How Do They Do It?: Freshwater Pearls, Knives, Hippo Roller poster

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How Do They Do It?: Freshwater Pearls, Knives, Hippo Roller

How Do They Do It?Season 152017-12-19

Overview

How do they grow America's only freshwater pearls in Tennessee? How are the world's sharpest knives made, and how do they forge the world's sharpest knives?

Details

Series: How Do They Do It?
Season: Season 15
Episode: Episode 17
Air date: 2017-12-19
Runtime: 22 min

Episode context

Freshwater Pearls, Knives, Hippo Roller is Episode 17 in Season 15 of How Do They Do It?. It aired on 2017-12-19. The runtime is 22 min.

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