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Blade • Vol. LII, No. 2, December 2025

Happy 250th, Marines!

WONDER of the WA • User-friendly custom takes on the classic Japanese knife handle abound

Cool Cooking Cutters • Kitchen detail is a joy with one of these sharp customs

VITAL BLADES FOR VITTLES • Utility knives are among the most essential of kitchen cutters

KITCHEN UTILITY KNIFE DEFINED

AFFORDABLE FOODIE TOOLS • Consider four large kitchen knives, all under $80 each

KNIVES LIE, DAGGERS DON’T PART II • No frills, no failures—details that make or break daggers

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Keen Team Knives • Cool collaborations offer the best of both blade worlds

THE MARINE CORPS RANDALL • Enjoy the story of a prototype Airman and a Marine pioneer

LARGE AND IN CHARGE • Mike Bradshaw’s Large Hunter smokes the author’s test regimen

BLADES OF THE FINN FOLK • Today’s puukkos are knives you can trust in the great outdoors

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NEW YORK STATE OF THE ART

BEST BLADE COVER EVER? • The American Blade saluted the Marines’ bicentennial in grand fashion

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