Keeping Your Fillet Knife Sharp

When you catch that beautiful fish that you are excited to stick on the dinner table that night, you don't want to mess up that beautiful piece of meat when you fillet it just because your knife isn't sharp enough. Here we will talk about how to keep that fillet knife sharp so you will always have a perfect cut of meat.




Getting The Burr

The burr is a wire edge that forms across the blade opposite of what you are sharpening. Your job is not finished until you can see or feel the burr.

The Edge Bevel

Most kitchen knives have a 20-degree edge bevel. For filleting, an edge bevel of 12 to 15 degrees per side provides a clean easy cut and reasonable resistance to dulling. If you don’t cut bone, monofilament or bait with your fillet knife, a 15-degree bevel will be okay for you to use.

Set The Bevel

The easiest way to figure out what angle to set the bevel would be to stack two quarters high. Using this method is not exact, but it gets you pretty close.

To Push or To Pull

We each have those friends who swear by pulling the knife across the stone, and those who swear by pushing. Quite frankly, it doesn't matter. Both ways are just as effective. What does matter, is that the spine moves ahead of the edge. So, just make sure to angle it.

Sharpen

Draw the blade across the stone, sweeping it from heel to tip as you go. Once you have a full-length burr, sharpen to create a burr on the other side. Finish with blade-first strokes, like slicing a sliver from the stone, until the burr disappears.

Now you have the know how to keep that fillet knife just as sharp as when you purchased her. For more tips and pictures to go along, click here.

The Mid-America Boat Show

It is that time of year that we all look forward to; boat show season. Why do we love it? We have all been without out our boats for the past couple of months and we still have a couple of months to go before we are hitting the water again. Boat shows help to break up the long winter and keep boating on our minds.


Yesterday was opening day for Progressive’s Mid-America Boat Show at the I-X Center in Cleveland. If you are looking for a fun time for the whole family, this is where you should be this weekend. There will be fun for all ages. From Pirate Pete the talking parrot for the kids to the hundreds of exhibitors and seminars for the adults.


Tickets for the Mid-America Boat Show are:


Adults- $12

Children under 12 - Free

Seniors 60+ - $11


Come on out this weekend; we will be waiting for you at the Mid-America Boat Show.



Show dates:

Thursday, January 16	Noon – 9 pm
Friday, January 17	Noon – 10 pm
Saturday, January 18	10 am – 10 pm
Sunday, January 19	11 am – 6 pm
Monday, January 20	11 am – 5 pm