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    Rapala heavy duty knife with 9" blade, I'm at about 150 fish on these blades and they seem to be losing their edge? replacements are $11.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Northforker View Post
    Rapala heavy duty knife with 9" blade, I'm at about 150 fish on these blades and they seem to be losing their edge? replacements are $11.
    They will lose their edge. For a lot of years I cleaned a lot of crappie......it is now rare for me to keep any. Of course I’m sure it depends on which electric you use but they will all lose their edge over a lot of use.

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    I know they are serrated but they can be sharpened the same way you sharpen a kitchen knife. Don't worry about valleys, just sharpen the lands. Don't over do it.
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    I have the Work Sharp Knife Sharper and keep mine like brand new all the time.
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    I have cleaned thousands on a set of rapala blades. The trigger mechanism broke just last week but the blades were still getting it done. Never sharpened them the first time


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    I use a <$10 Black and Decker kitchen knife. Still on the same one I've had for 15 years. I've sharpened the blades once. Like posted above, just sharpen like a regular knife.
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    The blades that came with the Rapala heavy duty had a learning curve to learn . I cut clean through a few fish in the beginning . Just like a fine edge on a pocket knife it dulls quicker than say a 20 degree job . Most knife blades will last longer "if" you let the knife work and resist pushing the blade through the fish . With that knife you are tempted to push the knife since you get spoiled at the beginning . I really want to see if the new "Bubba" blade electric is better . Would be an awesome knife . JMO
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