The blade is sharp on the inside of the curve, allowing the user to swing it through crops, cutting and gathering them at the same time.

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Prosecuting counsel Karim Khalil QC had told the court Mr Reeve was savagely beaten and his face and torso scored with a sharp blade.

BBC: Kelly, left, and Jodie Barnes

He told the court Mr Reeve "was brutally beaten, cut with a sharp blade and left to die in his home, unable to summon help".

BBC: Barry Reeve

To prepare the beets, peel them and shave them on a mandoline, or slice them into very thin rounds using a knife with a fine, sharp blade.

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Other finds include the bone comb once used by an image conscious lough dweller and a metal blade which is still sharp after hundreds of years.

BBC: nit comb

After every knot the threads must be cut precisely with a sharp, curved blade.

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He still occasionally blacksmiths in a little tin shed on the Patagonia campus, and he showed me his latest project, a metal mussel knife that he's been beating into perfect shape sharp at the blade to pry open the shells, blunt at the handle to knock away the barnacles.

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These early tools closely resembled the knives we use today, consisting of a piece of metal that was sharp on one end--the blade--and dull on the other--the tang.

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