. Floating is all fine and well, but you have to go in after the bloody thing if it goes over. My fave was the one with the fluorescent handle, really pretty when it falls in the water whilst yer takin a piss and slowly heads to the bottom in the clear waters.

I guess a knife is a knife, but I always found a multi purpose big fecker strapped to my leg was the best in more situations

Im not a huge fan of trawling when it comes to fresh water stuff but we do it off and on, there is a shallow part of the lake we drift and cast from, I remember when I was younger, I knocked the old mans fly rod off the side of the boat, I turned to dad to say sorry, before I got the word 'Im' out of my mouth, I was going in hands first after it,
Turns out dad really liked the rod... :facepalm:

[mashman]

Im not a huge fan of trawling when it comes to fresh water stuff but we do it off and on, there is a shallow part of the lake we drift and cast from, I remember when I was younger, I knocked the old mans fly rod off the side of the boat, I turned to dad to say sorry, before I got the word 'Im' out of my mouth, I was going in hands first after it,
Turns out dad really liked the rod... :facepalm:

:killingme, priceless... I reckon my old man probably woulda done the same... I didnlt have to go fishin much back in the UK as the oor Willy from across the road used to bring me fresh trout just about every week, feck I miss that old bastard, he was a funny old git.

[DrunkenMistake]

:killingme, priceless... I reckon my old man probably woulda done the same... I didnlt have to go fishin much back in the UK as the oor Willy from across the road used to bring me fresh trout just about every week, feck I miss that old bastard, he was a funny old git.

We named an old fireball 'Well hooked' .. I had my tension set a tad too high, hooked a nice fat brown, and if you know your trout you will know they dont fight back untill they see the boat, and then its a fight till the end, he took off just before the old man got him in the net, and the lure came free..
I was pretty disappointed at losing a well sized brown trout (my fav, everyone says they taste muddy due to them feeding on the bottom, but fuck they are nice smoked).. Anyways, when I turned to dad he had my lure hanging out of his chin, we cut it off with wire cutters in an attempt to push it through, didnt work, so we went back to camp mum poked it thinking it was a big black hair... 5 hours later it was out and he had a numb chin and 3 stitches.. god that was a laugh and a half.

[mashman]

ha ha haaaaaa, nice... ahhhh fishin stories... I've seen so many people walk off pontoons, miss the boat and end up in the drink between boat and pier, people disappearing over the side whilst leaning over to grab something from over the gunnel, none swimming fishermen flail about whilst trying to swim after making the mistake that the boat hook was the shooting pole (fuck me that was hilarious, we couldn't get him out of the water for laughing) and have ended up in the drink myself once or twice :innocent:... My Ma used to let me fish the odd night tide with some of the bigger boys from the street and I got hooked, for want of a better expression, so my my folks bought me a multi rod for beach, wall and boat with a brilliant reel for my 12th birthday (I only missed the odd day of school, as I had to go to school, part of the deal). Second or third day out fishing off a pier down at the old pump docks with a mate and I was busting for a pee, so nipped to the end of the pier, about 20 feet from my rod, but far enough away to watch the rig bobble a couple of times and then vanish over the pier. Christ knows what was on the end of it, I was gutted... so we headed back to my mates place, about an hours trip by bicycle, borrow a load of rope and a grapplin hook and went fishin for my gear. The river we were fishing was the Mersey. Suffice to say I never saw my rig again... on the plus side I learned why lanyard were used by the blokes on the prom. Sea trout is one of my faves... specially when a friendly seal pushes them in to the shore and you hook enough to feed the passengers on the boat. Ahhhhhh, praps I need to get some gear and take the girls fushun.

[Flip]

I have two steel NZ made Svord brand hunting knives. They are the sharpest knives I have ever held. Svord do a nice wee trout knife. It's probably a bit more than you want to spend but they are worth every cent. Being a carbon steel knife they are not a salt water knife. I recently field dressed out two deer got them back to the shack and cut them down to freezer size without having to even think about sharpening the Svord knife I was using.

If you asked to borrow my pocket knife I would hand you an relatively expensive stainless steel Buck folding knife. But honestly its only half the knife that the Svord is. After I cut plastic or cardboard with the buck it needs a tickle up, it capes out half a deer before it needs a tickle up.

You tend to look after an expensive knife, I lost one sliding down a gravel scree when it must have jumped out of the sheeth. Put a lanyard on it and hang it around your neck if you don't want to loose it in the field.

[willytheekid]

....I recently field dressed out two deer got them back to the shack and cut them down to freezer size without having to even think about sharpening the Svord knife I was using.
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LOL...jesus Flip...and I struggled to unwrap a frozen chicken the other night:facepalm::laugh:

you manly bugger...those Oamaru ladies better watch their heads while your around mate
http://www.nd.edu/~sheridan/Neander%20Valley/Neander%20Valley-Images/11.jpg

...And yes...Im bloody jealous!...love venison....mmmmmmm venison

Hope your keepin well mate, and the side car & dog are behaving :niceone:

[Flip]

We are doing very well.

I have rented a workshop here in town to use as my man cave. We have just brought a new house, a 1880's stone villa in the middle of town.

We are going hunting at easter (Easter bunny hunt), last year we got 1200 rabbits, 2 pigs and a deer. I will put you on the list for a quarter of a bambi.

[george formby]

I have used something similar to this (http://www.argus.co.nz/mainmenu96/cat72/Victorinox+Knives/p442/Narrow+Curved+Boning+Knife+-+Black+Handle.html) for about a decade now. Been cooking & fishing for over 30 years & this, for me is the most utilitarian shape & style. I use it for everything, strong enough to cut the gills out of hapuka & sharp enough to fillet gurnard.

Drill a hole in the end of the handle & attach one of those yellow floaty things to it on a 6" lanyard & you will never lose it.

[pritch]

Rule # 1 for an outdoor knife: it should reach all the way to the bottom of the baked bean tin...

[DrunkenMistake]

We are doing very well.

I have rented a workshop here in town to use as my man cave. We have just brought a new house, a 1880's stone villa in the middle of town.

We are going hunting at easter (Easter bunny hunt), last year we got 1200 rabbits, 2 pigs and a deer. I will put you on the list for a quarter of a bambi.


if your giving out a whole quarter of Bambi put me down!

Anyways went around a few gun and hunting shops and settled on a knife made by a company called Pacific cutlery,
Has a nice weight and is a good size, I would think its about 5" - 6" closed and 10ish" open has a belt clip and pre-drilled hole in the handle to attach a float.
Cost $30 and I think it will do just fine, Ill make a review in this thread after easter time when I use it, I cant tel you what model knife it is though as Its not marked haha.
260659260660260661

[Swoop]

Quite nice for the price!
Let us know how it holds an edge.


Looks similar to the Gerber e z out I have.
260685
It hold its edge quite well, but definately not as well as much more expensive knives.

[DrunkenMistake]

Quite nice for the price!
Let us know how it holds an edge.


Looks similar to the Gerber e z out I have.
260685
It hold its edge quite well, but definately not as well as much more expensive knives.

yeah Im thinking this will probably be similar, hopefully I catch enough fish to test it out! haha