All About Pocket Knives

Guys,
I just put in a call to Michael 'Tank' Fisher and his wife advised me he had passed quite a while back. I had done business with him off and on and I was sorry to hear of his passing. I know some of you also patronized him so I thought I should send the word around.
Rest in Peace, Tank.

Ray

Rest in Peace, Good Fellow; thanks for your company here.

I remember Tank, I think he passed back before Covid some years. He was a SAK collector.

There was this post from earlier this year: viewtopic.php?p=1116207&hilit=Tank#p1116207

And this: viewtopic.php?p=1115473&hilit=Tank#p1115473

bestgear wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 6:32 pm There was this post from earlier this year: viewtopic.php?p=1116207&hilit=Tank#p1116207

And this: viewtopic.php?p=1115473&hilit=Tank#p1115473

Wow! Somehow I missed those posts. I hadn't had any contact with him in a while. He had stopped by my table at the Belton Show back in the mid-1990s and we had done business off and on since then. He always did excellent work.
Ray

I know how that goes Ray - these days I’m removing more contacts on phone than I’m adding I’m sure you know how that goes.

bestgear wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 8:54 pm I know how that goes Ray - these days I’m removing more contacts on phone than I’m adding I’m sure you know how that goes.

I do, I do.

Ray

His last post was in 2017, I guess that's what made me think it was longer ago.

Guys you're confusing two now departed members here who both went by the nick name "Tank". Tank Fisher was a knife maker and customizer. The gentleman shown in the photos above was Anthony Meeks aka Tank. He had Lou Gerhegs disease and was totally paralyzed for several years before his passing. He served as a moderator here on AAPK years ago. He's been gone a few years now.

Thanks for clearing that up, Philco. Personally I couldn't bring this together in my mind until I read the surname, Meeks. I remember him but was not familiar with the gentleman that was knife maker.
Treefarmer

treefarmer wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2024 11:07 am Thanks for clearing that up, Philco. Personally I couldn't bring this together in my mind until I read the surname, Meeks. I remember him but was not familiar with the gentleman that was knife maker.
Treefarmer

Me too, tree. I don't remember the knife maker, per se. Thanks, Phil!

Thanks for bringing clarity to the situation Phil

Thank you, Phil; I had a feeling something was amiss.