electric knives

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I finally found a decent electric knife, its rapala's heavy duty model, runs off of 110 and doesn't come with a case or extra blades. It was 49.99 on sale at gander mountain. buzzes through the big fish in no time. i purchased the regular model rapala last year and it had trouble with big fish and would get hot. it got the job done but not like this heavy duty model. I don't work for rapala or gander mountain and do not get commission, I was just really impressed with this knife.

[PDnaz]

Thanks for the info, i have tried 3 or 4 different knives and am still searching, may give it a try.

[jm gremore]

I beg to differ... I like Mr. Twister elect knives. $29 they are more flexible and replace blades are $10... my opinion

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ive had mr twisters they work fine on the smaller walleyes and do an excellent job on perch, I burned up 2 on larger fish, I usually clean around 400 walleyes each year. I had this same post on ogf and one person replied that they buy the black and decker at wallmart for $13 and says they get the job done.

[Eyezcrazy]

I'll wait to see how long the heavy duty lasts you, I am on the same page as you, I tried the regular Rapala that never did cut very well and died pretty fast and the Mister Twisters were terrible too, I also went through 2 of those. The best knife I have to date is the Hamilton Beech I confiscated from my wife. It was an older model and seems much better built than the junk they make today. She is still ticked at me for "borrowing" her knife and never returning it. That old thing has outlasted 3 that were supposed to be made to fillet fish!

I hope you are right about the Rapala Heavy Duty because I have a Gander Mountain gift card and that would be a good purchase.

[triton022]

I'll also wait on hearing how it holds up. Burned up 2 Mister Twister's this year myself including the Saltwater Piranha they claim to be heavy duty. I will be sending them both in for replacements under warranty until I can find something of better quality.

[MBELIS]

Had a mister twister electric knife years ago and it burned up cleaning some big fish. Bought an American angler electric knife about right after and its still going strong, however still use the mister twister blades from the knife on it. I did buy a cordless Rapala Knife with the ion batteries on sale from gander mt this spring to use at the camper until electric gets turned on in May and i am quite pleased with it so far. I did buy the longer thinner blades for it though. I cut through 36 fish with it one day and 24 the next on one charge over Memorial day weekend.

[wakina]

Response from American Angler Knives about where they are made at. I have removed my email address for security reasons.

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"Pat Brewer ([email protected])

12:14 PM

To: XXXXXXXXX@XXXXXXXX
Cc: April Noell

Yes the knives are made in our factory in Arkansas.
Some of the internal parts are made in China.

Thanks,
Pat Brewer
Customer Service Rep
DOUGLAS QUIKUT
118 East Douglas Road" unquote

[igotgills2]

I bought one of the Rapala gander specials last year and it is definitely wearing down after a few hundred eyes and a couple sets of blades. Motor heats up a bit after 5-6 fish and if it gets wet (like you could keep it dry cleaning fish) you get a small shock every now and then. So I bought a Mister twister Piranha and it has performed very well so far this year on both eyes and perch, crappies, bluegills with the original blades so far, and the Rapala is left for my buddies when they forget their knife at home.

[cooleyfarms]

When I first was instructed on how to clean walleyes I was given an American Angler model 31000 to use and keep. I learned why it was given away. It was ok for about 6 eyes but the motor fan blew the hot air fwd that vented into the palm of my hand and it got too hot to use. At a yard sale I bought a small tackle box for 50 cents for knives and blades storage and the seller insisted I take an American Angler knife model 31000 for free if I wanted the box. Both knives are now lenders to fellows who forgot their equipment. I bought a black & decker electric kitchen knife at a yard sale for $1.00 and it lasted 2 1/2 seasons. Thinking a $1 knife wouldn't last long but I liked the design, I had already purchased 5 more B&D electric knives @ Walmart for $9.99 as the total cost was about the price of a single high priced filet knife. Hot air blows out the cord end of the B&D knife and it is very comfortable to use. I have cleaned up to 29" eyes and it is slower going but does the job on big fish. This is the 3rd season for the 1st $9.99 B&D I purchased . This year Walmart has them at about $14.00. I clean about 200 eyes and 500 perch a season.