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A Short Guide To Collecting Stag Hunting Knives

2006-11-18T13:49-05:00

by Gregg Hall

The stag hunting knives are very different from other sorts of knives. The special part of the stag hunting knife is the handle, which is made from the white tail, mule deer and sometimes even elk antler. The quality of the knife insofar as its designs, durability, craftsmanship, materials and sturdiness is really unquestionable. The stag hunting knives have lured not only the hunters, but also the avid collectors of cutlery. This is due to the fact that the stag hunting knives are smart enough to portray the varied symbolic theme on part of the stag's character. It may symbolize the positive character of reluctant nature to attack enemies violently, while it may also display the nature of standing his ground without harming it in an unfair way.

Renowned Companies and Their Stag Hunting Knives

Stag hunting knives are come in more than one style. Below, you will find a given description of some of the many knives that are available.

Stagsilver's Big Game Gutter is skillfully crafted by Stagsilver. This knife is made from the 440C high carbon steel, which makes the equipment exceptionally hardy and durable. Including the 4" blade's length, the overall length measures about 9.4", including the leather sheath. The cost is $108.00.

Boker USA's Arbolito Genuine Stag Hunting Knife does not compromise with quality. Boker has created great assortments of knives, of which the Stag hunting knife is one such wondrous creation. With the exact length of 3.625", the knife is crafted from the high grade stainless steel of specification 440A. The brown handle made of the Stag horn, is the most attractive part of the equipment, which comes in a beautiful leather sheath with a total length 7.5". The knife costs $49.99.

Stagsilver's Deer Skinner, is another superb creation by Stagsilver that is made from the high quality 440C stain resistant steel with heat treatment to enhance the strength. With the 4.5" blade's length, the overall length measures about 9.0" including the leather sheath. These sell for around $89.00.

Stagsilver's Cascade Hunter is another famous stag hunting knife made by Stagsilver, using the same material as the Stagsilver's Deer Skinner. The blade is 4" and the overall length is 9" including the leather sheath. The knife goes for $96.00.

With a nice synchronization of the traditional designs of the past and modern technology, Knightedge has come up with the carefully crafted stag hunting knives to give awesome durability and functionality. Crafted either from the horns of shed North American deer or elk antlers, after proper inspections, the handles of these knives have attracted millions knife enthusiasts worldwide for many years. The bowed design of the blade has a special significance, as it ensures a smooth flow while cutting, without any extra pressure exerted on the wrist. The length of the blade is 5" and comes in durable cowhide sheath. The total price is $179.

Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Beach Florida. Find more about this as well as a Bowie knife at http://www.only-knives.com

Why Gerber Hunting Knives Continue To Be A Market Leader

2006-11-18T13:46-05:00

by Gregg Hall

For the serious knife collectors all over the world, there are so many knives in different sizes and descriptions, it's a wonder how they keep track of them all. Many collectors like to have different varieties in their collections, while others may focus on a more specific name brand.

The Gerber Legendary Blades is a famous name in the knife industry. Since its birth in the year 1939 the Gerber Legendary Blades have been engaged in producing the quality range of skillfully crafted cutlery knives and other multipurpose equipments. Gerber hunting knives are one of the awesome products of this line. They are skillfully designed with the utmost design innovation and are for specific purposes by the hunting fanatics. The founder, Joseph Gerber, had started out with the idea of making twenty five wonderful kitchen cutlery sets to be given to his clients as a Christmas gift in the year 1910. The knives, made by a hired knife-maker, turned to be highly popular. Out of the blue Gerber decided to quit his advertising agency and paid his full time attention to developing the Gerber Legendary Blades.

Even after six decades Gerber Legendary Blades is still at its zenith as far as the name and fame are concerned. Even today, with a wide array of innovative creations, the company is thriving well in the midst of the rampant competition of the modern day knife market.

Some Great Gerber Hunting Knives

Among the wide assortment of Gerber hunting knives, the best ones are as follows:

Freeman Hunter: This is one of the most well known designs of hunting knives in the hunters' community. The polished pear wooden handle enhances the aesthetic quality of the equipment. This hunting knife had been designed to facilitate the hunters to skin smaller and larger games quite easily. Crafted from the premium grade stainless steel, this legendary creation of Gerber Legendary Blades has proven to be the best for real hunters and has won the BEST OF THE BEST award. The most significant features of this knife are its true finger guard with the finger grooves. The thumb serration helps to exert added pressure while cutting. It comes in a ballistic nylon sheath with the full length of 8.35".

