Any Texas toothpick fans?

[cody6268]

Has anyone actually cleaned a fish with the Fisherman pattern?  From my experience, a long flexible blade is better (like 8" or more).  The big 5" closed ones should, in my mind, work pretty well on smaller fish I usually find here in the Clinch River.

[Ray S]

And in case you don't feel comfortable with the large size you can use these.

[Dean51]

Has anyone actually cleaned a fish with the Fisherman pattern?  From my experience, a long flexible blade is better (like 8" or more).  The big 5" closed ones should, in my mind, work pretty well on smaller fish I usually find here in the Clinch River.

Tried one on pan fish and trout once and it got replaced by a fillet knife pretty quick. Good concept on paper but in actual use not so good.

[AimlessWanderer]

I've got a CRKT Texas Tooth Pick I bought in 2012.  I loved the look of it but never really carried it.  A short while ago I decided to carry it just for fun.  Its hard for me to carry a dedicated blade when a 84mm SAK has so much more utility for me.  What I did like was the blade shape for what I used it for in my very limited carry time.  The ease of opening the blade up for use as opposed to my SAKs.  I could pinch the blade vs having to use my nail.  The look of this knife to me is awesome.  I used this little knife mainly as a food knife but it was good as a utility blade as well.  It was a steak knife, a food package opener, a letter opener, I cut an orange and apple, and various others items.  What I didn't do nor do I rarely do is use the knife for more than I was confident in. 

I never found the blade shape or thinness lacking.  The size of the knife in the pictures is compared to an 84mm and 91mm SAK.  Its longer than the 84mm and without measuring for accuracy about the size of the 91mm.  Its certainly a lot thinner than either.  Its about as thin as a 58mm Minichamp ( OG version ).  The blade is narrower towards the tip than both 84mm and 91mm.  The small blade of both SAKs is a good comparison in terms of width however the shape of the toothpick blade starts narrow then rises then narrows towards the tip.  Theres not much belly IMO but neither SAK has belly.  The blade thickness is decent, it starts thicker at the tang and tapers to the point, like SAKs.   

Not much more to say other than as a small food or utility ( within capacity ) its a fun knife.

Aloha's comparison here pretty much sums up why this style of blade never really won favour with me. Other blades of the same length just seem way more capable.

Much like the sunfish or elephant's toenail pattern, this blade seems to have lost its role in life. I have owned a few of them over the years (I still have one of each) but they've just sat there being overshadowed by everything else that I've owned. Even since I moved to never carrying knives with more than two blades (goodbye Stockman, Whittler, and Congress patterns) they still get shunned in favour of Swiss knives, modern clipped folders, and sheepsfoot, lambsfoot, barlow and other "normal" shaped traditionals.