Summary: 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certain people and companies vs. others, the tracker knife in the movie 'The Hunted' - how it could have been made, who originally made it and controversy surrounding it, the sweet spot on chopping knives and how to manipulate it, edge geometry and chopping knives, differences between the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.
