Loved this whole series. Made me realize how doable getting started is, not just with the knifemaking but the leather working too! Thank you for this series Aaron!
All the books I've read,videos I've watched over the last 20 yrs or so,your videos give detailed explanations in layman's terms just like the Army does and the information has been really helpful thanks.
A wonderful lesson on how to launch a series of informative, understandable tutorials on knife building from begining to end. I'll be watching this smooth flowing series over and over and over and......
Dude, your videos are so long because they are so informative. I'm just starting out and freaking sharpening a knife is what I have struggled with the most. Over the last week I have watched nearly all your recent videos and parts. Great job, thank you so much for taking the time to make long, detailed videos that explain all the grey areas that are missed in short ones.
I am so grateful for this series. I've watched them all more than once and am on my way to completing my first knife. Thank you for making these. I'm a real fan.
I had a lot of fun with this build series! I plan to make more in depth tutorials about all the different facets of knife making! Let me know if you enjoyed the series and what you would like to see in the next one! Thanks you for watching me!
This series is as close to perfect for beginners as you could possibly ask for! Thank you so much! The only questions I have remaining are about your leather dye and your handle materials. Is there a certain brand or supplier you prefer for the dye? Is there a specific supplier you use for your handle materials? I am into woodworking and sewing/quilting and have been learning about knife building only because my 13 year old son wants to learn. The wood handles and the sheaths are the parts I am most excited about helping him learn. I would love to know where you source some of your woods from. The video that covered that showed some really gorgeous stuff that was already in appropriate sized blocks and as a beginner I think that would probably be how I would want to start out. Later I’d definitely love to get into some burls and colored resins and stuff though. All of your handles I’ve seen so far are absolutely gorgeous! Thanks again for all the info. You are a great teacher!
Fantastic! Glad to hear your helping your son get into it! I use Tandy leathers water based dye. As far as the handle materials go I source them from all over the world. My favorite is a guy named Oleg bashkevich on Facebook. He lives in Russia and his stuff is unmatched by others for quality. His prices are pretty much unbeatable also. Check him out and if you buy something mention Aleeknives and it will save you a couple more dollars. (I don't make anything from it) I just worked a deal with him for my viewers because I believe in his work! Cheers
@@Aleeknives I will definitely check him out! Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I’ve been binge watching your videos with my son and am learning a ton! You do a great job! Thanks so much!
I really appreciate you sharing your process and knowledge. I have probably ruined 5 knives in a row and the information in this series has given some light to the mistakes that I was making. Its hard to find really good information on here... plenty of cool stuff... but the fact you take the time to explain all of this in detail has helped me immensely. I love making knives and you are enabling me to continue exploring this craft and see improvement. Thank you!
John, first off, thank you! I felt the exact same way when I started to make knives. I searched TH-cam through and through for the right information. I set out to create multiple I depth tutorials based on the skill levels involved and all be easily accessable in one spot! Thanks for watching my channel!
I'm so impressed with this video. This is the first time I have seen someone explain what goes on in the sharping process. I always knew what was happing in the sharping but could never understand how to get rid of the wire edge. Sometimes I would remove the wire edge and sometimes I could not get rid of it, was always trying too straight it. I'll drive my hunting and fishing buddies crazy now that I know, and of all things a $20.00 sharpener.
I know right! That little lansky is awesome. I have since bought it's big brother the wicked edge system but it was $700 more! It does the same job just a lot more efficiently
You just saved me around $280. I had been seriously looking at the Wen sharpener. With the needed accessories including the dressing tool, it looked to be around $300. I just watched a video on it again and thought to myself 'lets see what Alee uses'... and I found this. Who knew? Simple Lansky system. I am a low production hobbyist. I finish about a knife a month and have always sharpened them on the belt grinder and finish with a strop belt. I can do pretty well with it, but the secondary bevel isnt as refined as I'd like. I think this will be perfect! Thank you, sir...for yet another excellent video.
I used this for 5 years and eventually switched to the wicked edge we130. It was easily $600 but it does offer slightly better bevels and it is much faster. I started making a lot more blades so a little time savings without sacrificing quality was huge to me. Thanks for watching my videos!
