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Custom Fillet Knife, Red Micarta and Black Sheath

Tanguay Custom Knives

Tanguay Custom Knives

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Hi Guys, Just finished this up this morning and brought a little buddy in to help with the pics!

I bought a camp about 9 years ago in Northern Maine. It came fully outfitted. In a drawer were a bunch of old carbon steel kitchen and butcher knives. I'm guessing they are between 50 and 60 years old. I've been meaning to do something with them for years. This week I took the worst of them, a 9" butcher knife and turned it into this fillet knife.

The old butcher knife had a patina as deep as the ocean. The handle was missing half of a rivet, was cracked, and just about falling off. It had been sharpened so many times it looked like a recurve blade! I carefully chopped off 3" or so, reground the shape and edge bevel, then sharpened it to a razor edge. I added thumb notches, a finger choil, lanyard hole, and a lanyard. I polished the blade, but I left some old character marks as well. The blade is now 6" long, and the new polished red Micarta handle is just under 4 3/4". I was very careful while cutting and grinding this blade. The original temper was preserved. The blade is very flexible, but takes a VERY sharp edge.

This knife has certainly seen ALOT of use in its life. Now, in the right hands, it should go for another 50 or 60 years or more. I really hope this knife finds a good home. It's got alot of history.

I'm asking $65.00 for it. Shipping will be FREE and will go USPS Priority Mail with tracking and insurance.
Paypal and questions to magua1@midmaine.com.
I also take money orders and checks.

Thank You,
Scott
 
Back up for Monday.
Email me if you want larger/better/clearer pics. During the day I have a high speed internet connection and get you much higher resolution pics. At home all I have is dial-up, so I gotta chop them down. That's the price we pay for living in the sticks!
Thanks,
Scott
 
Oh..... a leopard gecko!!! I used to have a reptile shop so I miss them since I've shifted to New Zealand where strict rule for having exotic animals.

I'm interested in your knives pretty much. I need to have a paypal account to get them.
Cheers
 
My wife has quite a collection of exotic pets. She used to work in a pet store in NH while she was in college. Now she's a school teacher. She used to keep all her pets in the classroom. Did so for years, and the kids loved her for it. They made great teaching aids...birds, reptiles, fish, mammals, insects. One day (recently) the school's insurance guy was doing a walkthrough and saw them all. That was it. They all had to go, immediately. Some went to other homes, most to ours. :eek:

Now they (the kids) look at pictures in a book. Yet another reason to love the public school system.

Sorry to get off topic.....Paypal is best. I don't have any experience with international sales other than to Canada. Sorry.
 
$65.00 and Free shipping in the US and Canada. Only price reduction on this one.

(I'm half tempted to keep it myself! I like it alot.)
 
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