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So I've been in Florida all week with my folks and some other family. Well, a couple nights ago we decided to head to the pier to do some fishing. After about an hour of unsuccessful Spanish mackerel fishing I hooked a little kitty cat fish. Since the mackerel, or anything else for that matter, weren't bighting we decided to use the cat fish for cut bait and try and land a shark.
So, I whipped out my Toby's knife and proceeded to turn that cat into shark food. I didn't really have anywhere to cut up the fish, so I resorted to the metal grate(kind of like a charcoal grill style grate) floor of the pier. I had no clue how tough a cat fish's bones were! So, as I sawed through the bone I would end up slamming into the blade into the metal grates. I completed the task and was now preparing myself for the extensive damage I had done to the edge. I just knew it would be ate up with dings and dull as a rock.
Well, to my surprise the edge was pretty much flawless. I didn't feel a single chip or roll, and it was still sharp enough to slice free hanging squid. I know that if I had subjected any other knife that I own to this I would've had some serious edge work ahead of me before it was back in my rotation. But, all the Toby's knife needed was a little stropping and it is back to it's original finger bighting edge.
I really could not be happier with this knifes performance, and this is just one more reason why I absolutely adore my Toby's knife. I mean, I had read the praises for John's heat treat. This experience has finally confirmed them and then some.
And because all threads are useless without pics, here it is with my esee 4 that I rehaned with African Blackwood.
So, I whipped out my Toby's knife and proceeded to turn that cat into shark food. I didn't really have anywhere to cut up the fish, so I resorted to the metal grate(kind of like a charcoal grill style grate) floor of the pier. I had no clue how tough a cat fish's bones were! So, as I sawed through the bone I would end up slamming into the blade into the metal grates. I completed the task and was now preparing myself for the extensive damage I had done to the edge. I just knew it would be ate up with dings and dull as a rock.
Well, to my surprise the edge was pretty much flawless. I didn't feel a single chip or roll, and it was still sharp enough to slice free hanging squid. I know that if I had subjected any other knife that I own to this I would've had some serious edge work ahead of me before it was back in my rotation. But, all the Toby's knife needed was a little stropping and it is back to it's original finger bighting edge.
I really could not be happier with this knifes performance, and this is just one more reason why I absolutely adore my Toby's knife. I mean, I had read the praises for John's heat treat. This experience has finally confirmed them and then some.
And because all threads are useless without pics, here it is with my esee 4 that I rehaned with African Blackwood.