Excellent video man. Lot of great information. It took me years to perfect my knife sharpening skills. You use gave the good people of TH-cam about twenty years of experience just now. I swear by that Lansky sharpening system. I gave my old one to my son that I had back in my Army days. It’s probably got another 20 years of good service left in it. Excellent value. Keep up the great work man.
Agree great multiple purposes for this knife. I agree about Lasky as a fine setup Now I've 1x30 and improved it many times and much quicker after lots of improvements. And scary sharp is only a few minutes away. Thanks for helping us Thanks
What a great series, I have truly appreciated watching this as a beginner knife maker. The amount of detail you went into for everything was seriously amazing man. I had a decent understanding of what I needed to be doing but this is definitely a great tool for advancement for me. I also had no idea what I was doing when it came to sharpening so I will definitely be ordering the kit you used. Again thank you so much for all the information you have provided!
I just really enjoyed seeing your process as compared to mine. I do many things very similar to you when making a knife but you step it up when it comes to the details so it was nice to see that. I also enjoy your pro tips.
Lucky actually! My new sharpener uses diamond stones and it doesn't raise as pronounced wire as the lanky did. They both het just as sharp they just do it slightly differently. Thanks for watching man!
The first time I made a knife I got done and say down with my Work Sharp precision adjust knife sharpener. Which is like the wicked edge but much cheaper. I spent 3 weeks grinding that edge down to a cutting edge because I was using the stones of the sharpener to get from that square edge down to a cutting edge. I almost gave up on it. But using a file or a belt sander to get close to an edge, then using my setup to bring it to sharpness is so much faster and better on me both physically and mentally lol
Oh and Work Sharp actually did a video where they tried different methods of sharpening seeing if it's better to pull, push, and all that. They go in with a microscope and look at the edges and do cut tests. It's on TH-cam, totally worth the watch.
It would probably help if you place a thick flat wood block behind the blade to support the jig and lessen wiggle. As your currently doing with your hand...
Great series, Airin! I have the WickedEdge Go (portable version) which is definitely pricier than the Lanskey but you don’t need to flip the knife over which I like. For the next series you should do an intermediate one with a hidden tang, guard and pommel. Maybe a Bowie.
Awesome Jake! I have 2 other series on the channel also! I just finished the puukko knife series and the make a knife from ground zero series! Both have additional info! Thanks for watching man
I have loved the Lansky system since 2001. The last few replacement stones were not glued right. They are getting some flack for quality control. I hope they see the flack to do right for their customers.
I really like the lanky also but when I started making lots of knives I started breaking the clamps. After buying 3 clamps I moved on to the wicked edge system and never looked back, however, it is VERY expensive and I could only justify the cost due to the sheer number er of blades I have to sharpen
Good stuff. I have a Worksharp, but it struggles with a meatier blade. I have one of these Lansky’s on the way. In the future I would love to see how you make full tang handles using different woods and how to keep the seams tight. I would also like to see a hidden tang knife with bolsters etc. Thanks again for these awesome videos!
Sir, back in the day a long long time ago my grandpa tried teaching me how to sharpen a knife. A brand new one he said you had to 'break' the edge and if you did that right, everytime afterword it got easier. It took me a while to get the technic down what with holding the bevel the same on each side without any aids. Then one day I found a Buck Edge HoneMaster and that pretty much changed my sharpening forever. Have you ever used one and if so what was your impression? Sadly someone liked my HoneMaster more than I did and I no longer have it.
Not familiar, but I will look at one on the interweb! I wonder if grandpa was referring to the wire burr that forms when he was talking about breaking the edge? Thanks for watching!
So what did you see that made you change the angle you were sharpening in the beginning? I've never been able to stay consistent while using a wet stone and could never justify most of the sharpening systems available. This one I can do. Thank you, well done!
amazing tutorial videos you made here!!! i've learned a lot!!! hope that you are doing great and keep doing these things..... i have a question for you: can you please upload a wet stone sharpening video ??? i ask you this because i have some trouble sharpening my knife by hand.
hello sir i am new in knife making field i have a very expensive piece of knife you can say copper Damascus but the problem is that i have to show the patterns i beveled the knife too much now my cutting edge has become paper thin and i don't how to sharp my knife blade i can not throw or discard blade as it is too much costly and took much time to make this pattern of steel and copper together any advice to sharpen this kind of blade
Perdão, desculpas, eu com uma simples pedra de camelô, produzo excelente fios em minhas facas domésticas . O segredo: sempre afio elas antes de usar e em um ângulo de aproximadamente 30 graus. Procedo como se estivesse tirando fatia da pedra, depois a mesma coisa bem de leve como se fosse acariciar a pedra. Claro, testando logo após em uma de papel . Very nice vídeo, i am from Brasil Rio de Janeiro.
