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A job at the cutting edge

Old car spring coils receive a new lease of life from Coromandel craftsman Lloyd Franklin, who can be found hand-forging exquisite knives in his shed at peaceful Kuaotunu. The suspension coils happen to make excellent material from which to fashion his specialty knives, which can be purpose-designed for cooks, hunters and fishermen and feature handles of native wood, deer antler, whalebone or greenstone.

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