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Southern Grind Wasp
throwing axe set.
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Greg Cimms kitchen knives.
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10 MADE-IN-AMERICA FORCE 48 HOT STEEL TIGER CLAWS

Will the USA pass China in making price-point knives? Cool karambits offer creative design and material options.
By Steve Shackleford By Dexter Ewing

12 FIT AND FINISH 101 58 GREAT TEACHER, BETTER MAN
How to know it when you spot it on folders and fi xed blades. Wayne Goddard passes away after a most worthy life in
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By Pat Covert knives. By BLADE staff
22 4 PATHS TO COLLECTOR GLORY 71 MORE THAN JUST A PRETTY BLADE

Discover what they are and then learn to blaze your own. Latest damascus folders put the metal to the media.
By Les Robertson By James Morgan Ayres

26 MOTHERS OF HURL 76 HOW ABOUT THOSE HAMONS?
Three contemporary throwing axes go airborne and utilitar- Forged blades with visible temper lines exude sharp and
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ian. By Abe Elias cool. By BLADE staff

34 EDGE WEST 78 NOT TOO CUTE TO CUT
BLADE Show West returns to The City of Roses in sharp Knives that sport sub-2-inch blades are handy slicing tools.
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style. By BLADE staff By Mike Haskew

42 BATTLE OF THE SCANDIS 82 WAR AXE
Traditional and new-age styles tackle the author’s tests. Jamie Lundell draws on several inspirations for his chopper.
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By MSG Kim Breed By BLADE staff

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