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AvidOutdoorsman: 20 Fixed-Blade Knives That Were Overlooked by Collectors

They dressed deer, cut rope, rode in tackle boxes, lived behind truck seats, and got sharpened on whatever stone happened to be available. Nobody worried about preserving a knife that could easily be replaced next season.

AvidOutdoorsman: 20 Fixed-Blade Knives That Were Overlooked by Collectors

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They dressed deer, cut rope, rode in tackle boxes, lived behind truck seats, and got sharpened on whatever stone happened to be available.

Nobody worried about preserving a knife that could easily be replaced next season.

Fixed-blade knives have always had a strange relationship with collectors.

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They dressed deer, cut rope, rode in tackle boxes, lived behind truck seats, and got sharpened on whatever stone happened to be available. Nobody worried about preserving a knife that could easily be replaced next season. Fixed-blade knives have always had a strange relationship with collectors.

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Fixed-blade knives have always had a strange relationship with collectors.

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