Phil Wilson Custom Fillet knife

Very nice . Phils work is very high on my wants list. But since last I knew he isnt taking orders at the moment. How thin did he take that behind the edge?

 

That's a real beauty Jim, congrats!!

 

Great looking knife Jim. I really like natural micarta, and the black liners are a nice touch.
Looks to be a real slicing demon.

 

I haven't had the pleasure of examining or using any of Mr. Wilson's work, but I've sure learned a lot from reading his thoughts on geometry, steel selection and HT. I look forward to the review!

 

Very nice! I just got the Spyderco Phil Wilson yesterday and it has definitely got me wanting a custom directly from Phil, probably a Smoke Creek Drop point in S110V or the Carpenter equivalent. How long of a wait was it after ordering?

 

The fish tremble with fear!

Knice knife, congrats

 

That's a beauty for sure! It must be maddening waiting so long for such a great knife. I am getting mentally addicted to his knives. The spyderco soutfork barely satisfied the itch, but is a great design and blade for sure. I only live a couple hours away from Mr. Wilson, so I might have to contact him for a visit and a commissioning.

 

What a beauty:thumbup: I've really been admiring Mr. Wilson's work lately, natural micarta is my favorite as well. I'd be out fishing rain sleet or snow till I caught a fish just to use it as it was meant! Can't wait for the review on this one, IMO CPM 154 is one of the best steels around, I wish it as more widely used in production blades.

 

There's a lot to learn about knives, steel, heat-treatments and profiles in the trade!

Congrats to a very nice knife!


Regards
Mikael

 

That is one of the best looking knives I've seen. I really like filet knives...which is odd...because I've never filetted a fish in my life. But that is truely stunning. Everything about it.

 

I believe it was Phil's love of fishing and the need of better, more capable knives that got him into the high performance knife world.

He sure has made his mark!

What I like is the dedication to uncompromising performance. Everything is very well thought out and planned including the behind the edge thinness. You had better believe if Phil had no knowledge of Jim and his experience and down to earth use of knives the specs as arrived in Jim's hand would have been a bit different, IF Jim could have ordered one at all. Phil is in the position that there are more people wanting one of his knives than there are knives going to be available for the next couple of years. Last I spoke to him he wasn't taking any new orders.

He gets to know the buyer and determines their needs and experience level , talks over steels, materials, hardness, and then proceeds to make a knife that looks good, feels great, and performs as good as a knife can with current state of the art technology.

No art knives here. Sure, wood, or materials that look nice can be selected but the primary purpose will never be looks.

I am fortunate enough to have a Phil Wilson custom in S110V. Wow! That's about the best way to describe it's performance.

Jim, congratulations on another excellent knife.

Joe