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Ripon

True as Ripon steel. Ripon used to be famous for its steel spurs, which were the best in the world. The spikes of a Ripon spur would strike through a shilling-piece without turning the point.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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