Mild pressure dragging the knife across the strop. You could press hard also, I don't think it would hurt anything but you don't have to. Really your just working the wire edge back and forth till it breaks off
I thought that ferric chloride prevents in addition to the formation of rust, that it prevents the formation of patina on carbon steel also... damn,,,i don't like patina at all,,leaves marks on food etc,,,,,.. is that proces even ok/consuming that food after that ? hm ,,,
Your comment is confusing, you say you don’t like patina, but if you don’t etch in ferric chloride your knife will patina just the same over time. Ferric chloride makes the steel react and then you neutralize it and it’s gone and it leaves mild oxidation (patina). There’s no FeCl left on the knife and it’s 100% food safe.
@@TyrellKnifeworks hey Tyrell,,tnx for replay,, well,,i wasn't clear enough ,, I thought that FeCi, when it creates one shade of black, to stay that way ,,, but now I see that after contact with another acid (food) it gets other shades / not equal shades again
The sharpening method used by most master bladesmiths is to continue on the grinder until a burr arises. Then all you need to do is a few strokes by hand on a sharpening stone (to remove the burr and polish the edge), and finish with a leather strop. That way you save a lot of time, and can trash your sharpening jigs. BTW, once you learn to sharpen by hand you won't be caught dead with a sharpening jig. Here's an example demonstrated by J.R. Cook. th-cam.com/video/dW26uMi5ojw/w-d-xo.html
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Great video,, this is actually the first time I've seen the "wire edge" that so many knife sharpeners talk about,, thank you so much.. 👍👍🔪🔪
Very welcome!
Loved this whole series. Made me realize how doable getting started is, not just with the knifemaking but the leather working too! Thank you for this series Aaron!
Your absolutely welcome Frank! I am working on another series also!
Man, I'm always impressed with how much care and detail goes into your work! Amazing job, Airin!
I watched all of the series and I am very grateful for you producing it all for us!
Your welcome
All the books I've read,videos I've watched over the last 20 yrs or so,your videos give detailed explanations in layman's terms just like the Army does and the information has been really helpful thanks.
A wonderful lesson on how to launch a series of informative, understandable tutorials on knife building from begining to end. I'll be watching this smooth flowing series over and over and over and......
Thank you Robert! More to come! Thanks for watching! Cheers
best vid on sharpening , knife is beautifull, thank you
5 minutes into the video. And already more informative than most other videos. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Brody! I appreciate that, and thank you for watching! Cheers
Dude, your videos are so long because they are so informative. I'm just starting out and freaking sharpening a knife is what I have struggled with the most. Over the last week I have watched nearly all your recent videos and parts. Great job, thank you so much for taking the time to make long, detailed videos that explain all the grey areas that are missed in short ones.
Wow, thank you for the excellent feedback! Cheers buddy👊
I am so grateful for this series. I've watched them all more than once and am on my way to completing my first knife. Thank you for making these. I'm a real fan.
I certainly hope you feel like you can ask questions! I love this stuff! I am glad your enjoying the videos! Cheers
i like to see that, cause know its sharp .that was the best knife making tutorial, on the net...i got so much,thanks walter
Thank you Walter!
This is the sharpest video in the droor!
I had a lot of fun with this build series! I plan to make more in depth tutorials about all the different facets of knife making! Let me know if you enjoyed the series and what you would like to see in the next one! Thanks you for watching me!
This series is as close to perfect for beginners as you could possibly ask for! Thank you so much!
The only questions I have remaining are about your leather dye and your handle materials.
Is there a certain brand or supplier you prefer for the dye?
