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    Have the edge on

    Mar 01, 2022 4 minutes

    My fascination with knives started at an early age - my father gave me a Swiss Army knife when I was still in primary school and it was my favourite possession for many years. It accompanied me on every Cub Scouts trip, camping holiday and fishing venture. However, a lesson learned the hard way was about the need for lockback knives when pushing the blade into something.

    As years passed and with more experiences of fishing and hunting, the importance of having sharp blades grew. It is easy to become slightly obsessed with keeping knives as sharp as possible at all times.

    For many years I persisted with an oilstone,

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