Practical Prepping Podcast Episode # 82

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In this episode we are talking with Jim Curtis, from Jim Curtis Knives. Jim is a American custom knife maker from Central Alabama. Jim built the beautiful knife that Krista commissioned for Mark as a Christmas gift, which he proudly carries daily.

Jim shares a lot of information that will help us understand more about choosing and caring for our knives.

In this episode we discuss:

• Differences in EDC knives and survival knives
• Determining the purpose for the knife
• Determining the parameters for the knife
• Choosing the proper steel
• Having a "life knife"
• Utility knives
• Building a lightweight hiking knife
• Building knives
• EDC knife
• Survival knife
• Lightweight hiking knife
• Sharpening our knives
• Types of sharpeners
• Lubrication
• Stropping our blade
• Caring for our knives
• Using vegetable oil rather than Rem oil or WD-40 on your knife

Contact Jim or see his work:

www.facebook.com/jimcurtisknives

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