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I’ve got an American Angler my Old Fishin Partner bought me 30 years ago. Still going strong. Get new blades every couple years. It make a difference. Granted there was about 10 years I didn’t fish or clean any. It has cleaned a lot of Stripers, they are hard on blades. I’ll never retire it, remember my ole friend every time I clean some. RIP Chip Lattimore.
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10-15 years ago all I ever used was the rapala knives. The cheaper all black models. They feel perfect in your hand and I cleaned many of fish with them, but I would wind up burning one up every couple years. I finally went with the HD model that’s grey and black sometime around 2012 and I loved it other than it was bulkier than the all black model. It was strong and that knife lasted me until 2020. Best I recall, something finally broke where the blades were inserted. The knife never stopped running and I still have it. I robbed parts from another knife to try and repair it but I lost the function of removing the blades. Its stored away in a drawer for a spare and an extra knife when needed.
I broke down and bought a bubba blade a couple years ago and I love it. I love the thin blades, it’s powerful, and it’s got a pretty good feel for a bulkier knife. Time will tell, but it sounds like a better made knife than the rapala, if that makes any sense. But any knife that’ll last me as long as the rapala is a dang good one in my book. It just runs quieter and feels better put together. Either way, I think they are both great knives and for the money I’d probably give the nod to the rapala because it’s much cheaper.
My bubba blade is a plug in model but my dad has a 12v model and I really like it’s convenience. I was leery about the battery life so I didn’t go that route but from what I’ve seen it lasts a long time. Brand new he cleaned 60-70 crappie on a single charge from 1 battery. It doesn’t seem quite as strong as my plug in model but it is still plenty strong.
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The filet knives seem to have a blade that is too aggressive and can butcher up a filet if you ain't careful. Best electric knife I've ever filleted with was an old Hamilton beach ham carving knife with a wide blade, It would cut the slickest filet right off the bone with no worries about going through the backbone. I finally burnt it up and have used several "filet" knives and they do ok but none was as good as that old Hamilton Beach.
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Got my old man the cordless Bubba Blade last year. He absolutely loves it.
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Burned through several mister twisters, Got an American Angler a few years ago and its still going strong.
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