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the everyone on gm crop welcome to

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twenty twenty five ballistics best pdc ninth

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edition this is the first year that

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ballistic is added a knife category to

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the popular ballistics best project and i

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was very honored that they asked me

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to help out with it i worked

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really closely with athlon outdoors

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to select the we are going to

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review as well as establish the criteria

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on which will be evaluated sites we

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landed on nine categories for the reviewed

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aesthetics what is a nice look like

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a visually appealing ergonomics how does a

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nice feel in hand and when you're

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using ease of carry

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these are tbc nights are they easy

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to carry sharpless

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how sharp is a nice way down

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in the box

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carving can we make feather sticks triceps

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things of that nature general daily tasks

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cutting up cardboard cutting up cordage food

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from here we're not talking about carving

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a thanksgiving turkey were just talking about

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your lunch things that you do out

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in the field like slicing up an

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apple slice of cheese things like that

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edge retention how well did the night

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retain it's edge from the time you

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want box that until you're done evaluating

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we were not sharpening signs at all

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and lastly down is the knife actually

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worth the asking price on the box

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the goal was to have models for

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a range of price

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we wanted to have roughly half the

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knives above two hundred dollars half the

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knives below i asked to fellow knife

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doubts about this project steve barlow is

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a retired law enforcement officer and firearms

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instructor as well as a lifelong outdoorsman

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craig corals director of major alliance school

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in kentucky

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where he teaches tracking and self reliance

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between the three of us we have

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well over one hundred and twenty years

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of combined experience using knives

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one way that r e d c

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nice feature differs from the firearms ones

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that list usually does is that for

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the firearms one you get everybody together

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out of the range for a couple

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of days they spend a couple of

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days burning up as much ammo as

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they can evaluating accuracy and ergonomics and

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all that fun stuff

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as a group we didn't do it

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that way we had sample life sent

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to each reviewer and we'd get all

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of our testing independent we didn't talk

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about the results until everything was done

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we wanted this to be as objective

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as possible as we value

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but enough about all that let's get

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to the reason you're actually here during

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the night this is a shaman lightweight

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and spider he has a big beefy

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folder but it only weighs four point

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eight of the men and we're talking

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eight point two five inches with a

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three point five inch fly

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that grumbling he is a mean slicer

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it worked great and everything we used

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for testing protocol i particularly excelled with

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anything involving this might seem like food

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crap things like that the handle has

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very tactile feel it's almost like a

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mild grade pain

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and honestly i didn't care for it

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when i first took this out of

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the box but i quickly got used

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to it late late night interestingly the

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lock mechanisms on the back of the

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four instead of on the front like

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normally is i most folks this took

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a little getting used to it's not

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bad it's not awkward it's just

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different the shaman lightweight retails for four

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hundred and thirty bucks that's a lot

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of money for a folding knife but

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you are getting a lot of folding

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knife for that price here is the

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tale of two from spark blankets being

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from the spartan shop you know that

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you're talking about high quality and

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the tale of two is no exception

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this is ideal e d c nice

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small slam it's lightweight it's easy to

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carry he is just shy of four

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inches on the handle the blade is

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three and a quarter inches is razor

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sharp right on the box it's got

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a lock on it that's nice

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the opening mechanism i struggled with a

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little bit but i think that's just

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operator error because i'm the only reviewer

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out of the three that a problem

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with it

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it's just so easy to toss into

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a pocket as you leave the house

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is small lightweight and works great

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here it's priced at one hundred and

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seventy five which we did feel was

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a little bit high for the amount

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of knife you're getting but it's not

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really out of line considering the quality

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of spartan buck knives it's obviously been

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around a very long time and for

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good reason they do tremendous work at

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affordable prices this is

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the seven ninety one range price is

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a medium for medium size folding knife

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it has a

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a glass-filled nylon handle and the steel

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is one fifty four cm it has

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a very nice lock on it and

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thumb start opening the lock is very

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secure you know once that blade is

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in place there's no wiggle your kid

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is not going anywhere opening and closing

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a nice tv

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the free blade was very sharp kept

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that edge through all the testing this

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one particularly excelled with the food prep

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tasks with the apples mac

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i think because it has a fairly

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thin way more than the handle does

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have some checkering for a positive grip

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it has a deep carry pocket clip

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that is reversible

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it is an american made knife from

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a very well known and well respected

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brand it retails for about one hundred