Is there a specific supplier you use for your handle materials? I am into woodworking and sewing/quilting and have been learning about knife building only because my 13 year old son wants to learn. The wood handles and the sheaths are the parts I am most excited about helping him learn. I would love to know where you source some of your woods from. The video that covered that showed some really gorgeous stuff that was already in appropriate sized blocks and as a beginner I think that would probably be how I would want to start out. Later I’d definitely love to get into some burls and colored resins and stuff though. All of your handles I’ve seen so far are absolutely gorgeous!
Thanks again for all the info. You are a great teacher!
Fantastic! Glad to hear your helping your son get into it! I use Tandy leathers water based dye. As far as the handle materials go I source them from all over the world. My favorite is a guy named Oleg bashkevich on Facebook. He lives in Russia and his stuff is unmatched by others for quality. His prices are pretty much unbeatable also. Check him out and if you buy something mention Aleeknives and it will save you a couple more dollars. (I don't make anything from it) I just worked a deal with him for my viewers because I believe in his work! Cheers
@@Aleeknives I will definitely check him out! Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I’ve been binge watching your videos with my son and am learning a ton! You do a great job! Thanks so much!
You are welcome!
I really appreciate you sharing your process and knowledge. I have probably ruined 5 knives in a row and the information in this series has given some light to the mistakes that I was making. Its hard to find really good information on here... plenty of cool stuff... but the fact you take the time to explain all of this in detail has helped me immensely. I love making knives and you are enabling me to continue exploring this craft and see improvement. Thank you!
John, first off, thank you! I felt the exact same way when I started to make knives. I searched TH-cam through and through for the right information. I set out to create multiple I depth tutorials based on the skill levels involved and all be easily accessable in one spot! Thanks for watching my channel!
Great camera! Awesome work.
I'm so impressed with this video. This is the first time I have seen someone explain what goes on in the sharping process. I always knew what was happing in the sharping but could never understand how to get rid of the wire edge. Sometimes I would remove the wire edge and sometimes I could not get rid of it, was always trying too straight it. I'll drive my hunting and fishing buddies crazy now that I know, and of all things a $20.00 sharpener.
I know right! That little lansky is awesome. I have since bought it's big brother the wicked edge system but it was $700 more! It does the same job just a lot more efficiently
Fantastic tutorials Alee
Thank you! Cheers
Best knife instruction on youtube! Thank you for this. Superb
Thank you!
You just saved me around $280. I had been seriously looking at the Wen sharpener. With the needed accessories including the dressing tool, it looked to be around $300. I just watched a video on it again and thought to myself 'lets see what Alee uses'... and I found this. Who knew? Simple Lansky system. I am a low production hobbyist. I finish about a knife a month and have always sharpened them on the belt grinder and finish with a strop belt. I can do pretty well with it, but the secondary bevel isnt as refined as I'd like. I think this will be perfect!
Thank you, sir...for yet another excellent video.
I used this for 5 years and eventually switched to the wicked edge we130. It was easily $600 but it does offer slightly better bevels and it is much faster. I started making a lot more blades so a little time savings without sacrificing quality was huge to me. Thanks for watching my videos!
Excellent video man. Lot of great information. It took me years to perfect my knife sharpening skills. You use gave the good people of TH-cam about twenty years of experience just now. I swear by that Lansky sharpening system. I gave my old one to my son that I had back in my Army days. It’s probably got another 20 years of good service left in it. Excellent value. Keep up the great work man.
Thank you Robert!
Agree great multiple purposes for this knife.
I agree about Lasky as a fine setup
Now I've 1x30 and improved it many times and much quicker after lots of improvements. And scary sharp is only a few minutes away.
Thanks for helping us
Thanks
Excellent tutorial. I'm a novice knife maker and truly appreciate your teaching skills. Thank you!
Thank you Clifton!
What a great series, I have truly appreciated watching this as a beginner knife maker. The amount of detail you went into for everything was seriously amazing man. I had a decent understanding of what I needed to be doing but this is definitely a great tool for advancement for me. I also had no idea what I was doing when it came to sharpening so I will definitely be ordering the kit you used. Again thank you so much for all the information you have provided!
100% thank you for the feedback!
fantastic!! thank you, I have that sharpening system, have not yet used it.... I now feel confident!!
It works great! You will love it
I enjoyed this series very much! I watched them all.
That's fantastic! Did I leave you wanting more? I am going to make another how to series, any suggestions?
