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Tag Archives: Knives

A Cut Above: Knifemaking in Arkansas

January 2019, MagazineBy Caleb TalleyDecember 25, 2018

By Caleb Talley | Photography by Jamison Mosley Behind every great knife is the ancient art of bladesmithing. And no other place in the world has contributed to that art quite like Arkansas. From the advent of the Arkansas toothpick and the Bowie knife – crafted by James Black in southwest Arkansas in the 1820s…

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