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South African knifemaker Riaan Manser of 3LegDog Knives was born in November 1968. Riaan lives in the small town of Sundra, situated approximately 60 kilometers east of Johannesburg and south of Pretoria. Riaan's fascination with knifemaking began in the early 1980s while he was still in school. However, life took him on different paths after his school years and it wasn't until around 2012 that he rekindled his passion for creating high performance knives.
Riaan’s company name 3LegDog pays homage to his shop dog Patch, who as you can guess only had 3 legs. Riaan had Patch from 2007 until 2018. While he is gone, Patch’s legacy lives on through Riaan’s high-performance knives.
When Riaan first started, he only made fixed blades as many knifemakers do. Riaan made fixed blades until 2014, when he decided to try his hand at making folders. His dedication and skill allowed him to transition to full-time knifemaking in March 2016. Throughout his career, Riaan has drawn inspiration from renowned makers such as Andre Thorburn, Trevor Burger, and Stan Wilson, as well as many of South Africa's other prominent folder makers of the time. George Muller, Andre Thorburn, and Arno Bernard Sr. significantly contributed to his growth as a knifemaker and helped him greatly along the way.
Folding knives made by Riaan have spectacular fit and finish with excellent opening and closing action. He uses high quality handle materials such as exotic woods, G-10, carbon fiber, Micarta, and other synthetics, usually sourced from the United States. His inlay work is top notch. His favorite steels are CPM-MagnaCut, M390, and Elmax, though he sometimes uses unique forged damascus in his knives as well. His knives are built to be used as daily carry working knives, though they are beautiful enough to be a jewel in a private knife collection. Regardless, his knives are built to last a lifetime.
Awards:
A7 Flipper with Carbon Fiber (Ceramic Bearings) - ELMAX |
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A7 Flipper with Crosscut Raindrop Gold FatCarbon - Elmax |
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A7 Flipper with Desert Ironwood and Damascus (Ceramic Bearings) |
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A7 Flipper with Lacewood - Elmax |
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A7 Flipper with Maple Burl (Ceramic Bearings) - ELMAX |
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A7 Flipper with Maple Burl - Elmax |
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A7 Flipper with Mars Valley FatCarbon - Elmax |
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A7 Flipper with Purple Dark Matter FatCarbon - M390 |
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A7 Flipper with Red Micarta - Elmax |
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A7 Front Flipper Detent Folder with Black G-10 and Turquoise - CPM-MagnaCut |
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A7 Front Flipper with Black G-10 and Spalted Oak Inlays - M390 |
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A7 Front Flipper with Black G10 and Maple Burl - M390 |
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A7 Front Flipper with Carbon Fiber - M390 |
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A7 Front Flipper with Maple Burl - M390 |
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A7 Front Flipper with Nebula FatCarbon - M390 |
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A7 Front Flipper with Orange Dark Matter FatCarbon - M390 |
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A7 Front Flipper with White/Black Carbon Fiber - M390 |
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G8 Flipper with Black G-10 Maple Burl - MagnaCut |
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G8 Flipper with Green Mamba Juma Inlays - M390 |
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G8 Flipper with Maple Burl - M390 |
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G8 Flipper with Maple Burl - M390 |
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G8 Flipper with Maple Burl - M390 |
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G8 Flipper with Maple Burl - MagnaCut |
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G8 Flipper with Micarta - M390 |
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G8 Flipper with Micarta - MagnaCut |
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G8 Flipper with Purple Dark Matter FatCarbon - M390 |
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G8 Flipper with Red Lava Flow FatCarbon - M390 |
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G8 Front Flipper with Black G-10 and Maple Burl - M390 |
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H4 Flipper with Arctic Storm FatCarbon - MagnaCut |
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H4 Flipper with Black and Green G10 - ELMAX (Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Black and Tan G10 - ELMAX |
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H4 Flipper with Black G-10 and Space Coral FatCarbon - M390 (Ceramic Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Burgundy Micarta Inlays - ELMAX |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Birdseye Maple Inlay - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Birdseye Maple Inlays - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Burgundy Micarta Inlays - ELMAX |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Burlap Micarta Inlays - ELMAX |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Carbon Fiber Inlays - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Carbon Fiber Inlays - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Copper Infused Carbon Fiber (Ceramic IKBS) |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Copper Snakeskin Carbon Fiber Inlays - ELMAX |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Copper Snakeskin FatCarbon Inlays - M390 |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Crosscut White Storm FatCarbon Inlays - M390 |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Curly Maple - MagnaCut |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and FatCarbon - M390 |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Green Micarta Inlays - ELMAX |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Maple Burl - CPM-MagnaCut |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Maple Burl - M390 |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Maple Burl Inlays - M390 |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Marble Carbon Fiber - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Marble Copper Carbon Fiber - ATS-34 |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Orange Burlap Micarta Inlays - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Python Micarta Inlays - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Stacked G10 Inlay - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Tamboti Wood Inlay - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Tamboti Wood Inlay - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Black G10 and Wood Inlay - ELMAX (Caged Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Carbon Fiber (Ceramic IKBS) |
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H4 Flipper with Carbon Fiber and Orange G10 |
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H4 Flipper with Carbon Fiber and Orange G10 |
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H4 Flipper with Crosscut Micarta - MagnaCut |
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H4 Flipper with Desert Tan G-10 and Carbon Fiber (Ceramic IKBS) |
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H4 Flipper with G-Carta - MagnaCut |
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H4 Flipper with G10 - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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H4 Flipper with Green and Black G10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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H4 Flipper with Lacewood (Ceramic Bearings) - ELMAX |
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H4 Flipper with Lacewood - ELMAX |
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H4 Flipper with Marble Red Carbon Fiber - MagnaCut |