The Firestorm: Made from the surgical stainless tanto type blade, this 3.25" knife is heavy-duty equipment. The steel handle with polycarbonate scales not only ensures strong grip but also enhances the beauty. With a steel jacket this has a total length of 8.25", costing $64.99.

Harsey Fixed Blade Hunter with Tactical Sheath: This is a classic kind of knife with stainless-steel drop point blade and rubber handle. With the 5 ? inches, 400-series full tang stainless blade and sharp edge, this smart equipment becomes valuable to any situation. It comes in a tactical jacket, total length 10.5".

Magnum Camo Jr.: This is an expanded version of Gerber knives LST series. With the 420HC steel, this 2 ? fine edge blade has amazingly durable edge and sharpness. The fiberglass-reinforced thermoplastic unbreakable handle with Mossy Oak Brand camouflage finish is the eye catching part of the knife. It has a total length 6.19".

Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Beach Florida. Find more about this as well as a Gerber knife at http://www.only-knives.com

Some Of The Reasons For The Continued Popularity Of The Case Pocket Knife

2006-11-18T13:41-05:00

by Gregg Hall

I have been a knife enthusiast from the very beginning and naturally I've gotten enough experience with them to enable me to value different types of knives. As a matter of fact, a wonderful knife that has been skillfully crafted from high quality steel is so awesome that anyone would appreciate it. Knives are undoubtedly one of the most significant tools for mankind and shall always remain so even after thousands of years. Since sharp implements with a stainless steel blade are one of the most essential items in every kitchen, knives have found a very significant role to play, even with novice cooks. However, not all knives are made for all purposes. Different kind of knives, with different shapes and designs are crafted to be used in different ways.

What are Case Pocket Knives?

The Case pocket knives are different types of knives made for different purposes. Case refers to a specific brand of knife that has been in existence for a very long period of time and is mainly renowned for knives such as the Old Timer. If you are searching for an appropriate pocket knife with long term durability and that is able to be used time and again, Case pocket knives may prove to be the best option. However, with the infiltration of several well-known brands and manufacturers today, Case has lost much of its traditional glory and is not at the top of the show at the moment. Still, Case knives have not been discarded by serious collectors.

The knife industry has changed in fashion to a great extent. With the advent of so many knife makers in the industry, the competition has increased and almost all of the manufacturers of knives have come up with good quality merchandise. The modern kinds of knives are very different from the classic traditional ones. Understanding these basic distinctions, great brand names like Strider have seriously engaged in making knives out of premium quality steel like S30V. This is the best grade of steel for making quality knives. This is really great news for knife collectors who are always eager to try or check out their blades.

If you are among those avid and crazy knife collectors who are searching for the Case pocket knife or any other similar item, then you need not look far. The details are just a click away. The Internet, I feel, is the best option for an effective and quick search. There are quite a few websites that can provide a great deal of information on the range of quality knives.

You can also go to knife shows where many people sell all different types of knives. Chances are you will find what you are looking for at one of them.

Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Beach Florida. Find more about this as well as a case pocket knife at http://www.only-knives.com

Why Buck Hunting Knives Continue To Be As Popular As Ever

2006-11-18T13:38-05:00

by Gregg Hall

There are collectors for just about every item that you can think of. Some people collect dolls, while others collect stamps and angel figurines. One of the most popular items to collect is knives. There are various types of knives on the market that appeal to the different interests of knife collectors. One type that is always in demand is the Buck Knife.

Buck knives, created by the famous manufacturers of knives since the first phase of the 20th century, are well known to all the serious knife enthusiasts of the world. Since the year 1902, they have engaged in manufacturing various types of knives ranging from small pocket knives, to contemporary folding blades, to heavy duty multipurpose knives. They have come up with a quality range of great utility knives needed for sports and, recreational purposes such as hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, and for any other non-recreational works.

With such a wide array of various kinds of knives, buck hunting knives have engulfed a great section of the knife market, providing only the quality products that are sturdy enough to be banked upon. They tend to take utmost care in quality control and their knives are crafted from the high quality stainless steel of special grade. By the use of the Edge2X technology they produce sharper blades with prolonged durability. These blades are then treated with heat in order to enhance the durability even more. This is the reason behind the fact that the buck hunting knives are the best brand in the industry today.

