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Fishblade LIME HANDLE

Name: Fishblade LIME HANDLE
Brand: Casstrom Limited
SKU: 775008
Price: 45.0 GBP
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Swivelling filleting knives are a hallmark of EKA. These swingable little wonders are some of the most useful knives you can think of!

Practical, safe, and razor-sharp, they fit just as well in the fishing backpack, the kitchen, as on the trip or in the sailboat. The design of the knife blade is optimized for all types of fishing. The belly opener with a rounded tip facilitates the work of opening and clearing the catch. The handle consists of grip-friendly PROFLEX ™ rubber. The knife blade is made of Sandvik Steel 12C27 and has superb sharpness. Comes with a practical plastic holster that handles water ingress really well by draining out the top so as not to collect inside around the knife blade. Simple but oh so clever.

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EXCELLENT KNIFE

I primarily use the brother to this knife, the EKA Swing blade. The operation is exactly the same though but the use is different as this is a filleting knife.

Excellent durable and simple construction where by you can switch between the blade and an internal gutter that cuts from under the dermis. Especially good on furred mammals as the edge does not have to cut through hair/fur which dulls knives quickly and creates a lpt of avoidable mess.

The steel is excellent, holds and edge for a reasonable amount of work and can be sharpened to a wicked edge if you know what you are doing (most don't) and have the right kit - again, usually the weakest link in the chain.

This is trickier to re-sharpen as it is a longish but flexible blade so right kit and technique. I would probably send this to a specialist over the standard swing blades.

Very grippy scales helps reduce the risk if slipping whilst you prep your meat. I sometimes use this in the kitchen too.

Only criticism would be the lanyard is fir for purpose re strength but feels a bit cheap. I would replace this if yo feel you have a need for a lanyard at all.

EXCELLENT KNIFE

I primarily use the brother to this knife, the EKA Swing blade. The operation is exactly the same though but the use is different as this is a filleting knife.

This is trickier to re-sharpen as it is a longish but flexible blade so right kit and technique. I would probably send this to a specialist over the standard swing blades.

Very grippy scales helps reduce the risk if slipping whilst you prep your meat. I sometimes use this in the kitchen too.

Only criticism would be the lanyard is fir for purpose re strength but feels a bit cheap. I would replace this if yo feel you have a need for a lanyard at all.

EXCELLENT KNIFE

I primarily use the brother to this knife, the EKA Swing blade. The operation is exactly the same though but the use is different as this is a filleting knife.

This is trickier to re-sharpen as it is a longish but flexible blade so right kit and technique. I would probably send this to a specialist over the standard swing blades.

Very grippy scales helps reduce the risk if slipping whilst you prep your meat. I sometimes use this in the kitchen too.

Only criticism would be the lanyard is fir for purpose re strength but feels a bit cheap. I would replace this if yo feel you have a need for a lanyard at all.

G3 Swingblade

I had a friend with a G3 Swingblade in a word
It was fantastic so I bought one and it’s the best knife I’ve ever owned.

Loved everything.

Brilliant quality

My favourite knife

I already owned a lars falt knife which was my favourite knife at the time. I wanted another lars falt in stainless for trips around water but since casstrom don’t make one I bought this knife. To my surprise I found that I preferred this knife to the lars falt (and every other knife I own) because:

1. The handle is extremely ergonomic. The handle locks into your fist perfectly and has a beautiful coke bottle shape that you can’t really appreciate until you see it in real life. The area just before the spine is wide so you don’t get the painful pressure against your hand I often find with narrower handles when feathersticking. The curve at the end of the handle means your 3rd and 4th fingers get lots of leverage when making power cuts.

2. The length of the blade seems perfect. I find that I have a lot of control over the tip at 10cm where slightly longer blades start to feel a little unwieldy when carving. The 4mm stock means it batons extremely well.

3. The steel is great. The grind comes with a 30 degree sharpening angle and I reprofiled it to 25 degrees. (I always make my scandis 25 degrees because I like how aggressive this angle is). I’ve found the 14c28n steel is still tough enough that I have had no edge problems at this low angle even at a zero grind. It holds an edge well and I can’t tell the difference in edge holding between this and sleipner while it’s very easy to get a razor edge.

I own several knives from Fallkniven, Lionsteel, Helle, Brisa and Mora but this knife is consistently the one I find myself picking up every time I go on a bushcraft trip.

Field Dresser

I have dozens of knives, some very expensive (£400+) and some very cheap(£12+) and they're all good at what they were designed for but I have to admit that the Field Dresser is my favourite. It is small, lightweight, easy to use and even easier to sharpen. It takes a bit of getting used to, being basically an upside down cutting edge but what a great idea! I used it for the first time last weekend on 3 Roe deer that I'd shot and it was flawless..without being too graphic, it processed all 3 deer perfectly up until a more dedicated butchering knife was needed.. 10/10 from me.

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