The Knife Journal Podcast

Jim continues to struggle with the dog eating stuff, Lon Humphrey asks how the problem can be prevented, Wusthof knives won't sell to Amazon, Kevin Estela knife with Battle Horse Knives, developing knife skills, knives to gun fights, storing and keeping of knives and axes, Walking Dead, how to deal with knife addiction and Ebola, benchmark knives for the knife maker, Van Barnett, Springbok, The No Agenda Podcast, Jimmy Carter's stupid sweater and the swamp rabbit that should have been even more aggressive, WMD's in Iraq, reader email which was most awesome, Case Elephant Toe comes back out of the vault (Finally!!!!), obsidian knife fights on Robert Young Pelton's facebook page, pasties, split pea with hand soup, cured meats, veggies and whatnot, and much more! Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.

Jim found some kitchen knives and old magazines in the attic, Bark River Teddy 2, hatchet crime reported to People for the Ethical Treatment of Hatchets in Bushcrafting, public service announcement regarding hearing, cooking pot question from Croatia, Capicola project, Bushcraft Man, the badass Busse on Walking Dead, listener emails answered, knife sharpening, and much more! Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.

NPR voice, TM Hunt does a good job on heat treatment, a listener writes to call Jim and Kyle cowards - hilarity ensues, Cory Murphy's Jeep recs, Bushcraft Geeks, Slipjoint Addicts, Rough Riders Elephant Toe, dive training and James Bond, Jim's dive knives, Kyle's Spyderco Tasman in H1, merits of the hawkbill blade shape, Ka Bar Bob Dozier, Benchmade Mini Griptilian, Victorinox Red Alox Cadet, Canal Street Cutlery Elephant Toe, dinner in a Pullman car, are Lon Humphrey's Tracker knives all gone? Bark River Adventurer Neck knife, stinky clocks, the story of the Hudson Bay knife, Joe Flowers and Bushcraft Global, sour ales, minimalist footwear, Danner boots, and much more! Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.

Henry lever action .22, other lever action rifles, Anthony Sculimbrene has the final word on the C&S Cutlery Knax knife, developing knife skills, hewing axe, Lon Humphrey's Tracker knife to be sold at Knives Ship Free, perhaps the first confirmed kill in all of podcast history, Jeeps, motorcycles, Ver Steeg Blades Imp given away, making a dagger, pizzas and such, sauerkraut and much more! Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.

Special guest Chance Sanders, Bark River Jersey Devil Grind In, handling flash mobs, knife thickness, Our Man in The Field's Knife Giveaway, Bill Siegle figured out a knife detective question from the last episode, and much more. Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.

Recorded live in exotic locations! Never mind the crowds! What other podcast brings you live knife chat from a cupola atop a massive Victorian hotel on an island? TSA woes, Spyderco H1 Dragonfly Hookbill, pocket dumps, Hyperjuice, Bark River Parang, watches, @scurvy092 on instagram, what to do for a hunting knife, cutlery in the Grand Hotel, neato steak knives in Northern Michigan, carbon steel woes with the average consumer, a combat knife story, special tribute to our Marines! The firing of the canon at Fort Mackinaw, Perry Mason Knife Detective, Survival Rifle, and MUCH MORE!!! Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.

Mosquito troubles, Bark River Teddy 2, new sponsor! - Kniveshipfree.com, Sog Seal Pup Elite given away, Mike Stewart calls in, drama in the knife world, dried beef, Jonathon Eldridge's Parang comes back for a spa treatment, Blade Show hotel rooms are ridiculous, Iraq is a mess again, much chimpscreaming, Jim's mustache gets attention, Case Marlin Spike goes to the mountains, why wouldn't you want to be a knife nut? Listener emails, Emerson knife giveaway, Kyle's opinion on hammocks and bug control, check out knivesshipfree.com! Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.

New offering from Bark River - Jim Stewart designed Springbuk, there are 5 guys less in Club Gitmo, The American Bladesmith Society's Spring Newsletter, TM Hunt now full time, feedback on the Sodbuster, dates for GLIB (Great Lakes Island Bug Out) - starting August 1st for a long weekend, ice axe or ice pickaxe, are we hipsters?, British Army Knife, Open Carry controversies and much more! Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.

New offerings by Bark River - the Boone and an LMax Gunny, Tactical Knives as a knife style, the design of a sheepsfoot fixed blade, new Lon Humphrey offering, tents for mountaineering and much more! Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.

James is riled because Kyle trolled him with a text at 6AM. 3 Stooges and Little Rascals, pocket knives carried by Mike Stewart, Slipjoint Addicts, new Ontario knife is Tres Jolie, automatic watches, Murph's Stump Table for Hipsters, a little axe talk, Gummi Bears in the microwave, repairing a backpack, mountain monkeybusiness, Kyle's successful troll of Jim leads to much chimp screaming, the knife world is quiet because Blade Show is coming up, Scott Eldridge's giveaway on Knifejournal.com Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.

