Knives Best Sellers: The Filleting, Skinning and Folding Knives Kiwis Are Buying Now

Spring means two things in a lot of Kiwi households: more fish coming over the side of the boat, and lambs to deal with on the farm. You can see both in our orders. We went back through the last 90 days of sales in our Knives range to see what people are actually buying, and the list splits neatly between the filleting table and the woolshed, with a classic folding knife thrown in. Here are five genuine recent best sellers, most of them made right here in New Zealand by Victory Knives.

1. Victory 6 Piece Fish Filleting Set

This is the top seller in our whole Knives range over the last three months. It's a complete filleting kit in one roll: a straight filleting knife, a round tip filleting knife, the narrow 22cm filleting knife, a curved filleting knife, a fish splitter and a Flugel fine commercial steel. Everything comes in a 5 pocket wrap, and you choose the canvas roll or a leather one. It's bought by keen fishers who are sick of making do with one blunt knife, and it makes a great gift for the person in the family who always ends up cleaning the catch. All the knives are made in New Zealand from German stainless steel.

Price: from $319.99 (canvas roll; leather wrap options cost more) - Victory 6 piece fish filleting set. More in Victory knife sets.

2. Victory Small Leather Sheath S10

A good knife needs somewhere safe to live, and that's why this little sheath keeps selling. The S10 is a small leather sheath made to fit Victory's drop point and rabbiter knives and the small curved boning knife. Hunters and farmers buy it so a small knife can ride on the belt instead of rattling around in a ute or pack. Please note the knife isn't included.

Price: $34.99 - Small leather sheath S10. More sheaths, steels and scabbards in sharpening steels & knife accessories.

3. Victory Sheep Skinning Knife 15cm - Hollow Ground

This one is a proper working knife. It's a running back skinning knife used for skinning and lamb legging, and it's widely used in meat processing plants. The hollow ground blade is the reason people ask for it by name. Our buyers are farmers doing their own home kill, as well as people who work in the meat industry and want a knife they already know. Victory has been making knives in NZ since 1927, and every knife comes with a lifetime guarantee (it doesn't cover misuse or normal wear).

Price: $45.99 - Sheep skinning knife 15cm hollow ground. See the full range of Victory butchers knives.

4. Victory Narrow Fillet Knife 22cm S/S

If you only want one filleting knife, this is a good place to start. Victory says it's one of their best selling filleting knives, and it's the same narrow 22cm blade that comes in the 6 piece set above. It handles a wide range of fish, anything from gurnard and snapper up to kingfish. It fits Victory's S4 sheath, so you can add a plastic fish fillet sheath with strap ($11.50) to protect the edge in the tackle box.

Price: $40.32 - Narrow fillet knife 22cm. More in Victory stainless fish knives.

5. Buck 112 Ranger

Our finished, ready-to-carry pick. The Buck 112 Ranger is a smaller version of Buck's famous 110 Folding Hunter. It has a 7.6cm 420HC stainless steel blade, a lockback design with a nail notch for easy opening, and a Macassar ebony Dymondwood handle. It's 10.8cm long when closed and comes with a black leather sheath. It's bought by people who want one good folding knife that will last for years, and it's another great gift option.

Price: $195.99 - Buck 112 Ranger. More in Buck folding knives.

Also popular right now

• Fish Splitter 30cm S/S ($79.99): a heavy duty 3mm stainless steel blade for splitting fish.
• Buck 110 Folding Hunter Finger Grooved ($185.07): the bigger brother of the 112 Ranger.
• Victory Clam Knife 9cm ($24.99): one of our NZ made shellfish knives.

Made in NZ, used across the Pacific

Most of these orders come from Kiwi fishers, hunters and farmers, from the Far North to Southland. We also supply Victory knives to customers in the Pacific Islands, where a good filleting knife gets a serious workout. If you're not sure which blade suits the job, get in touch with our team and we'll help you pick the right one.

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