
Olamic Cutlery Wayfarer 247 Pocket Knife Review: The Most Customizable Pocket Knife in the World
Olamic Cutlery’s Wayfarer 247 pocket knife is a production model blade that still has nearly limitless options for customization.

Tanner Bowden is a staff writer at Gear Patrol covering all things outdoors and fitness. He is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School and a former wilderness educator. He lives in Brooklyn but will always identify as a Vermonter.

Olamic Cutlery’s Wayfarer 247 pocket knife is a production model blade that still has nearly limitless options for customization.

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