There is a wide assortment of buck hunting knives found in the market today. Some of the wondrous items are as follows:

The Alpha Hunter Folder Rosewood is wondrously designed. The artistic rosewood handle infused by resin, is just one of the knife's components that make is so attractive to own. The blade is another feature that tempts collectors. 3.5 inches long, it is crafted from ATS34 stainless steel. This comes in a sophisticated brown leather jacket that is 5 inches long.

The Alpha Hunter Folder, Guthook, Rosewood is almost the same as the Alpha Hunter Folder with the rosewood handle. But a guthook is added to the knife as a special feature.

The Alpha Hunter 420 Drop Point with Black Handle is crafted from 420HC stainless steel. The tang is full length and the rubber handle is designed to allow the tang to show. The length is 8.5 inches including the Cordura sheath.

The Diamondback is another knife that has demonstrated high quality design. The strong blade combined with the cool handle is why this knife is often soft after. Made of the krayton tactile rubber, this handle looks like the diamond back snake skin. The full length, including the sturdy black nylon sheath, is 9.5 inches and the set costs $27.00.

Most serious collectors will tell you about the high quality level of these knives. There is a reason that Buck knives have been popular for so many years and that reason is there highly maintained standard of excellence. If you want to be the envy of all your knife collecting friends, show off your Buck collection.

Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Beach Florida. Find more about this as well as a buck knife at http://www.only-knives.com

A Look At Some Of The Qualities Found In The Best Knives

2006-11-18T13:34-05:00

by Gregg Hall

For a person like me who is from the rustic section of the world, keeping an old time small knife in the pocket is not a fashion but proves to be one of the most essential things to have when going out. It is just not possible to tell when the cute little thing may come to have a great use for you. You may face a situation when you may need to cut things or peel or may need to sharpen a pencil suddenly and unexpectedly. Who can tell? The trend of keeping a blade clipped in the pocket is not new and has been in existence for many decades. Even during the age of my grandfather, people also used to keep the Old-Timer knife in their pockets, treating it as a part of life.

To be very candid, I am a knife enthusiast and for this I give the total responsibility to my father who had encouraged me a lot in collecting the cutleries. My two brothers have an equal attraction to good knives just like me. We all appreciate good knives, especially the wondrously looking old-fashioned pocketknives. The prevailing fashion has changed a lot with a wide assortment of 440C steel knives with varied designs. From ATS 34 and 154 CM we skipped off to VG 10 and D2 and at last we have come to an era of steel. The existing types of knives are usually made from S30 V. The S30 V specification of steel is the best to make knives. Had there been such materials in the past, things would have doubtlessly been different. Although, the market has come up with a mind blowing assortment of the knives, I personally prefer the heavy duty utility knives that are committed unswervingly to do any kind of job.

How to Find a Good Knife

If you are among those men who are really searching for an old time knife to be kept in the pocket wherever you go, then you may be glad to know that it is quite easy to get such a thing now a days. As a matter of fact, you do not have to search for such a pocketknife very far. You can just search for it on the web.

One of the most significant things that should be kept in mind is that the online markets are offering an awesome collection of knives with modern designs and more attractive looks. The contemporary folding blades of the modern age are so eye pleasing, efficient and sturdy that it can attract just about any person. From the small trendy pocket sets to large knives, you can go online to have a huge set of options to choose from.

Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Beach Florida. Find more about this as well as a pocket knife at http://www.only-knives.com

A Look At A Variety Of Pocket Knives

2006-08-02T11:24-04:00

by Gregg Hall

A pocket knife is a folding knife with a blade that fits inside the handle and that is small enough to fit in a pocket, with blades no larger than 3 to 5 in. in length. These knives are very versatile tools, and can be used for anything from opening an envelope, to cutting rope, to slicing fruit.

Pocket knives can cost anywhere from $1 at convenience stores, to thousands of dollars for custom, hand-crafted pieces. Well-made knives start at around $20.

Most light duty pocket knives are slip joints, which means the blade does not lock, but once it's opened it locks in place by a spring device that allows the blade to fold with a certain amount of pressure applied.

These knives often have more than one blade, (serrated, plain edged, saws) as well as a other tools such as bottle openers, corkscrews and scissors. A large tool selection is the signature of the Swiss Army Knife. These knives are issued to the army and sold to the public.

