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953:Trench knife
943:Taping knife
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893:Sheath knife
788:Opinel knife
704:Ivan's Knife
645:Diving knife
620:Combat knife
504:Nakiri bōchō
499:Maguro bōchō
484:Tomato knife
469:Pizza cutter
444:Fillet knife
429:Chef's knife
424:Cheese knife
414:Butter knife
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1692:Chris Reeve
1614:James Black
1601:Knifemakers
1529:TOPS Knives
1501:Slice, Inc.
1433:Marble Arms
1275:Buck Knives
1227:Yoroi-dōshi
1182:Push dagger
1089:French Nail
938:Switchblade
923:Strider SMF
888:Sharpfinger
838:Putty knife
828:Pocketknife
813:Penny knife
758:Misericorde
529:Usuba bōchō
479:Steak knife
404:Bread knife
302:www.bop.gov
259:Tom Dalzell
243:20 February
195:20 February
94:chivomengro
35:chiv, schiv
1795:Categories
1712:Mike Snody
1687:Bo Randall
1662:Jimmy Lile
1657:Gil Hibben
1642:Jerry Fisk
1539:Victorinox
1534:Tramontina
1515:STI Knives
1423:Leatherman
1408:KitchenAid
1358:Fällkniven
1310:Cold Steel
1114:Kabutowari
1074:Ear dagger
883:Sgian dubh
863:Sami knife
778:Neck knife
768:Multi-tool
763:Mora knife
700:Husa knife
690:Higonokami
650:Drop point
640:Deba bōchō
615:Clip point
605:Cane knife
595:Boot knife
494:Deba bōchō
149:References
130:Billy Hill
1677:Ken Onion
1320:Cuisinart
1265:Benchmade
1059:Cinquedea
1034:Bagh nakh
913:SOG Knife
818:Pesh-kabz
625:Commander
570:Ballistic
534:Yanagi ba
519:Udon kiri
459:Mezzaluna
1511:Spyderco
1491:Sabatier
1260:Aritsugu
1207:Stiletto
1172:Poignard
1134:Khanjali
1044:Baselard
908:Smatchet
858:Sabatier
808:Penknife
713:Karambit
1780:Daggers
1569:Wüsthof
1448:Morseth
1418:Kyocera
1368:Fiskars
1353:F. Dick
1139:Khanjar
1104:Jambiya
1049:Bichuwa
1039:Balarao
1014:Anelace
1006:Daggers
996:Yatagan
873:Scalpel
853:Resolza
848:Rampuri
743:Machete
580:Bayonet
509:Santoku
434:Cleaver
380:Kitchen
354:daggers
183:"shank"
163:"shank"
141:In the
137:murder.
102:shivver
39:shivvie
33:, also
1801:Knives
1579:Global
1554:Wenger
1473:Opinel
1398:Ka-Bar
1394:Ivan's
1119:Kaiken
1094:Gunong
1079:Emeici
986:X-Acto
981:Wedung
843:Puukko
833:Phurba
803:Parang
773:Navaja
748:Mandau
723:Kirpan
585:Boline
560:Athame
547:knives
545:Other
474:Splayd
419:Caidao
394:Boning
387:knives
350:Knives
307:9 June
232:"shiv"
211:"shiv"
86:Romani
1486:Rösle
1453:Muela
1363:FAMAE
1325:Cutco
1270:Böker
1212:Tantō
1197:Shobo
1177:Pugio
1149:Kunai
1129:Katar
1124:Kalis
1084:Facón
1029:BC-41
823:Pirah
733:Kukri
670:Golok
665:Ginsu
635:CQC-6
630:Corvo
600:Bowie
385:table
298:(PDF)
108:Usage
88:word
78:knife
70:chive
51:knife
43:shank
41:, or
1463:OLFA
1222:V-42
1202:Sica
1192:Seme
1144:Kris
1109:Jile
1069:Dirk
958:Tumi
898:Shiv
878:Seax
868:SARK
718:Kard
680:Guna
590:Bolo
454:Lame
399:Boti
352:and
309:2020
245:2023
197:2023
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