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A cut above the rest

There are few tools more central to fieldsports than a decent knife and, whether you are gralloching stags in the Highlands or divvying up the game pie at a shoot lunch, you won’t get far without a good blade. This month, I was lucky enough to get my hands on a quartet of real beauties, all of which were thoroughly put through their paces over a long weekend camping in the forest. So, how did they measure up?

1 Marttiini Martef Skinner

RRP £56.99

 tacticalknives.co.uk

Marttiini is renowned for no-nonsense, practical blades. I discovered the Finnish manufacturer’s Martef-coated range while fishing in Sweden and it wasn’t long before I couldn’t imagine filleting

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