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H4 Flipper with Orange G-10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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H4 Flipper with Raffir Noble Moon Inlays - M390 |
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H4 Flipper with Raindrop Copper FatCarbon - MagnaCut |
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H4 Flipper with Twist Damascus and Copper Infused Carbon Fiber |
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H4 Midi Flipper with Black G10 and Maple Burl - MagnaCut |
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H4 Midi Flipper with Maple Burl - MagnaCut |
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H4 Midi Flipper with Maple Burl - MagnaCut |
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H4 Midi Flipper with Maple Burl - Stainless Damascus |
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H4 Midi Flipper with Redwood Burl - MagnaCut |
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K1 Flipper Black G-10 - Elmax (Ceramic Bearings) |
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P6 Damascus Flipper with Rag Micarta (Ceramic Bearings) |
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P6 Flipper with Black G10 - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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P6 Flipper with Black G10 - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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P6 Flipper with Camo G10 - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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P6 Flipper with Curly Maple - M390 (Ceramic Bearings) |
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P6 Flipper with Lightning Strike Carbon Fiber - M390 (Ceramic Bearings) |
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P6 Flipper with OD Green Micarta - M390 (Ceramic Bearings) |
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P6 Flipper with White/Black Carbon Fiber - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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T-3 Flipper with Marbled Carbon Fiber and Orange G10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper - Black Ash Burl and Black G10 (Ceramic IKBS) - ELMAX |
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T3 Flipper - Black G10 and Nickel Wire Carbon Fiber (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper - Black G10 with Python Micarta Inlays (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper - Green and Black G10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper - Maple and Black G10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper - Teardrop Orange and Black G-10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper - Teardrop Orange G-10 and Carbon FIber (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper - Torx - Orange G10 and Carbon Fiber (Ceramic IKBS) - ELMAX |
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T3 Flipper - Torx Desert Tan and Black G-10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper - Torx OD Green and Black G-10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper - Torx Orange and Black G-10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper - Torx Orange and Black G-10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper - Vertebrae with Black G-10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper - Vertebrae with Marble Carbon Fiber (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper with Carbon Fiber and Orange G-10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper with Carbon Fiber and Orange G-10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper with Desert Tan and Black G-10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper with Desert Tan G-10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper with Green and Black G10 (Ceramic IKBS) |
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T3 Flipper with Orange G10 and Carbon Fiber (Ceramic IKBS) |
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W5 Flipper with Arctic Storm FatCarbon - M390 |
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W5 Flipper with Black and Green G10 - ELMAX (Bearings) |
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W5 Flipper with Black and Green G10 - ELMAX (Bearings) |
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W5 Flipper with Black and Tan G10 - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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W5 Flipper with Black G-10 and Lava Flow FatCarbon - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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W5 Flipper with Black G10 |
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W5 Flipper with Black G10 (Ceramic Bearings) |
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W5 Flipper with Black G10 - Vertebrae - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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W5 Flipper with Black G10 and Maple Burl - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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W5 Flipper with Black G10 and Maple Burl - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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W5 Flipper with Black G10 and Maple Burl - M390 |
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W5 Flipper with Black G10 and Maple Burl - MagnaCut |
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W5 Flipper with Black G10 and Orange Burlap Micarta - ELMAX |
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W5 Flipper with Black G10 and Orange Burlap Micarta - ELMAX |
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W5 Flipper with Black G10 and Wenge - MagnaCut |
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W5 Flipper with Carbon Fiber - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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W5 Flipper with FatCarbon - M390 |
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W5 Flipper with Maple Burl (Ceramic Bearings) - M390 |
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W5 Flipper with Maple Burl - M390 |
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W5 Flipper with Maple Burl - M390 |
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W5 Flipper with Maple Burl - MagnaCut |
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W5 Flipper with Maple Burl - MagnaCut |
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W5 Flipper with Maple Burl - MagnaCut |
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W5 Flipper with OD Green Canvas Micarta - Vertebrae - ELMAX (Ceramic Bearings) |
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W5 Flipper with Purple Haze FatCarbon - M390 |
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W5 Flipper with Sunset CamoCarbon - MagnaCut |
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W5 Midi Flipper with Black G10 and Maple Burl - M390 |
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W5 Midi Flipper with Keyhole Copper Camo Carbon - CPM-MagnaCut |
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W5 Midi Flipper with Keyhole Dark Matter FatCarbon - CPM-MagnaCut |
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W5 Midi Flipper with Keyhole Faux Ivory - SG2 Damascus San Mai |
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W5 Midi Flipper with Keyhole Maple Burl - CPM-MagnaCut |
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W5 Midi Flipper with Keyhole Maple Burl - CPM-Magnacut |
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W5 Midi Flipper with Keyhole Maple Burl - CPM-MagnaCut |
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W5 Midi Flipper with Keyhole Maple Burl - CPM-MagnaCut |
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W5 Midi Flipper with Keyhole Maple Burl - CPM-MagnaCut |
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W5 Midi Flipper with Maple Burl (Ceramic Bearings) - CPM-MagnaCut |
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W5 Midi Flipper with Maple Burl - M390 |
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W5 Mini Flipper with Maple Burl (Ceramic Bearings) - M390 |
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W5 Standard with Black G10 and Island Dirt CamoCarbon - MagnaCut |
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