Dexter-Russell Sani-Safe 9-inch Narrow Fillet Knife with Scabbard

A customer question on this knife’s page asks what makes the Sani-Safe 9-inch fillet knife different. The answer is its length. Nine inches is the longest of Dexter-Russell’s narrow flexible Sani-Safe fillet knives, enough blade to work along the full side of a salmon, a large striped bass or a lake trout without restarting the cut.

The narrow blade still flexes for skinning, and the extra reach helps on broad fish where a shorter knife ends up sawing. It comes with Dexter’s WS-1 scabbard, which has a riveted belt loop and is sized for straight blades up to 9 inches. Dexter makes the knife in Southbridge, Massachusetts, and its knives sell especially well to our customers across New England and the rest of the Northeast.

9-inch or Shorter?

For trout and fish of moderate size, the Sani-Safe 7-inch Fillet Knife with Scabbard is easier to control. Without a sheath, the Sani-Safe 8-inch Narrow Flexible Fillet Knife is the in-between length.