I just really enjoyed seeing your process as compared to mine. I do many things very similar to you when making a knife but you step it up when it comes to the details so it was nice to see that. I also enjoy your pro tips.
That's awesome! Thank you, new video tomorrow morning!
I learned something I never knew. Thank you for your channel
Glad to help!
Very cool! That was awesome that you were able to show the wire.
Lucky actually! My new sharpener uses diamond stones and it doesn't raise as pronounced wire as the lanky did. They both het just as sharp they just do it slightly differently. Thanks for watching man!
"I could obviously clean a squirrel with this". Now there's a sentence you don't hear very often 🤣
You got me! Cheers
The first time I made a knife I got done and say down with my Work Sharp precision adjust knife sharpener. Which is like the wicked edge but much cheaper.
I spent 3 weeks grinding that edge down to a cutting edge because I was using the stones of the sharpener to get from that square edge down to a cutting edge. I almost gave up on it. But using a file or a belt sander to get close to an edge, then using my setup to bring it to sharpness is so much faster and better on me both physically and mentally lol
Oh and Work Sharp actually did a video where they tried different methods of sharpening seeing if it's better to pull, push, and all that. They go in with a microscope and look at the edges and do cut tests. It's on TH-cam, totally worth the watch.
It would probably help if you place a thick flat wood block behind the blade to support the jig and lessen wiggle. As your currently doing with your hand...
hello to France!!! L'angle est aussi déterminé par la largeur de la lame, pas seulement déterminé par l'angle du Lansky!!! bien à vous!
Fantastic Thank You!!
You are welcome!
Wow indah sekali pisau nya om juga keren
Great series, Airin! I have the WickedEdge Go (portable version) which is definitely pricier than the Lanskey but you don’t need to flip the knife over which I like. For the next series you should do an intermediate one with a hidden tang, guard and pommel. Maybe a Bowie.
Great idea! The wicked edge lives in my dreams!
Thanks for doing this series! I learned a ton!
Awesome Jake! I have 2 other series on the channel also! I just finished the puukko knife series and the make a knife from ground zero series! Both have additional info! Thanks for watching man
I have loved the Lansky system since 2001. The last few replacement stones were not glued right. They are getting some flack for quality control. I hope they see the flack to do right for their customers.
I really like the lanky also but when I started making lots of knives I started breaking the clamps. After buying 3 clamps I moved on to the wicked edge system and never looked back, however, it is VERY expensive and I could only justify the cost due to the sheer number er of blades I have to sharpen
Great video series man! This sharpening one is extremely helpful.
Thank you! Glad you were able to get some enjoyment out of it! Thanks for watching! Cheers
Hey you're back, love the stuff
Thanks Chris! It has been fun in the sun for me lately! Thanks for watching!
you could probably put a piece of 1x to rest your jig on so it doesn't flex. between your vice and the bottom of your jig.
Good stuff. I have a Worksharp, but it struggles with a meatier blade. I have one of these Lansky’s on the way. In the future I would love to see how you make full tang handles using different woods and how to keep the seams tight. I would also like to see a hidden tang knife with bolsters etc. Thanks again for these awesome videos!
I have a work sharp but it always scratches the finish up. I will do videos with your suggestions soon! Thanks for watching!
Sir, back in the day a long long time ago my grandpa tried teaching me how to sharpen a knife. A brand new one he said you had to 'break' the edge and if you did that right, everytime afterword it got easier. It took me a while to get the technic down what with holding the bevel the same on each side without any aids. Then one day I found a Buck Edge HoneMaster and that pretty much changed my sharpening forever. Have you ever used one and if so what was your impression? Sadly someone liked my HoneMaster more than I did and I no longer have it.
Not familiar, but I will look at one on the interweb! I wonder if grandpa was referring to the wire burr that forms when he was talking about breaking the edge? Thanks for watching!
So what did you see that made you change the angle you were sharpening in the beginning? I've never been able to stay consistent while using a wet stone and could never justify most of the sharpening systems available. This one I can do. Thank you, well done!
Thank you. Will look forward to it anxiously!!
Awesome job, Airin!
Happy 4th July, my man!
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You to! Keep all your digits in tact!
Thank you for the video. What sort of oil do you soak the stones in?
