Fillet Knife for Meat Processing

[treillw]

I find that my fillet knife works the best for processing elk. It's a huge help in removing tendons and silverskin. I need to pick another one or two up. What would you suggest?

Update: Skip to post 52 to see which knife I went with and how I like it.

Thanks!

 

[EastMT]

I’ve been in the butchering and meat industry since I was old enough to turn the grinder on and off for dad stuffing sausages. This is the only knife I carry in the field or use in the butcher shop. I don’t know a butcher who uses a different one.




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[Jake Larsen]

Knives of alaska steelheader. Not the best steel in the world (hard!), but with routine maintenance and a good diamond stone its great. Good shape for filleting and deboning work on big game. Slightly on the stiffer side for small fish

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[Jake Larsen]

I can second this knife as well,if you're after a true deboning knife. Also easy on the budget! Softer spine than the steelheader, its going to do the finesse work better

I’ve been in the butchering and meat industry since I was old enough to turn the grinder on and off for dad stuffing sausages. This is the only knife I carry in the field or use in the butcher shop. I don’t know a butcher who uses a different one.




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[livingandlearning]

X3 on the Victorinox.

 

[steelheadmike]

I use a Wusthof Pro flexible boning knife. Dont let the name scare you, they're about $25-30. It has a really good oversize, rubberized handle that doesnt slip when Im butchering. They also make a fillet knife in the same series but I prefer the boning knife because of the deeper belly.

 

[rustneversleeps]

I love my victorinox

FYI I was looking for a sheath and this one works great:

BLADE TAMER BT-6 black 6'' Knife Sheath Holster Nylon fishing hunting chef | eBay

 

[EastMT]

I made some leather sheaths for carrying in the field.

I use the knife for breaking down the middle of the brisket and splitting the pelvis. They are tough and last years. A good victorinox sharpening steel is also a good idea, light, slow strokes. Don’t clang it around like you are a pirate parrying blades lol.


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[Roy68]

Victorinox or Mundial. I own 6 Mundial knives for processing 3 fillet and 3 boning. They are 10 years old now and see 8-10 big game animals a year add in a yearly hog and lots fish. Can’t go wrong with either

 

[mlevimadden]

victorinox for me too

 

[CorbLand]

I use one built by MORA but I cant find it online anymore. Its worked great for the 3 years I have used it.

 

[Jskaanland]

Another vote for the Victorinox, I received one with a wood handle as a gift this year and have been very very happy with it.

 

[tttoadman]

This is all I use anymore. I can clean up a whole elk or 2 with one of these and a steel to dress it up now and then. It gets a little crumby by the end, but they outperform anything I have used before.
Kershaw Fillet Knives

 

[the0thermrt]

I love my victorinox

FYI I was looking for a sheath and this one works great:

BLADE TAMER BT-6 black 6'' Knife Sheath Holster Nylon fishing hunting chef | eBay

or use mexican kydex - disposable water bottle, cut to shape, wrap around the knife and heat with a bic lighter til it's tight enough. wrap in tape

some nefarious types down south use the victorinox paring knives for social work and use the same sheath system.

 

[EastMT]

Also for removing skulls from the hide, this thing is the cats meow. Taking the cartilage out of the ear is so easy it’s not funny. About .5 oz, I pack one every hunt so I can reduce weight on the way out with the hide.


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[Adam Gibbs]

I use a rada fillet knife. They're about the same price as the victorinox. Not sure if it's any better or worse, but I hardly pick up a different knife after I have the skin off. Fillet knife of the only way to go for me.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I upgraded my knives this year from a cheaper Weston set. After processing 4 deer, I can say I still like the replaceable blades for skinning. I used a small paring knife, a cleaver and a bone saw here and there. My overwhelming favorite was the 6 inch boning knife. I kept finding that in my hand throughout the processing. I have both wushtoff and victorinox. Could not say I like one more than the other. I think the victoronix costs less.

 

[damxam]

Another vote for victorinox boning knife. I use the 8” curved for all butchering, done piles of elk with nothing else. Sharpened at a fillet blade angle. Never thought about carrying the 6” out in the field but that’s certainly on my mind now.

 

[Wirrex]

Victorinox 6” straight boning knife is my favorite. It’s awesome. I made a sheath for mine so that I have no issues throwing it in my pack.

 

[dirtclod Az.]

Dang I've already used up all my Brownie pts. for X-Mas!Looks like a nice Blade.