cutting fingers

[scott_b]

Gday Ian
Gee she a lucky girl to have you
wamjam

[Great_White]

Sharper the better and as a lot have said the shave test is the best way to check

Peter

[wayne_cook]

I was a slaughterman in a meatworks for over 10 years and as a result of the eperience, I think i can get a knife fairly sharp. (some would disagree though)

However, I only use my really sharp knives for when I am cleaning the catch. If I need a knife lying around for just cutting line, etc, I make sure it is blunt.

If it is going to be used for bait on the baitboard, I use only a moderate blade that cuts flesh, but will not cause a bad injury if somebody accidently hit it with thier hand, . Do not want to be rocking around with a razor sharp knife in your hand 40 km offshore.
If people are a bit messier with filleting a fish for bait, it does not matter.

I find that many people have no respect for sharp knives and the injuries they can cause. (I have seen some good ones, and got a few myself)

To make a long story short, I think a knife only needs to be sharp enough to do its intended job safely.

my thoughts

troy

gotta agree horses for courses i carry 2 knives one for the line cutting gutting etc one for filleting

[moondancer]

I keep 2 filleting knives as sharp aw I can get them on a fine stone. One comes out in the boat, and is ONLY used for filleting take-home fish, another is kept at home .

[Mr__Bean]

I too am going to differ from most on this topic.

I carry a few knifes on the bait board.

A sharp filleting knife that stays in a plastic sheath, but is used to cut bait fillets.

Others are K-Mart quality stainless serrated knifes that are used to cut across bait or to "cut and gut" the catch as it comes in.

My sharpest knives are only used on fish flesh, others are used to cut through the bone or fins etc.

- Darren

P.S. And they don't go near the kitchen, jeepers how many times have I said don't cut down onto a plate!!!!!!

[Steve_Monckton]

There must be a few people who have done time in a meatworks. Probably cause the money used to be good once!! I too used to work at the Inverell meatworks many years ago and I can sharpen a knife to a fairly fine point. I keep two knives in my backpack, One is a $6 special from crazy clarks(which has proven to be a better quality knife than some of the expensive models bought elsewhere), This is a fillet knife with some mean serrations back near the handle which I use for getting the fillets off and cutting bone while the other is purely for taking the skin off and tidying up the fillet. The sharper the knife the less effort I have to put into cutting and get a better quality fillet, BUT Two weeks ago I was in a hurry and pushed the knife through a fish to get the fillet off and not paying enough attention and felt a twinge in my hand that was holding the fish, managed to skewer the fish to my hand and put the knife right through the base of my finger and out the other side. The high point was that the knife was so sharp that it didn't hurt (that much anyway). cheers, steve.

[The_Walrus]

Super sharp is the only way to go.

I also lost 2 knife to the kitchen after my wife finally used one to cut some meat.

Before that it was alway "your fishing knives are dangerous cause they're too sharp"

Sharpening knives is good therapy during wet weather.

Luc

[ele-phrez]

as sharp as possible. get the job done quick

[wessel]

Look at what you are doing, all the time and every time
Never cut towards yourself
Never push a knife into something with your hand on the opposite end
A thumb never rests straight on whatever you are cutting, you angle the nail in so that only the first joint protrude.
A knife is never sharp enough
Nothing hurts like when you cut yourself when your fingers are cold
A sharp knife is always highjacked by the better half and it will disappear into the kitchen.
The knife will re appear when it has lost its edge
Children should not play with a knife (Always check what is going on when little Johnie walks out of the house with a steak knife and an apple in the one hand and his kid brother in the other hand. Especially after the kids watched a circus act or the story of William Tell.)


But then again, I am probably trying to teach others how to suck eggs.

Wess

[tunaman]

Wessel. . I know what you mean, with the cold weather cut on the
fingers like, It hurts like a bastard. But I still think too sharp is just to dangerous. I surpose if I cut off one finger, I,ll still have seven other
good one,s to pick my nose.
But I dont have a lot of good luck with knifes, so each to their own
I say. all the best.


signed tunaman

[Pilchard]

The sharper the deeper (brushing against a sharp blade is more dangerous than a blunt one) which means blunt or sharp you have to be equally carefull. Blunt knives are wastefull of time, energy, security, & material.

[Lucky_Phill]

Tunaman,

[warnyel=username,1]Some of your posts are just taking up space and one inparticular, has been removed for being offensive. Think about topics before posting them up.[/warnyel]

Phill