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Recent Examples of sheath knifeKeep folding knives closed or sheath knives when not in use.—Popular Science, 14 Apr. 2020
When the Republican Charles Sumner was struck down by a Southerner on the Senate floor, Raymond’s paper called for armed resistance by pistol, bludgeon, and bowie knife, if necessary.
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Matthew Karp,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
The speaker that February night was Cassius Marcellus Clay, a bold and brawling Kentucky abolitionist, equally skilled with a stump speech and a bowie knife.
Officers also recovered 11 orange pills believed to be Adderall and a pocketknife from Tracy’s pocket.
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Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
23 June 2025
After investigating, police learned a man, later identified as Robert Dean, of New Mexico, came up behind the victim and stabbed him with a pocketknife in an unprovoked attack, officers said.
Other victims included Javier Castillo, 15, of Central Islip, who was befriended by gang members only to be hacked with a machete in the head, neck, torso and extremities in an isolated marsh.
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Danielle Wallace,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2025
When the front desk clerk opened the door, Buxton threatened her with a machete, agency officials said.
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