The German Army knife is large but light, with two blades opening from each side. It has hard plastic grips and aluminum liners. The United States Army knife used to have blades susceptible to rust and brass liners but now all Stainless Steel and very heavy and rugged. It has four blades opening from the same side. The handle, has rough edges, but can be rounded.

There are many traditional types of folding knives:
A pen knife: a small, thin knife with one or two pen blades, that does not interfere with the appearance of dress clothes, when carried in a pocket.

The Leatherman: similar combination of tools compete with multi-bladed knives, but most of these are too large for carrying in a pocket. The "main blade" is typically a pair of pliers and there is typically one non-locking knife blade.

Locking Knife: medium-sized lock back knife with deer-antler grips, nickel-silver bolsters and brass liners

Locking Pocket Knives became popular in the 1900's. Companies like Buck, Benchmade, Camillus, Gerber, Kershaw Letherman and Spyderco, to name a few, have created a wide range of products with locks of all types. This most popular form is similar to a slip joint, except that instead of the user releasing the blade with pressure, the user has to press on a lever on the back of the knife handle to release the blade, adding a level of safety. There are other types of locks; some of the more popular ones are the liner lock, the frame lock, and the Axis lock.

Even the Swiss Army knife has adopted the locks on some knives. Leatherman tools are now available with locking blades. Most locking knives have only one blade, as large as can be fit in the handle. An electrician's knife typically has a locking screwdriver blade but a non-locking knife blade.

Nearly all pocket knives are legal to own, but they increasingly face legal restrictions on their use. While pocket knives are almost always used as tools, they do have the potential to become weapons. In many places it is illegal to conceal knives larger than a certain size, or with certain locking or opening mechanisms.

They are often banned or heavily restricted in secure areas, such as schools and airports. Switchblades and other "auto-openers" are banned from interstate shipment by the U.S. Government and prohibited entirely in many places, including 37 US states. Nevertheless, they retain a significant following, associated with those who enjoy camping, hunting, fishing, and so on.

Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Florida. Find more about pocket knives and hunting knives at http://www.only-knives.com

Is The Swiss Army Knife The Most Versatile Knife Ever Made

2006-08-02T11:22-04:00

by Gregg Hall

The Swiss Army Knife is a hand tool with a multitude of functions. This knife sports an array of various tools as well as a blade. They are known for having screwdrivers, can openers, scissors and more each stored away inside their own compartment within the handle of the knife. They are exposed through a pivot point action. The handle is usually red in color with a white cross (the emblem of Switzerland). The model used by the actual Swiss Army has an aluminum-plated handle.

This knife is synonymous with the pocketknife. It is often descriptive with a sort of tool, such as a software tool, that is a family of special-purpose tools.

There are various types and styles of Swiss Army knives each with its own tool combination for a specific task/s. The Swiss Army's knife has a corrugated metal surface with a red emblem and adorns a blade, a reamer, a bottle-opener/screwdriver/wire stripper, and a can-opener/screwdriver.

The simplest model sold includes a single blade. The most popular models typically include a combination of the tools included in the official army model, a second blade, tweezers, toothpick, corkscrew, Phillips screwdriver, nail file and scissors. Others include a saw, hook, magnifying glass, and ballpoint pen, fish scaler that doubles as a ruler, pliers/wire cutters and a key chain. The more recent features include USB flash storage, digital clock, digital altimeter, LED light, laser pointer and MP3 player. Whew!
A brass spacer on the official Army model allows the knife with the screwdriver and the reamer to be extended at the same time, to be used to assemble the Swiss Army assault rifles (the SIG 550 and the SIG 510).

A standard full-size SAK is approximately 3.5in long and .75in wide; smaller models are typically about 2.25in long and .5in wide. Thickness varies depending on the number of tools included. A flat version with somewhat fewer tools (but still retaining a knife) the size and shape of a credit card known as a Swiss Card, can be stored in a typical wallet. Although red SAKs are most common, black, blue, white, phosphorescent yellow, camouflage patterns, and other colors are available. The plastic cladding is usually opaque but may be transparent; metal- and wood-clad models are available.
Founded in 1884, since 1891 the company has delivered knives to the Swiss Army. The famous emblem, a cross in a shield, has been used by Victorinox since 1909. That year, the mother of founder Karl Elsener died the name of the company changed to "Victoria" in her honor. In 1921, with the introduction of "inox" (the French term for Stainless Steel) into their products, the brand and name of the company became the present Victorinox.

