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The Girls Are ALL RIGHT

It was long before Raegan Lee sold every knife she brought to BLADE Show 2019—her first time exhibiting—that another female in the knife community set the spark that drew the young knifemaker to the craft.

“When I was really young, I went to Arizona for the weekend, and I met a woman. She wasn’t a female maker but she sold knives, and it was her shop,”

Raegan stressed. “She ran it completely and kknew everything about every knife in there. And I was fascinated by her, because that was the first woman I knew who had such an interest iin knives.”

Growing up, Lee collected knives. Her dad would gift her a knife on her birthday and for Christmas. And she’s not alone.

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