Charles May Fireant!!!

T.K.C.

T.K.C.

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My beautiful green bone handled Charles May Fireant was waiting for me when I cam home from work today!! What an incredible knife!! I LOVE this knife so VERY, VERY much!! I have been wanting one of these knives ever since I first saw one!! It has a beautiful D2 blade, and one of Mr. May's amazing leather pocket sheaths. I am probably going to order one of his leather neck sheaths as well, just to have another option to carry. It is a perfect little pocket fixed blade!! I couldn't BE happier with this knife!! And Charles is AWESOME to deal with. What a kind and wonderful gentlemen is he is!! The hardest part is choosing what knife to order next!!

http://charlesmayknives.blademakers.com/
 
TKC,Congrats,Charlies knives are one of my favorites I think he told me of the green bone once,get a picture up here if you can,please ??
I was looking at 2 new models,the "Bob White",and the "Lil Big Woods" in a scandi
I love his knives,Charlie is a real great guy to do business with,I consider him a good friend,I am hoping to personally meet him at Blade '08.
Charles is a real avid hunter-fisherman,and he's probably the most experienced woodsman I'll ever have met,amongst a few,of course
Top 4 knives in this so so pic are my C May's
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-Vince
 
One of the nice things about that FireAnt.....She sits down in his fantastic sheath real nice,and is just right for being not too big for a pocket,but still plenty of knife to do most chores,just all in all,a nice set-up,Congrats again.
I try to stay on his list,permanently,if I can,lol...
-Vince
 
safd said:
What's the opinion on the scandi versions? Is it worth it?
thanks
ben
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safd,lets not go crazy on this,in this thread,but what do you mean,"is it worth it"
The C May Scandi ground knife is the same monetary amount
Now as far as trade off/cutting/re-sharpening....All I gotta say is you should try one,that top knife is actually a bird and trout,I can take that knife,go out in the garden,cut roots in the dirt,come in,re-strop it on a "rock",and slice tomatoes or newspaper with it,no BS
You oughtta try one,go see Bill at Michigan knives,he has a few on hand,or get one from Charles,in a few months....
-Vince
 
Shaldag, I miss you!! Thanks!! I LOVE the Fireant. Yes, things are going well. I have a job until go back to being a traveling Surgical Tech; and travel to Alaska, Montana & Idaho. The traveling adventure is going to happen this coming Fall.

I WILL get a pix taken as soon as I can. I LOVE the leather sheath that he makes for it too. It is perfect. I love that Bob White knife too. Charles doesn't make a knife that I don't like!! His stuff is awesome!!
 
Yeah, by 'is it worth it', I meant do you notice more performace out of the edge. I'm on his list for an Ant and didn't know which route to take, when my time comes.
thanks
ben
 
Here are some pix of my beloved Fireant. I got around to taking some today. Thank you for looking!
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I have five Charles May knives. I don't believe you could find a more "exacting" knife maker. He strives for high quality control and studies his designs. I have four more on order, including a small fire ant model and one of his bird & trout knives.

The scandi grinds are very useful and make a good bushcraft knife.

I know you will enjoy your new fireant, I have a new camp knife (6 1/2 inch blade) I need to photograph, it's really a nice knife.
 
After seeing the pictures, it is much easier to understand your enthusiasm.

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I agree with all the comments about Mr. May's knives. I have a FireAnt, black micarta with mosaic pins. It's a great little knife. Bill
 
T.K.C. said:
VCM3: Did you see the pix?
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I sure did (and Thanks for posting them) ,Very Pretty & useful knife,Congrat's again TKC...I'm gonna get me one of those Bob White models...
-Vince
 
DO get your order in. I believe that due to an article in Tactical Knives, there is now a year wait for his knives. You will LOVE your Fireant when you get it.
 
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