We covered the new James Brand Folsom Pro last week: a larger, renovated version of one of their most popular knives. But if you weren’t feel-leting that release, maybe you’ll prefer the Humboldt, a new fillet knife fixed blade from the company.
The fillet knife genre is an interesting one because, unlike most other knife archetypes, it is truly meant to do only a single thing, and that is fillet fish. Because of this, there typically isn’t even a large amount of design variation between one fillet knife and another; makers really have to emphasize the details to make their particular fillet knife feel unique, and James Brand has always been good at details.
An interesting choice. Looks like a decent knife, but in my 20 years of guiding, I didn’t see a lot of overlap between the James Brand hipster crowd, and the folks who use a filet knife.
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James Brand Fishes for New Market with the Humboldt
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