Filet knife done

Patrice Lemée

Patrice Lemée

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Finally something to show you guys.
1095
OAL: 12"
Handle: 4.5"
Bloodwood scales

Decided not to go with the horse stall mat. So if it doesn't work good at least my friend can keep it a display piece. Well not that I think that my knives are good enough to display, you know what I mean. :o

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Thanks for looking and for your continued help.

Patrice
 
Very nice Pat! Is there some flex in the blade?

Can I borrow it for monday? I'm going after some monster grey trouts :D
 
A little flex but not much. It will be used mostly on larger striped bass and my friend likes a more sturdy/stiff blade.

Thanks for the good words.

Patrice

PS: Good luck with the fishing, wish I was going with you. :D
 
Very nice fillet knife!!:thumbup:
 
Yes I did the HT, full quench in 130F vegetable oil followed by 2X 2hours at 400F and 1 hour at 400F.

Thanks for the good words guys.

Patrice
 
Very nice! I know from experiance(the painfull burnt finger kind) that grinding thin blades suck.
 
I realy like it Pat:thumbup:. The knife looks good with the bloodwood scales. I bet your friend will be very happy with this knife. Did you stabilized the wood?

Cheers Bob
 
Will, I know what you mean. It is not the slow heat build up that you get on thicker blades but instantly going from cold to "crap where's the water bucket". :eek:

Robert, yes I tried stabilizing it but it is a dense wood and stopped foaming almost right away and sank to the bottom. I still have to try other stabilizing medium other than Minwax wood hardener.

Sheath is coming soon.

Thanks again for the compliments.

Patrice
 
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