No biggie on the shipping. It is only a 7", $15 knife. The ole lady brought a couple back. The sheath is on the reverse side. 
 
  The Crappie/Perch will pick-up from shore by the end of Sept., Good Luck!
 
  

Get yourself a Rada knife sharpener. Super easy way to get a nice edge.

 I tend to get a little out of control buying certain things. Meat cutting items are
one like commercial grinders, slicers and mixers. 
 
 Have 3 industrial dual 8" wheel bench top knife sharpeners and 2 others that are mounted on stands.  Best way to finish is with a compound and paper wheel if want to take it to those extremes.  Then 7 0r 8 very large diamond wheel stones. Some very thick and others a large dia. A few take 2 people to carry. Only use 2 of them with different grit. Rest are still boxed. I'll lay them on their side flat and play around sharpening. 
 
  98 percent of the time I use a few different stones with handles similar to below and diamond steels.https://www.sharpeningsup...g8NEAQYByABEgIK1PD_BwE
 
  

 Back in the day I used a leather strop like on the side of a barber's chair used for sharpening a razor during a shave for a finale edge. A leather belt works great.
 
 Forgot I have one of these cheap Delta bench tops. I used it once. Threw away the black water cup dispenser by mistake forgetting what it went to 
https://www.ebay.com/itm/...inxwqfuASDw2hZAYXYq_aY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Received. Thank you so much!!

My fav. always was/still is the stand by wooden handle rapala knives in varying lengths.  Had the right flex for my style of fileting.  Worked on everything from bluegill/crappie all the way up to 50# plus AJ's and groupers.  Had them since before I moved to TX in the early 2000's and still use the same ones today (although not nearly as often as I would like).  My mid size one has cleaned thousands of walleyes over the years.  I use my old plastic handled one (rapala) as a bait knife in my saltwater tackle bag.  Not nearly as useful as the wood handled ones.