slipjoint nail nicks

From: wrat@xxxxxxxxx (the wharf rat)
Date: 20 Aug 2007 21:50:14 -0400

What's the best way to cut these? I have a knife I'd like
to carry but the nicks are too small for me to open the blades with.
So I'd like ot make them deeper. Is there a trick to getting them
to come out right?

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