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  2. Kukri - Wikipedia

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    It can function as a smaller knife by using the narrower part of the blade, closest to the handle. The heavier and wider end of the blade, towards the tip, functions as an axe or a small shovel. The kukri often appears in Nepalese heraldry and is used in many traditional, Hindu -centric rites such as wedding ceremonies.

  3. Strider Knives - Wikipedia

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    Strider Knives has manufactured modern versions of classic military designs such as the V-42 stiletto, the Marine Raider stiletto, the SOG Knife, the USMC Fighting Utility Knife, and the Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife. These versions have the same profile as the originals, but incorporate modern steel and materials in their designs.

  4. Cleaver - Wikipedia

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    A modern wood-handled cleaver Chinese chef's knife (top) and old North American cleaver (bottom) A cleaver in use, being used to cut pork chops from a loin of pork. A cleaver is a large knife that varies in its shape but usually resembles a rectangular-bladed hatchet.

  5. TOPS Knives - Wikipedia

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    TOPS Knives was created in December 1998. Several old friends from the Vietnam War era developed a concept based on their experience and disappointment with the knives they were issued during the war, and they sought to correct these issues of strength and durability.

  6. Penny (Canadian coin) - Wikipedia

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    According to the Royal Canadian Mint, the official term for the coin is the one-cent piece, but in practice the terms penny and cent predominate. Penny was likely readily adopted because the previous coinage in Canada (up to 1858) was the British monetary system, where Canada used British pounds, shillings, and pence as coinage alongside U.S. decimal coins.

  7. X-Acto - Wikipedia

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    An X-Acto knife equipped with a "Number 2" blade Parts of an X-Acto knife from left to right: (1) handle, (2) collar, (3) collet, (4) blade. An X-Acto knife is a blade mounted on a pen-like aluminum body. A knurled collar loosens and tightens an aluminum collet with one slot, which holds a replaceable blade.

  8. Butterfly knife - Wikipedia

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    Butterfly knives in closed and open positions. A balisong, also known as a butterfly knife, fan knife or Batangas knife, is a type of folding pocketknife that originated in the Philippines. Its distinct features are two handles counter-rotating around the tang such that, when closed, the blade is concealed within grooves in the handles.

  9. Ulu - Wikipedia

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    An ulu (Inuktitut: ᐅᓗ; plural: uluit; sometimes referred to as 'woman's knife') is an all-purpose knife traditionally used by Inuit, Iñupiat, Yupik, and Aleut women. It is used in applications as diverse as skinning and cleaning animals, cutting a child's hair, cutting food, and sometimes even trimming blocks of snow and ice used to build ...

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