RECOIL Presents: Concealment

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1 BEAR OPS

MINI RANCOR IX

bearandsoncutlery.com

HANDLE COLORS: Black, Desert Sand, OD Green

MSRP: Starting at $90

NOTES: Bear OPS, a division of Bear & Son Cutlery, proves you can still make blades in the United States and offer them for reasonable prices. While the Alabama-based company still makes expensive tools — like Damascus-steel balisongs — it also offers entry-level blades for less than a Benjamin.

Take the Mini Rancor IX. It features a lightweight Zytel handle with a tip-up, reversible pocket-clip. The drop-point, 2.25-inch blade is made of D2, a wear-resistant tool steel that isn’t quite stainless but pretty close. You can deploy it with thumb studs or the flipper tab and close it by

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