This comprehensive compendium covers all aspects of self-defense knives, including their history, development, and technology, as well as practice, training, an

Tactical knives are the fast-growing field of American bladesmithing. Now, in one groundbreaking volume, tactical knife expert James Morgan Ayres shares more th

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