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and twenty five dollars and that's actually

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a pretty good value for the the

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nitrogen this is the bamboozle from columbia

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river knife and tool also known as

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crpd it's an assisted open flow

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super style my i really liked this

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knife a lot soda or other reviewers

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what i don't like the color

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as as funny as i thought they

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do this and a couple other iterations

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they've got one that leaves all black

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one is black and stainless that it

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i just don't care for the color

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on this is ten here performance wise

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this day it knocked every test out

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of the park

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the flipper is very small and an

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unobtrusive it's not going to get caught

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up your pocket on anything have to

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take the knife out tapes gotta keep

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carry pocket clip and overall we're talking

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seven point eight one inches with a

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three point three four inch blade it's

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d two so it also edge forever

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very long time the lockup is solid

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but it's easy to release the handles

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a little bit sad if you have

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large hands but it's not too bad

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just for you know day to day

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use you wouldn't want to do a

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lotta real heavy duty charge

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it's an all purpose cdc it's a

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great option and it's priced well below

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one hundred dollars making this knife truly

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a steal

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we missed all is the first knife

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i've ever had from home best really

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withhold for awhile i just had the

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opportunity to leave you one of the

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nights until now and i'm glad i

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did i really liked this night it's

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comfortable it's very eye-catching the handle has

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some topographic pat

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iron carved into it which looks really

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cool the midst of the series is

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element they've got i think i've heard

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of a fire and things like that

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it is seven point eight inches from

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manga cut late it's then it's slim

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it's easy to carry but it's got

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a lot of reach

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we as reviewers were kind of split

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on the site i really liked it

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the other reviewers were kind of ambivalent

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i thought it did just fine for

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everything that we asked of it but

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this is a lightweight mice this isn't

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something that you would want to take

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out to do some heavy bushcraft and

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survival tasks things like that this is

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quite literally the predominantly for urban or

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suburban character it was great for lunchtime

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food prep breaking down

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boxes you know the average type day

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to day stuff that we do

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given them aggregate steal the overall quality

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the one hundred and eighty dollar price

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point is pretty on par this is

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the kershaw twenty one launch twenty one

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it's based on the launch sixteen the

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launch sixteen had a tanto blade this

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as a drop point blade this knife

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is a whole lot of what i

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admittedly i have a thing for automatic

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knives and this is one of my

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favorites i gotta tell you it's very

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comfortable in hand very comfortable to use

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it's a bigger night it's let's see

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with a three point four five inch

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blade this is not a small knife

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at cpm 'em for stealing which was

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a newer one for me

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if the handle handles very grippy it

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really locks in the place it's got

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a deep carry pocket clip is reversible

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the law twenty one goes for about

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two hundred eight dollars and it is

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worth every penny of that two hundred

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and eight dollar the great fights sort

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of vdc knife that you carry around

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and you'll be looking for leaders

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the station is a pocket fixed blade

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from benchmade is the aesthetics are absolutely

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on point it's got a really nice

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pointy wade it's got that this version

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that is as denim canvas micarta handles

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inside the sheath then when you put

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that brown leather next to the

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blue denim it just looks outstanding

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it had a seven point seven seven

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point five seven inches for men and

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the magnet cup weight is three point

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five four inches tips the scales at

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a very modest three point three seven

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it's thin which is problematic if you

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have big hands if your hands feel

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a little cramped after awhile if you're

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using this thing extensible the sheath looks

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great but it does have some crops

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it set off

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the cross draw it setup can be

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carried like this not like this the

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problem is most people carry their knife

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like this we don't carry it like

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this i would love to see an

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option where you could get a sheet

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that is horizontal rather than vertical

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they didn't ask my opinion when they

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put it out of the popular out

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there for a practical standpoint validation is

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another knife in our test group that

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is more suited for urban and suburban

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use that it would be for bushcraft

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wilderness survival things like that the blades

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he retails for about three hundred bucks

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which is a little bit high for

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what you're getting it's a great knife

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but i'd like to see it around

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two fifty two sections of the this

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is e s k e d c

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from bark river knife pdf p s

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k stands for personal survey

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bible like this is actually the second

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i think iteration of it the first

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one was actually small enough to fit

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into an altoids tin this is a

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little bit bigger and therefore it's the

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dc version

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one of the hallmarks of bark river

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is when they do their iphones they

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offer a dizzying array of handle options

