Global Fish Bone Tweezers

Salmon, trout and arctic char fillets carry a row of fine pin bones that a knife cannot remove. These 4.5-inch Global tweezers have wide, flat tips that close flush against each other, so they grip the end of a pin bone firmly and pull it out without tearing the flesh around it.

The best technique is to run a finger along the fillet to find each bone, grip it with the tips, and pull in the direction the bone points, toward the head. The wide tips spread the pressure along the bone, which keeps thin bones from snapping off below the surface. The short length gives close control over a fillet on the board, and the one-piece design has no hinge or spring to trap fish scales.

For tweezers with a curved body and wider tips, see the Global Curved Fish Bone Tweezers. Pair either with a fillet knife such as the Global Classic 8-inch Flexible Fillet Knife or, for whole sides of salmon, the Global Classic 11-inch Flexible Fillet Knife.