As many of you know I made a fillet knife and asked NIMROD to field test it for me. Part of the agreement was that he kept the knife after in exchange for his input on possible improvements that could be made to the design. He has put it to use and has provided me with the input I needed, which is much appreciated.
With anything there are limits. I found the limits to how thin the tip of the the knife could be ground without failure for the steel I used at the Rockwell hardness needed. Needless to say a small portion of the tip, about 1/16 inch broke. I picked the knife up and reworked the tip. He tells me now the knife is working much better.
NIMROD helped me out with the fishing too. He turned me onto Ozark 11 foot jigging rods, Southern Pro Umbrellas and things changed for me.
This trip was July 4th. Two limits over 10 inches and a fat chanel cat.
Chris