Curling is fun! Case Sodbuster modified - the Scotty Soddy, installing wood burning boilers is hard, junk man brings an old Marbles, the Kershaw Cryo giveaway, Sog Seal Pup Elite giveaway, Jim's tasty Middle Eastern salad, kid looses a tooth, mishaps with rocketry, listener email about metallurgy, Great Lakes Bladesmith Guild meeting cancelled, cigars and such, Jim's new Bond 007 underwater propelling device, watches, Traverse City is awesome, Blade Show coming soon, Dry Ridge Kentucky, revenge of the jalapeno, Charles May Knives, dead beavers, Snow Peak Mini Solo Combo Titanium cook set, bizarre exercise videos. Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.

Jim wants to learn to forge, logistical problems of having a campsite with 20 people and a Cordon Bleu Chef cooking, Great Lakes Island Bugout description, Chance Sanders and his forging show, Ethan Becker, Skinny Dave, Chuck Simms, stuff we bought at PWYP - Chris Brookshear Custom Knives, Battle Horse Knives, Gransfors Bruks splitting maul, Cargo Parachute Cord, Canteenshop.com canteen, cup and kit stove, Wallace Cordage Mariner Brand Decoy Line, Yeti coolers, Chance Sanders Feelmax Boots, Joe Flowers Lems Boulder Boots, Ahem ... pssst ... wrestling shoes ... parachute bags, Marty Simon's Plant Walk and Book Recommendations,the Tracker Knives from Bark River, William Echols, the EPIC Chance Sanders Marathon Watch trade, tactical knives goes away. Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.

Preparations for PWYP, Randy Buckmaster finishes heat treat on the Bowie knives, Jim's dog got into it with a raccoon, user email from Jeff answered about lawnmower blade parangs, Kyle tries to bait Jim into chimp screaming about using lawnmower blades to make knives and fails, another email listener answered (I'll try to put together better show notes), Towne View Leather moccasins, barefoot running, chili cook-offs, using more accessible gear, saving money to buy something good, winners of the Bark River Bravo 1 and Bravo 1.5, the next giveaway announced, Kershaw Cryo mini-review, Case John Deere Edition of the Trapper, a way to get a patina on a carbon steel blade, Jim's pocket dump, plans for PWYP, is BO a hipster thing or is it just something in vogue up by where Jim lives? HIGH DRAMA TO BE PRESENTED! Thank you for rating us on iTunes and writing reviews, story time, coon hunting, and much much more! Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.

Jim's new felling axe, pros and cons of the different Gransfors Bruks models, double bit axes, the tracker style knives we made at the grind in, the TOPS Knives version of the Tracker, could the tracker style knife be a yardstick for custom knife makers in the years to come?, who should get credit for a knife design - two different scenarios, probably the most egregious case of knife design theft and plagiarism we've ever heard of, Tim Zowada and Randy Buckmaster, Cory Murphy and T.M. Hunt, The Bark River Bravo 1 and 1.5 giveaway, tapping maple trees, plans for PWYP, interviews conducted at the grind in, and much much much more! Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.

Jim goes to a danty recital, Chris Reeves Shadow IV, Bowies ready for heat treat, http://www.facebook.com/versteegblades, ways to fix bent blades after heat treat, a solution to catching on fire while grinding blades, Carhartt Force Tappen pants, Gear Geeks Live and Knife Thursday think the market is moving away from tactical folders, different traditional folders and the companies who make them, FINALLY the Kershaw giveaway winner is announce, an EPIC giveaway by Bark River Knife and Tool - a Bravo 1 and a Bravo 1.5, Chance Sanders 2.5 hour phone call, why do we talk so much about certain people and companies vs. others, the tracker knife in the movie 'The Hunted' - how it could have been made, who originally made it and controversy surrounding it, the sweet spot on chopping knives and how to manipulate it, edge geometry and chopping knives, differences between the current WSK made by Beck Knives and the one shown in the movie 'The Hunted', the exaggerated features that sell movie knives, the TOPS version of the Tracker Knife, gloves to use for grinding knives, thick knives must have a proper heat treat due to the problems of through hardening thick blades, top secret project, Dave Skomra and paracord blasphemy, trolling for ratings on iTunes, triple quenching of blades, The Ashley Book of Knots, Dave Skomra's bad paracord hygiene, was it the edge geometry or the triple heat treat?, the big cheap kitchen knives vs. expensive kitchen knives blowout, the Case Marlin Spike hidden feature, the India Star in San Diego and the marvelous knot work aboard, The Bark River Knife and Tool Podcast, Lon Humphrey to be a guest, and much more! Send questions for the show to podcast@knifejournal.com.