Patent ID: 7555839

Claim:
A fishing knife comprising: A) a handle defining a blade slot; B) a blade pivotally mounted on a pivot pin extending through the handle at one end of the blade slot, the blade being pivotal between a closed position in which the blade is substantially received in the blade slot and an open position extending from the handle, the blade having a tip, a sharp edge extending from the tip, and a back generally opposite the sharp edge; and C) a line cutter including a line cutter recess defined in the back of the blade and a line cutting edge extending across the line cutter recess, wherein the handle defining the blade slot flanks the blade adjacent the line cutter recess and the handle defines an access recess cooperatively configured and aligned with the line cutter recess defined by the blade so that the blade is completely concealed at the access recess except for the line cutter such that the line cutting edge is exposed for cutting a line when the blade is hin its closed position.