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KEEN BENEFACTORS             | BY DANIEL JACKSON

        IMAGES COURTESY OF THE PARTICIPATING KNIFEMAKERS




























        CARING KNIFEMAKERS


        LEAD THE WAY


        BY SUPPORTING

        WORTHY CAUSES




































                                                                                 Lucas Burnley’s Cypop is part bottle opener, part “pocket
                                                                                 sculpture.” He indicated the Cypop fan base seems to have
                                                                                 eclipsed his knives. He raffl ed off 33 Cypops in November,
                                                                                 netting $118,000 for Toys for Tots. The raffl e’s fi rst-place
                                                                                 winner netted this Cypop made of Mokuti and inlaid with three
                                                                                 diamonds. (Lucas Burnley image)











                                                                         Lucas Burnley (left) and Marine Corps SSgt. Joshua Patterson push a cart
                                                                         Lucas  Burnley  (left)  and  Marine  Corps  SSgt.  Joshua  Patterson  push  a  cart
                                                                         full of toys to be donated to Toys for Tots. (Lucas Burnley image)ots. (Lucas Burnley image)
                                                                         full of toys to be donated to T oys for T











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