Hey Capt. Kraynik...your knife is finished.

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Steve Steffy

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Captain Jeff Kraynik...Your knife is finished and will be on it's way back to you today.
Captain Jeff sent me up this blade that was handed down to him to bring back to life and back into service. I cleaned it up a bit and placed birdseye maple and African Blackwood scales on it and gave it a handrubbed oil finish. This should be a pretty durable combination that will serve you well. Enjoy sir!









 
Thanks Mike.

Hey, your duck calls are up in the shop next. I'm shooting to get them in the mail by 5/9 so you can have them in time for that banquet.

Steve
 
Many years ago, my wife's grandfather ran a butcher shop in Elyria, Ohio & used this knife on a daily basis.

He handed it down to my wife's father some (50) fifty years ago, who passed it onto me (15) fifteen years back while carving up a pig.

I use it all through hunting season carving up duck, geese, deer, hogs & a few cows for an old fashioned cracker cowboy BBQ's.

While using it last season, the wooden handle finally split at the rivets.

My wife was crushed!!!

I'd seen Steve's work & after talking with him about it, off in the mail it went.

I showed the pic's to my wife who immediately was brought to tears, remembering as a girl this knife that was always in her dad's hands.

I copied the pic's & sent them to our niece who showed them to Les's father.

Lets just say Steve, you brought tears to an (85) eighty-five year old man's face.

Simply Beautiful!!!
 
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Outstanding Capt. Jeff! It was a pleasure putting it back into service. I hate to say that the tears on an 85 year old mans face put a smile on mine, but well, it did. I'm sure they were tears of joy so I think I'm good. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to be a part of the knifes history. And thank you for sharing the timeline of the that knife. Enjoy!

Steve
 
Thanks Jode...I hope it does last another 100 years and many more generations to come. That's the best part of working on projects like that.

Steve
 
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