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Keeping Knives in American Lives Since 1998

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Accountants
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Aircraft Mechanic
Alarm Technician
Antique Collectors
Appraisers
Archeologists
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Automotive Technicians
Backpackers
Bakers
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Bicyclists
Big Game Hunters
Bioscience / Biomedical Workers
Bloggers
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Bow Hunters
Boy Scouts
Business Executives
Butchers
Cable Installers
Campers
Canoeists
Carpenters
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Carvers
Citizens Emergency Response Team
Chefs
Christmas Tree Dealers
Clammers
Clothing Designers
Cobblers (Shoe Makers)
Knife Collectors
Composers
Computer Technicians
Construction Workers
Cross Country Skiers
Curriers

Dad
Dairy Farmers
Deep-Sea Fishermen
Deli Workers
Doctors
Downhill Skiers
Editors
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Electricians
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Engineers
Factory Workers
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Fish Farmers
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Floor Layers
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Furriers

Game & Fish Rangers
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Girl Scouts
Glaziers
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Gunsmiths
Helicopter Pilots
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Hikers
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Homeowners
Horse Breeders

Horse Drawn Carriage Drivers
Horseback Riders
Hunters
Ice Fishermen
Industrial Workers
Information Techs
Investigators
Janitors
Jewelers

Kayakers
Knifemakers
Landscapers
Leather Workers
Legislators
Licensed Firearms Dealers
Line Workers
Locksmiths
Loggers
Machinists
Maintenance Workers

Marine Surveyors
Mechanics
Metal Casters
Military Personnel
Miners
Milliners
Mill Wrights

Model Makers
Mold Makers
Moms
Motorcyclists
Mountain Climbers
Movers
Museum Curators
Musicians
Nurses
Nursery Workers

Office Workers
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Paramedics
Park Rangers
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Physical Therapists
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Plumbers
Police Officers
Pool Cleaner/Maintenance
Potters (ceramic workers)
Precious Stone Setters
Printers
Private Pilots
Probation / Parole Officers
Project Managers

Railway Workers
Ranchers
Retired People
Roofers

Sailors
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Scouts
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Sculptors
Seamstresses
Search & Rescue Teams
Security Guards
Sheriffs
Shipping Clerks
Short Order Cooks
Sky Divers
Snowboarders
Snowmobilers
Sporting Goods Dealers
Stage Hands
Stone Workers / Masons
Surgeons
Survival Instructors

Tailors
Taxidermists
Teachers / Instructors
Telephone Repairmen
Television Repairmen
Tile Workers
Tow Truck Drivers
Tower (Cell/Phone/Radio) Climbers
Tractor-Trailer Drivers or Commercial Truck Drivers
Trail Runners
Trappers
Veterinarians / Vet Techs

Warehouse Workers
Watchmen
Watchmakers / Horologists
Water Skiers
Weavers
Welders
Wood Workers
…Etc.

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