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#181459 - 07/12/19 03:47 PM K'roo Knives - Willem O'Kelly
coachblalock Knife Enthusiast Registered: 12/03/16 Posts: 1872 Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas	I got my first "Chunky Frank" in the mail yesterday, but hopefully it won't be the last. This knife is built like a tank! It reminds me of my Bond Arms Texan. It is completely overbuilt, yet the lines, seams, and fits are perfectly finished! The blade tip is perfectly centered when folded. The blade is a hefty 1/5" M690 with a concave grind. The stops are incredibly stout but smooth. It walks and talks like no other slip joint I've ever handled. The scales are a dark blue C-tek that looks black inside but looks like a piece of sapphire jewelry in the sunshine. I will tell y'all like I told Willem, pictures don't do his knives justice. He also does scales in different woods and micarta. What he does with burlap and denim micarta is amazing. Willem's shop is in the K'roo region of South Africa. His internet and electric power is sporadic, but he WILL get back to you through email, krooblades@gmail.com or Instagram @willemokelly. Willem has been on this forum before. He is a really nice guy. His Instagram page is definitely worth checking out! https://www.instagram.com/willemokelly/?hl=en Attachments ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Edited by coachblalock (07/12/19 04:05 PM) _________________________ "Filet that fish? Hell naw! I'll scale him, gut him, fry him up in grease, take him by the head and tail, and play him like a French Harp!" - Uncle Paul sometime in the 60s.
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#181463 - 07/12/19 05:52 PM Re: K'roo Knives - Willem O'Kelly [Re: coachblalock]
nate-dogg Knife Enthusiast Registered: 11/15/17 Posts: 364 Loc: The Sunflower State	Wow that dark blue C-tek is beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I may have to get me one of them!
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#181482 - 07/13/19 08:29 AM Re: K'roo Knives - Willem O'Kelly [Re: nate-dogg]
pappy19 Knife Enthusiast Registered: 10/31/07 Posts: 7438 Loc: Garden Valley, Idaho	Looks like a Cattleman's folder. Very nice. Pap _________________________ Mike Allen RKCC-CM-086 True West Magazine Maniac Randall Collector Behring Made Collector Ruana Collector Glock Fan NRA- Life Member since 1975 mikenlu99@aol.com
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#181494 - 07/13/19 08:32 PM Re: K'roo Knives - Willem O'Kelly [Re: pappy19]
coachblalock Knife Enthusiast Registered: 12/03/16 Posts: 1872 Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas	Pap, I’ve got a Cattleman. They are similar. Blade length is the same but this one’s blade is almost twice as thick. Coach _________________________ "Filet that fish? Hell naw! I'll scale him, gut him, fry him up in grease, take him by the head and tail, and play him like a French Harp!" - Uncle Paul sometime in the 60s.
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#181565 - 07/15/19 02:12 PM Re: K'roo Knives - Willem O'Kelly [Re: coachblalock]
Shoot870p Knife Enthusiast Registered: 01/12/17 Posts: 1531	Very nice coach. Did it arrive sharp? Walker _________________________ Shoot870p
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#181574 - 07/15/19 09:09 PM Re: K'roo Knives - Willem O'Kelly [Re: Shoot870p]
coachblalock Knife Enthusiast Registered: 12/03/16 Posts: 1872 Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas	Walker, Not really, but that’s a relative term. I’ll have it sharp enough to shave frog hair as soon as I get a chance to work on it. Coach _________________________ "Filet that fish? Hell naw! I'll scale him, gut him, fry him up in grease, take him by the head and tail, and play him like a French Harp!" - Uncle Paul sometime in the 60s.
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#181587 - 07/16/19 10:19 AM Re: K'roo Knives - Willem O'Kelly [Re: coachblalock]
Shoot870p Knife Enthusiast Registered: 01/12/17 Posts: 1531	Coach, you have a pm! Walker _________________________ Shoot870p
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#181589 - 07/16/19 10:36 AM Re: K'roo Knives - Willem O'Kelly [Re: Shoot870p]
coachblalock Knife Enthusiast Registered: 12/03/16 Posts: 1872 Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas	Got it. _________________________ "Filet that fish? Hell naw! I'll scale him, gut him, fry him up in grease, take him by the head and tail, and play him like a French Harp!" - Uncle Paul sometime in the 60s.
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#181652 - 07/18/19 06:17 PM Re: K'roo Knives - Willem O'Kelly [Re: coachblalock]
coachblalock Knife Enthusiast Registered: 12/03/16 Posts: 1872 Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas	Pappy: I dug out my Cattleman and took a couple of pictures next to this K'roo knife. Attachments ------ ------ _________________________ "Filet that fish? Hell naw! I'll scale him, gut him, fry him up in grease, take him by the head and tail, and play him like a French Harp!" - Uncle Paul sometime in the 60s.
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#181653 - 07/18/19 06:24 PM Re: K'roo Knives - Willem O'Kelly [Re: coachblalock]
coachblalock Knife Enthusiast Registered: 12/03/16 Posts: 1872 Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas	Walker: I could not send a picture through the PM so here is a drawing of the blade on the Crappie/Bream Fish Cleaning Knife that Willem is going to make for me. He is going to make it a "lockback" and put it into a Chunky Frank set of scales. The notches on the spine are for scaling fish. Its a "Blalock" thang, but we like to fry Crappie & Bream whole. Attachments ------ Edited by coachblalock (07/18/19 06:27 PM) _________________________ "Filet that fish? Hell naw! I'll scale him, gut him, fry him up in grease, take him by the head and tail, and play him like a French Harp!" - Uncle Paul sometime in the 60s.
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