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PART III TO THE POINT

“ALL MY LIFE I HAVE SOUGHT EXCALIBUR, THE PERFECT BLADE, THE CULMINATION OF ALL THINGS RIGHT AND GOOD WITH LADY KNIFE.”

From the beginning of time we have examples of every version of tip possible—from normal awls for sewing leather to larger punches—to teach us how to make some good ones. As time passes, sometimes facts about cut in the form of the butcher or trapper and of dreams of different tips of knives factor into the equation. In addition, check the knives of the butchering trades and you will find a lot of designs that were made to work, too.

JUST the TIP

All my life I have sought Excalibur, the perfect blade, the culmination of all

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