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we ended up with just the plain

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jane black canvas micarta and that was

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fine that's all we wanted

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it it this knife is really kind

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of a goldilocks of idiocy nights it's

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not too big not too small it's

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just like you've got an overall length

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of six point three seven five inches

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you've got a blade length of two

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point seven five inches it weighs just

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a hair over three ounces it comes

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with

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a nice pouch style leather sheath it

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does have a belt loop on it

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but i personally i thought this one

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was perfect for just pocket carry the

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drop in the pocket of one thing

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to know about bulk rivers they do

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all of their knives with a convex

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catch

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if you're not familiar with a convex

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edge it can be a lot sharper

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than you think it's gonna and you

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have to be really careful it doesn't

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bite you

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the blades a little bit short for

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any meaningful food prep but it does

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fine with cut pieces of an apple

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putting a little bit cheese things of

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that nature and you're out in the

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field of arc reviews just a few

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distributors for their knives the lt trading

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nice ship free and patio nicer my

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daughter to others

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the p s k d c retails

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for right around two hundred and forty

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dollars and it's a great value at

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that price this is the apex from

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white river nights it's a collaboration with

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smith and sunlight who accompanies that they've

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worked with for years and years and

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years the first thing you'll notice is

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that curve to it

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i'll be honest i didn't know what

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i think about that for when i

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first took this alibi but once you

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get the knife in hand it makes

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sense because it puts the blade the

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edge exactly where you want it

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it has an overall length of seven

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inches from end to end a blade

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length of two point seven five inches

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this magnet cut steel this version has

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natural canvas handle skills with a black

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liner they do offer it in a

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couple of other handle materials as well

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this thing was razor sharp right out

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of the box and it help at

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at very

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very well it comes with a kydex

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sheath with a belt you know it's

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got the attached belt loop snaps in

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a place like that comes out very

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easy we did have a little bit

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of trouble with the sheep because

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when you have an item there you

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have it on your belt it stands

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off from your balcony and it had

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a tendency to catch on bushes and

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shrubbery and things like that if you're

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walking through the woods so it just

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something to be aware of personally i

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would take this belt loop off just

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undo the screw take it off and

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i just drop in the pocket

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in hand the contour of this handle

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really keeps it locked in place you

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do not going to lose this knife

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accidentally

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wait as a dip in the spine

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here which is perfect for putting added

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leverage as you're doing for detail work

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is carving the nature and like i

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said this is mandy cuts the one

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that in and of itself does carry

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a premium price the msrp on the

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apex is two hundred and twenty five

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dollars and while

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that is kind of a hefty chunk

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of change you're getting a lot of

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knifepoint anthrax this is the pocket tangled

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one man pam and this is a

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really fun knife hearings it's got a

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netbook wade profile photo a lot of

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belly for carving and for slicing the

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handle is very comfortable

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i have fairly large hands that i

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can just yet like three and a

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half fingers around it's perfect that way

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pits but see six point nine inches

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from end to end or six point

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six nine inches for men and two

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point nine one inches were just the

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blame

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it comes with a nice well-made leather

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sheath the sheath is a prop the

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sheath is magnet it as a magritte

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catch for this clip that you would

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use on your belt your pocket that's

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great not not problem with that the

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problem is when you have a knife

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finish he then you go to take

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the knife out that manga tends to

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stick to the steel and wants to

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pull the sheath with it if it

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were me then it's gotta be me

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the nice one hundred and seventy dollars

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is a great value it's a tremendous

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value for today i'm going to then

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pay for secondary sheath made probably by

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skin better leatherwork up in grandville michigan

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because i love the knife that much

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that i want to be able to

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carry it more off

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there you have it the best gdc

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night of twenty five the best overall

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in our test group turned out to

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be the kershaw watch twenty one second

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place was a shaman lightweight from spyderco

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and then third place was a tie

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between the white river apex the bark

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river p escape

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d c in the mkm pocket tango

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one

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i'd like to thank each of the

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brands for sending the samples out i

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thought was a big ask a huge

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thanks to see burlon craig caudill for

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helping out with this project special thanks

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to david c anderson over at the

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knife center for doing a lot of

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legwork to get us a couple of

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samples and thanks also to avant outdoor

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thanks for letting me play in the

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sandbox

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thank you for hanging out with us

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for the twenty twenty five because it's

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best if you see giants he will

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see you next year

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the