A Little Info To Share On Electric Fillet Knives

[GreenLine]

Hi All
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So I'm standing in Walmart and notice a Black & Decker knife Model EK500W on the shelf and it's priced at $15.96.
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I bought this exact model in Walmart ( to have a back up ) after reading this thread and I'm sorry to say I am very disappointed. It is very flimsy and is no where near the knife my mister twister is.

[scrat]

I also bought a Black&Decker from Walmart. I was very disappointed also with it. I will just stick to using and buying the American Anglers although I think they are very over priced and the handle do get pretty hot when filleting a bunch(20-30 or more at a time) of crappie. Let me also add I do cut through the ribs also where some people don't.

[ET Fish]

I’m actually pretty pleased with mine. I guess I need to clean more crappie!

[Bugtussle]

Tried the Black and Decker. I thought that it was crap. Best current option by far IMO is the American Angler with the shark blade. Awesome.

[need2befishin]

Tried the Black and Decker. I thought that it was crap. Best current option by far IMO is the American Angler with the shark blade. Awesome.

The shark blade is the difference maker for cleaning panfish.

[Northforker]

Hi All
Hope everyone is off to a good Memorial Day Weekend and I'd like to express my thanks for all who have served in perserving the greatest place to live and raise our families!
Thought I'd pass along what seems to be an answer to a long search for an electric knife that is working great.
In the past I shared that we had used with great success the MT Pirahana blue and white knife when they had the Cuda blade available but since discontinued selling them and we like everyone else have been chasing a new solution.
We have tried multiple different knives and we're currently using the new American Angler with the shark blades and have had decent success with them. They have been a little warm when run for extensive periods and the blades at times seem to catch on the skin when removing it. The cost at approx $90 each is a little pricey but as the old saying goes you get what you pay for.
That was until I took a shot on a knife I saw at Walmart.
Back in the old days we used exclusively a Black & Decker knife that worked great until they changed the engineering of the blades and that change caused the blades to spread when you put a little pressure on them and scales or flesh would get in between the blades that kept them from operating correctly.
So I'm standing in Walmart and notice a Black & Decker knife Model EK500W on the shelf and it's priced at $15.96. My curiousity made me but it and give it a try. This was 3 months ago and the knife has cleaned well over a 1000 fish and it is still working beautifully.
It is working so well that I went in to buy 3 more just to have as a backup in case the motor or gears give out to find out that they had dropped the price to $11.96.
I wound up going to 3 stores in the St Charles, MO area and bought up 24 of them.
A bunch to store for back up and a bunch to give away this Christmas.
At this price it's less than the cost of the AA replacement blades.
Hope everyone is well and getting a chance to spend a little time on the water.

I burned 3 of those EK500W knives up last spring/summer. If you are cleaning 5 fish, great. If you are cleaning 40 fish, smell the burn! Walmart told me to quit returning them.

[GreenLine]

I wish Milwaukee would just make a cordless knife my drill batteries would fit ... that would be something. One can wish.
Maybe they will see this thread, take the hint... Dibs on being the rep to sell the line