This comes with honing oil
What advantages is there to a secondary bevel vs just a single
amazing tutorial videos you made here!!! i've learned a lot!!! hope that you are doing great and keep doing these things..... i have a question for you: can you please upload a wet stone sharpening video ??? i ask you this because i have some trouble sharpening my knife by hand.
Thank you Francisco! I appreciate that! I don't have a good set of wet stones currently. I switched to the wicked edge and never looked back
What about knives that just don't hold an edge for long, is it the steel, or the sharpener at fault
The steel or the angle your sharpening at. If you are suffering edge damage change to a steeper angle
Can you do a video on that sometime?
Will do! Thank you
hello sir i am new in knife making field i have a very expensive piece of knife you can say copper Damascus but the problem is that i have to show the patterns i beveled the knife too much now my cutting edge has become paper thin and i don't how to sharp my knife blade i can not throw or discard blade as it is too much costly and took much time to make this pattern of steel and copper together
any advice to sharpen this kind of blade
somebody have the link for the sharping jig?
perfect example of the wire folding under your finger
why didnt you put a block of wood under the jig? for support
I replaced this setup with a wicked edge!
How do you put a logo on your knives?
I like to stamp my makers mark.
Mate I can do the same thing with a kitchen knife
great video, i mean u can send it to me, shipping to Croatia isn't to expensive hahahaha
Thank you! I would send it if I still had it! Cheers
Perdão, desculpas, eu com uma simples pedra de camelô, produzo excelente fios em minhas facas domésticas . O segredo: sempre afio elas antes de usar e em um ângulo de aproximadamente 30 graus. Procedo como se estivesse tirando fatia da pedra, depois a mesma coisa bem de leve como se fosse acariciar a pedra. Claro, testando logo após em uma de papel . Very nice vídeo, i am from Brasil Rio de Janeiro.
Great Work! I have a Newb Question, How hard are you pressing into the stoop? mild pressure or just slightly dragging the knife across?
Mild pressure dragging the knife across the strop. You could press hard also, I don't think it would hurt anything but you don't have to. Really your just working the wire edge back and forth till it breaks off
I'm dutch and you talk fast. Do you also like to provide subtitles for the selected materials ?
I thought that ferric chloride prevents in addition to the formation of rust, that it prevents the formation of patina on carbon steel also...
damn,,,i don't like patina at all,,leaves marks on food etc,,,,,..
is that proces even ok/consuming that food after that ?
hm ,,,
Totally 100% ok
@@Aleeknives if you says so, ,, :)
knife and sheat are great,,,bravo
Your comment is confusing, you say you don’t like patina, but if you don’t etch in ferric chloride your knife will patina just the same over time. Ferric chloride makes the steel react and then you neutralize it and it’s gone and it leaves mild oxidation (patina). There’s no FeCl left on the knife and it’s 100% food safe.
@@TyrellKnifeworks hey Tyrell,,tnx for replay,,
well,,i wasn't clear enough ,, I thought that FeCi, when it creates one shade of black, to stay that way ,,, but now I see that after contact with another acid (food) it gets other shades / not equal shades again
You used a different angle when you reversed your knife to sharpen the other side
Mistakes where made!
@@Aleeknives I was not being critical of your skills I just wanted you to know so you could correct it if you needed to
Thank you! I abandoned this sharpening system over a year ago and moved into a wicked edge
Okay.... when we zoom in to the wire.... let's whisper so it doesn't know we are peaking in on it. LOL
No vegetables were harmed in this Video !
😢 you started on the wrong hole on the second side started at 25° instead of the 20°
I actually changed to 25 and went back on the other side and made it 25 also. I realized it was going ro take a long time to grind it to 20
The sharpening method used by most master bladesmiths is to continue on the grinder until a burr arises. Then all you need to do is a few strokes by hand on a sharpening stone (to remove the burr and polish the edge), and finish with a leather strop. That way you save a lot of time, and can trash your sharpening jigs. BTW, once you learn to sharpen by hand you won't be caught dead with a sharpening jig. Here's an example demonstrated by J.R. Cook. th-cam.com/video/dW26uMi5ojw/w-d-xo.html
This is a tutorial for normal people out there not knife makers! I agree with you statements above for sure but definitely catering to the masses here
12:08 oh,,,, :-))
Wow that sound haha
Thank you Joy!
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