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Ideal Iditarod knife? Musher aims to turn pain into pleasure

  • July 31, 2012
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Alaska musher Jake Berkowitz had high hopes for the 2012 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Even after a single-blade knife he was using to cut apart frozen-fish snacks for his dogs slipped and plunged deep into the flesh of his left palm, he thought he could salvage a top finish — if he could just stop the bleeding.Read more here: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/ideal-iditarod-knife-musher-aims-turn-pain-pleasure?page=0,0

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