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• Select a knife by the steel used in its blade.
• by knives4less( 768)
• There are two main factors that determine the quality of a knife blade: the amount of carbon in the steel and the heat treatment. Hardly any knives retailing for less than $100 are heat treated today... 

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  knife | Blade | Cut | sharp | steel

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• Vintage Pocket Knives and How To Spot An Altered Knife
• by jbcoin( 2679)
• VINTAGE KNIFE COLLECTING AND SPOTTING REPAIRED OR PROBLEM KNIVES This guide is meant to be a brief outline for the novice collector of vintage pocket knives. I'll try to describe some of the more common... 

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  knife | knives | vintage | knife repair | pocket knife

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• Case XX Knife Knives All About the Blades
• by mountainstatecutlery( 5569)
• Case XX Knife Blades ---Three Quality Types of Steel We have sold Case XX Knife Knives, made by W.R. Case Sons Cutlery Company, on Ebay for four years. During that time, we have learned a lot of things... 

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  Case XX | Case XX knife | Case XX knives | Case XX knife blades | WR Case Knives

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• Buying a Japanese sword on eBay
• by loominosity( 890)
• This guide is intended as a reference for buying modern Japanese swords, as my knowledge of pre-modern and antique swords is limited. Buying a Japanese sword is complicated enough; buying one on eBay can... 

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  Katana | Wakizashi | Japanese | tameshigiri | sword

• 264 of 279 people found this guide helpful

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• Selling Straight Razors
• by urleebird( 2001)
• I gave buyers a few tips on what to look for when they are buying a straight razor, and now I'd like to share a little with the sellers. This is not so much for the guys who know straight razors, but rather... 

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  straight razor | knife | razor | shaving | folding knives

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