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Wish list - "BM49 Golden Trout" :)

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James Mattis

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Now a fisherman (fisherperson?) might well want to open a folding knife one-handed, especially if there's a fish in the other hand. And once upon a time there were cheap but useful plastic-handled "balisongs" from Finland in fishing catalogs.

Looking at my BM42, which is politically correct around here in California only as long as I don't carry it on my person or in the passenger section of my car, I see a little room for maneurver in blade shapes. How about a 4" fishing knife, flat ground to the spine, with no false edge? Have the titanium handle anodized in a rainbow hue leaning toward gold, to symbolize one of the prettiest game fish in North America. Advertise it in fishing circles, not martial arts circles. Name it for the year of the California Gold Rush, and hand out a few early production samples to some folks in the Legislature here to say, "Behold! These are nice knives and not nasty knives!"

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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
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[This message has been edited by James Mattis (edited 08-17-2000).]
 
... and do a Good Deed and add to the Political Correctness of the knife by bumping the price up enough to include a modest donation for the preservation of the Golden Trout, which was never common and is rarer than it was.

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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
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[This message has been edited by James Mattis (edited 08-17-2000).]
 
Do you got one that will skin this fish? <img src=http://home.neo.rr.com/johnr7/fish.jpg>
 
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......... oh sure, I can see the headlines now:

"US government bans sport fishing due to the popularity of fishing knife...... The deadly Balisong"

I must admit though that the "titanium handles anodized in a rainbow hue leaning toward gold" certainly strikes a chord with me.

And maybe some kind of harmless looking blade shape, like this perhaps:

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Clay
www.balisongxtreme.com
Because......
getting 'em open
is half the fun!
 
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