I friend has asked for my advice in the Trails End Knife Company's knives. As I have not personally dealt with them I have no information to offer. I thought there might be somebody on the sorums that had dealt withTrails End Knife Company that could offer an opinion.
Here is their website.
Doug you might give Ray Kirk an e-mail. He lives up in that area and might know about them.
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