New Ebony Skinner just off the bench for SAWTIME!
This blade is going to Sawtime and I hope he likes it.
A nice skinner in 1/8″ AEB-L with a Rockwell of 60.
Blade full flat grind and is 4″ to the plunge and 1.25″ wide at the ricasso. It has a nice machine satin finish.
Handle is Gabon Ebony with red and black liners and has a nice aggressive tapered tang.
I made the Loveless bolts for the handle with Nickle Silver and brass bolts.
OAL is 8.75″
Thanks for looking
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BUT is it case hardened?!? LOL
Another great knife. You get into the folder game, I want on the list!
Great-looking, elegant blade there, WOK! Damn, Saw has me thinking about filet knives, too!
Saw, the two biggest questions are how big are the fish you’re cleaning and how flexible do you want the blade? For a lot of smaller fish, bending the blade as you slice can help you work around the rib bones. If you’re chunking steaks out of Tuna, heavier less flex is needed. Keep in mind how slimy the work gets; that’s an argument for finger grooves and a decent heel on the handle. Out here, 6-10 inch blades of flexible high carbon stainless work great on Crappie, Bass, catfish, etc. I use melted (not dyed) cheese wax to seal seams. It melts at low temperatures, does not get brittle, is super sticky and flexible. Plus, I get pounds of it to seal Shiitake mushroom logs. It’s easy to wipe off the excess so you don’t see it. It’ll stick to green oak logs, out in the heat-subfreezing, for years. This helps seal out stinking fish juice! It’s food grade and cheap, too.
Here’s a few links to help get you thinking:
http://www.bubbablade.com/
http://www.in-fisherman.com/recipes/cleaning-care/top-10-fillet-knives/
http://www.inmykitchen.org/top-10-picks-best-fillet-knife-complete-fillet-knife-buyers-guide/
Myself, I like the slicing angle of the Shun DM0743, but I’d want the handle to have finger grooves (measure to fit hand + neoprene gloves) and, the blade would need to be longer, proportionally thinner. For a handle, Pakkawood, Ebony? WOK might be able to say which is less likely to absorb odors and take the abuse. Saw, you may need more than one style! 😛
This blade is amazing
cannot keep my paws of that bad boy
Thanxs again Adam, on your way to legend hood
Now I have 2 of WOK’s work, just need him to die and further increase their value!!!!!
HaHa, sorry dude, just messing with ya
I will talk to you soon, to commission you for a very nice fish fillet bad ass piece
I will talk to some deck hands, on the boats here
find out what they have, kinda a big cow slicing bad ass fish cutter
If any TAG Men have any knowledge on the above topic
please chime in
SAW
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Absolutely…………. Beautiful ……………Workmanship/Craftsmanship !!!
I feel the sweat equity that was evolved in making it, nice job WalkonKing !
~ GKU
That is one fine tool..
Glad you like it Joe!
Ha! the packaging is so as it get abused by the USPS it does not arrive with the blade sticking out.
WOK
Those pics do not do your work justice, she just arrived in the mail and
I am super stoked with your work, ergonomics and craftsmanship is bar none
by far the best blade in my collection.
I am gonna make a sheath out of wood for it, don’t have ebony on hand but might have to get some
when I get er done will put some combo pics up here for you and the TAG.
On a side note, have you ever crafted a fillet knife?
Also, you must have spent hours on the packaging :biggrinn: :biggrinn: :biggrinn: :biggrinn: :biggrinn:
Thanxs Dude, awesome work
SAW
Elegant and trustworthy…
The kind of thing a man needs by his side ❗
The red line in it is very sexy! Great job WOK
Thanks Tony and everyone.
Much appreciated.
All in on that one Big Man….
You are moving up in the world of custom blades.
Congrats!
Very nice!! Love the red spacers.
You’re one lucky guy, Saw.
You the man WOK!!!!
Looks great, cannot wait to get my hands on that beauty
SAW
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Thanks guys 🙂
“case hardening”?
Oh man I only did a digital controlled heat treat with cryogenic treatment and quench.
Maybe one day I can do case hardening when I want a knife to suck…lol