Howdy,
I'm currently looking for a deba. This will be my first deba, although not my first single bevel knife. I'm looking for something around the 180-195mm mark, good carbon steel, with a nice and true grind.
I'm essentially after a good starter deba, that I won't necessarily want to trade up from in six months time.
What's important to me are edge taking and holding and toughness. Handles and f&f can be fixed or upgraded down the track.
The fish I break down range from 1.5-2kg john dory to 7-8 kg hapuka and barramundi. I'm guessing that this size will be able to accomodate my needs, and if anything else smaller comes along, I'll have an excuse to buy a ko-deba down the track.
Price wise, I'd like to keep it around 200-250, but I'd consider most things if something amazing, or great value for money came up.
Thanks very much,
Dusty
I'm currently looking for a deba. This will be my first deba, although not my first single bevel knife. I'm looking for something around the 180-195mm mark, good carbon steel, with a nice and true grind.
I'm essentially after a good starter deba, that I won't necessarily want to trade up from in six months time.
What's important to me are edge taking and holding and toughness. Handles and f&f can be fixed or upgraded down the track.
The fish I break down range from 1.5-2kg john dory to 7-8 kg hapuka and barramundi. I'm guessing that this size will be able to accomodate my needs, and if anything else smaller comes along, I'll have an excuse to buy a ko-deba down the track.
Price wise, I'd like to keep it around 200-250, but I'd consider most things if something amazing, or great value for money came up.
Thanks very much,
Dusty