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2. Rapala - Wikipedia

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   Rapala (/ ˈ r æ p ə l ɑː / RAP-ə-lah) [1] is a fishing product manufacturing company based in Finland. It was founded in 1936 by Lauri Rapala, who is credited for creating the world's first floating minnow lure carved from cork with a shoemaker's knife, covered with chocolate candy bar wrappers and melted photography film negatives, for a protective outer coating. [2]

3. Original Floater - Wikipedia

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   Original Floater. The Original Floater is a wobbler type of fishing lure, manufactured by Rapala. It is modeled after the first lure created by founder Lauri Rapala, in Finland in 1936. That prototype was made of cork wrapped in tinfoil and covered in melted film negatives as a cheap alternative to lacquer . Today, the original floater is made ...

4. Resolza - Wikipedia

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   A typical knife from Arbus. The resòlza, also known as resòrza, resòrja or arresòja, is a traditional Sardinian folding-blade fighting and utility knife. In Sardinia, this term is widely used to describe all foldable knives. Like the straight razor, the resolza's blade folds into the handle when not in use. Although the blade traces its ...

5. Pesh-kabz - Wikipedia

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   Pesh-kabz, 18th century. Blade: gilt steel; hilt: gilt ivory or bone, Louvre Museum, Paris France. The pesh-kabz or peshkabz (Persian: پیش قبض, Hindi: पेश क़ब्ज़) [1] is a type of Indo-Persian knife designed to penetrate mail armour and other types of armour. [2][3][4] The word is also spelled pesh-qabz or pish-ghabz and ...

6. Facón - Wikipedia

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   Facón. For "fake" bacon, see vegetarian bacon. A facón is a fighting and utility knife widely used in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay as the principal tool and weapon of the gaucho of the South American pampas. [ 1] Often fitted with an elaborately decorated metal hilt and sheath, the facón has a large, heavy blade measuring from 25 cm (10 in ...

7. Boline - Wikipedia

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   Boline. The boline (also spelled bolline, pron.: boh-leen) is a white-handled ritual knife, one of several magical tools used in Wicca, mainly for the cutting of herbs and inscribing candles.