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Moran Museum Inspiration

I have been reading BLADE® for years and carrying a knife since I was a boy. I carried a Benchmade Triage into war as a DUSTOFF Army flight medic and the knife out performed my trauma shears. Meanwhile, as of Dec. 30—my birthday—2018, I have embarked on knifemaking.

My wife got me a tour of the William F. Moran,

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