In 2005 Victorinox acquired Wenger, the other official supplier of the Swiss Army knife. Victorinox intends to keep both brands intact.
Swiss Army knives are widely used outside the army. They are useful multifunctional instruments for everyday life and are available in a wide variety of sizes and functional combinations. Even NASA Astronauts have a Victorinox knife as standard equipment. Victorinox knives have also been taken to Mt. Everest and the Arctic. The flagship model of Victorinox, the Swiss Champ, is in the New York Museum of Modern Art's Permanent Design Collection.

Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Florida. Find more about pocket knives and Swiss Army Knife at http://www.only-knives.com

The History Of The Bowie Knife

2006-03-13T09:08-05:00

The Bowie knife could be the most famous knife on earth; it is definitely rooted in history with many legends and stories attached to it. The knife gets its name from Colonel James “Jim” Bowie the 19^th century pioneer and soldier who was a prominent force in the Texas Revolution and was killed at the Battle of the Alamo. The knife became known as a Bowie knife because he always had his with him and there were many stories in which he used the knife to defend himself.

One such fight was the “Sandbar Fight”, a famous fight that pitted Bowie against several other men including Major Norris Wright from Alexandria, Louisiana. The fight occurred in 1827 on a sandbar in the Mississippi River across from Natchez, Mississippi. Bowie was stabbed, shot, and beaten half to death and still one the fight. It was claimed by Bowie’s brother, Rezin that the knife used in this fight was made by a blacksmith by the name of Snowden, not Jesse Cleft who is generally given credit with making the original Bowie Knife after Rezin’s design from an old file.

Bowie returned, with his knife, to Texas and was involved in a knife fight with three men who had been hired to kill him. Bowie killed the three would be assassins with his new knife and the fame of the knife was established. Legend says that one man was almost decapitated, the second was disemboweled, and the third had his skull split open. Bowie died at the Battle of the Alamo five years later and both he and his knife became immensely famous. The fate of the original Bowie knife is unknown; however, a knife bearing the engraving "Bowie No. 1" has been acquired by the Historic Arkansas Museum from a Texas collector and has been attributed to Black through scientific analysis.

Possible the most famous of the Bowie Knives was the one designed by Bowie himself and given to an Arkansas blacksmith named James Black as a carved wood prototype. Black made the actual knife to Bowie’s specification and also created another with a sharpened edge on the curved top edge of the blade. Bowie was given his choice of the two and he chose the one that Black had modified. This type of knife is known as the Sheffield Bowie today, so named for the cutlery factories in Sheffield, England who due to the knife’s popularity began mass producing it and exporting it to the U.S. by 1850. These knives usually had a handle made from hardwood, stag horn, or bone and occasionally came with a guard.

The blacksmith James Black soon did a booming business making and selling these knives out of his shop in Washington, Arkansas. Black continued to refine his technique and improve the quality of the knife as he went. In 1839, Black was nearly blinded by an attacker and was no longer able to continue in his trade.

Black's knives were known to be exceedingly tough, yet flexible, and his technique has not been duplicated. Black kept his technique secret and did all of his work behind a leather curtain. Many claim that Black rediscovered the secret to producing true Damascus steel.

In 1870 at the age of 70, Black attempted to pass on his secret to the son of the family that had cared for him in his old age, Daniel Webster Jones. But Black had been retired for many years and found that he himself had forgotten the secret. The only thing Black could remember was that ten separate steps were involved. Jones would later become Governor of Arkansas.

Gregg Hall is a business consultant and author for many online and offline businesses and lives in Navarre Florida with his 16 year old son. For a great selection of knives go to http://www.only-knives.com

A Closer Look At The Bowie Knife

2006-03-09T08:31-05:00

The term Bowie Knife which is commonly used today refers to any large sheath knife but it also applies directly to the specific original design by Colonel James "Jim" Bowie and originally created by James Black.

The historical Bowie knife was not a single design, but was actually a series of knives improved several times by Jim Bowie over the years.

