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    OPEN SEASON FOR GAME SETS

    Sep 17, 2019 5 minutes
    BY ABE ELIAS BLADE® FIELD EDITOR
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    Years ago when I brain tanned hides, I found that a number of hides had perfectly good pieces of meat left on them, parts of the back strap especially. No one wants to struggle to field dress a game animal, so the knife industry’s answer has been to provide knife sets—usually a trio of knives in each. This is by no means a new phenomenon, but it is growing as the number of knife companies increases.

    This time the test is of four sets of hunting knives: the DiamondBlade Pinnacle Set, Bear & Son Three-Piece Game Set, Condor Tool & Knife Jackal Series and the Outdoor Edge Wild Guide. As usual, in order for me to have this article ready for hunting season, I had to

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