We offer several fish filet blanks for custom knife making. One of my favorites is the Kodiak, S16.
The Kodiak Fish Fillet Knife Making Blank is the epitome of ergonomic perfection in its design. Crafted from high-quality 7CR17MOV stainless steel, this fillet knife has been meticulously polished to a satin finish and hardened to RC59-60, ensuring it retains its sharp edge even under heavy use. With its thin and flexible blade, this fish fillet knife offers practicality and exceptional efficiency for every filleting task.
The Kodiak comes as a blank, in kits, and several completed knives.
Want one of the finest places to fish and one of the most outstanding river guides there are to use your completed custom knife? Well let me tell you! I had one of the best fishing experiences with my son last month! It was on the James river, north of Lynchburg.
The Non-Tidal James River offers fishing opportunities for smallmouth bass, muskellunge (muskie), redbreast sunfish, rock bass, bluegill, channel catfish, and flathead catfish.
The James offers fishing action year-round. If you’re strategic, you can turn up the dial on your cast-to-catch ratio by knowing which fish to target and when. In the winter months, the James is cold, but that doesn’t mean the fishing is; targeting musky upstream from Lynchburg, smallmouth bass in deeper pools and largemouth bass plus catfish below the fall line are all options to break the cold-weather blues. (Make sure when temps drop, to fish ‘low and slow,’ and then slow it down even more.) Come spring, you’ll experience the overall best time of year for fishing as all species turn on the feedbag after a cold winter and, for most fish, the upcoming spawn. Summer on the James heats up, both in temperature and action in the early mornings and evenings, but be aware of rising air and water temperatures. Fall is a fantastic fishing time, similar to spring, where fish are looking to fill up before the cold of winter kicks in.
If you are ANYWHERE near Lynchburg Virginia, or can make it to the area, you have got to call upon Jeremy Cunningham! Jeremy is a fantastic river guide, and someone you feel like you can just hang with for the afternoon. I had the opportunity to take my son out on a trip last month and we had a BLAST! Jeremy’s expertice, having practically having lived on the James River, made all the difference. It seemed like every time he told my son to cast in a specific spot, he got a fish. We lost count how many fish we caught that day. He also has access to some of the hard to access parts of the James. In the nine hours out on the boat, we only saw 3-4 people in the water (playing off to the side), we felt like the river was ours! Check out his webpage: https://www.jeremycunninghamflyfishing.com/ . I’ve been fishing since I was a Boy Scout, and thought I was doing fine on my own, i was wrong. Don’t wait … I had thought about it for about a year and a half before I scheduled our trip. Now I wish I had done it long ago … It was awesome! Be sure to tell him Drew sent you.