The model most commonly known as the historical Bowie knife was somewhat large and of massive construction, as knives go, having usually a blade at least six inches long and 12 inches was not uncommon, with a relatively broad blade that was an inch and a half to two inches wide and made of steel usually between 3/16" and 1/4" thick. The back of the blade often had a strip of soft metal (normally brass or copper) inlaid intended to catch an opponent's blade, a concept borrowed from the medieval Scottish dirk, and also often had an upper guard that bent forward at an angle, also intended to catch an opponent's blade. The back edge of the curved clip point, also called the "false edge," was often sharpened in order to allow someone trained in European techniques of saber fencing to execute the maneuver called the "back cut" or "back slash." A brass guard was attached to protect the hand, usually cast in a mold. It is likely that the blade shape was derived from the Spanish clasp knives carried in Spain and the Spanish colonies in the Americas.

Bowie was known for his many knife fights which is why the original Bowie Knife was designed primarily as a weapon. The shape and style of blade was chosen so that the Bowie knife could serve usefully as a camp and hunting tool as well as a weapon. Many knives and daggers existed that could serve well as weapons, and many knives existed that could serve well as tools for hunters and trappers, but the Bowie knife was designed to do both jobs well, and is still popular with hunters and sportsmen even in the present day.

The curved portion of the edge, toward the point, is for removing the skin from a carcass, and the straight portion of the edge, toward the guard, is for chores involving cutting slices. The blade is generally long enough and heavy enough that the knife can be used as a hatchet or machete, but not so heavy or long as to be cumbersome. Most such knives intended for hunting are only sharpened on one edge, to reduce the danger of cutting oneself while butchering and skinning the carcass.

Starting in the 1970’s a version of the Bowie Knife with sawteeth on the back side of the blade have been very popular with knife collectors, probably due to the knife being displayed and used by Sylvester Stallone’s character in the original “Rambo” movie. These knives are still popular today and are sold as survival knives in many cases and are manufactured with a hollow handle that could carry small survival items.

The actual usefulness of sawteeth on a knife is debatable, not to mention the hollow handles, which may be prone to breaking if the knife is poorly constructed, and many contend that the sharp teeth endanger the user when used to gut and skin a large animal carcass such as a deer or elk, as well as making the knife much less useful as a weapon as they make it prone to getting stuck. A proper Bowie knife is long enough and heavy enough that the user can usually chop through wood with it much faster than he could use the saw teeth.

Avid fans of the Bowie knife say that for a knife to be called a “Bowie”, it has to be long enough to be used as a sword, sharp enough to use as a razor, wide enough to use as a paddle, and heavy enough to use as a hatchet.

Gregg Hall is a business consultant and author for many online and offline businesses and lives in Navarre Florida with his 16 year old son. For quality knives go to http://www.only-knives.com

How To Filet A Fish

2006-02-10T10:34-05:00

I have been an avid fisherman since I was a child, which was quite awhile ago. I have been fishing regularly for over 30 years and I have seen a lot of people who cannot properly clean their fish after catching it so I thought I might offer a little guidance.

First, it is absolutely crucial that you have a very sharp knife. I personally use an electric filet knife a lot, but you really have to have some experience to be able to use one properly. Using a standard filet knife, I prefer to use one with about an eight inch blade unless I am filleting a large gamefish in which case I will break out my “Crocodile Dundee” Alaskan Filet knife.

To begin filleting the fish, place it on a sturdy surface preferably about waist high for comfort. Take the tip of the knife and insert it along the dorsal fin of the fish and make small cuts towards the head keeping the blade against the bones of the fin. Now make a deep cut right behind the gill plate from the belly vertically up to the back of the fish meeting the cut you made along the spine.

Now, go back to the spine area where you made your fist cuts and now take deeper cuts following along the spine and ribcage and then work your way towards the tail. Stop short of the tail leaving that intact so that the filet you have is still attached to the rest of the fish at that point. Turn the fish so that the belly is towards you now and make any cuts to separate your filet in that area, then flip the filet over so that the scales are down and the meat side is up. This is where you really need to be sure your knife is sharp, starting near the tail hold the blade of your knife close as possible to the skin of the fish and begin to slide the blade back and forth towards the shoulder of the fish until you have completely removed the meat from the skin.

The final step for this side of the fish is to check the lateral line for small bones and cartilage and the bloodline. Some fish such as amberjack will have a large bloodline which you will want to remove for optimum taste. After you are sure all the bones and bloodline have been removed place this filet to the side and start on the next side. Doing it in this order is a personal preference, you can also complete the filleting of the other side first and then do the fine tuning of removing the bloodline and small bones.

Gregg Hall is a business consultant and author for many online and offline businesses and lives in Navarre Florida with his 16 year old son. For a sharp filet knife go to http://www.only-knives.com

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