Knife Nuts Podcast

Episode 42: Trojan Termites

In classic Knife Nuts fashion, we're a little late in giving you our 2019 year-end wrap up. Instead of going over a list of formal awards like last year, we bounced from topic to topic going over the manufacturers we thought had great years, and those who had not so great years. Oh, and there's a very special guest on this episode whom Brian finally gets to confront.

Thanks as always to our sponsors Kizer Cutlery, St. Nick's Knives, and PVK Vegas.

References:

"I'm gonna toss a frame-bang your way..."

Reate Jack 2.0 with comb attachment

CKF Fif20

Kershaw 4020WOOD

Ray Laconico "Old Guard"

Vero Engineering

Microtech Merlot handles

Cold Steel Kris Voyager

"I Disagree" by Poppy

Cutting an umbilical cord with a Mini Typhoon

Episode 41: Disconchanted

In tonight's episode, Jake is about to generate, Brian gets some gray meat, Levon gets up to go pee, and Dave squeaks. We also talk about our experiences at the New York Custom Knife Show, both the people we saw and the knives we handled/bought. We also delve a bit into Black Friday sales this year, as well as break down a little bit about how Chinese knife manufacturing is happening.

Support us on our Patreon for bonus content, swag, and giveaways!

Thanks as always to our sponsors Kizer Cutlery, St. Nick's Knives, and PVK Vegas.

New acquisitions:

Dave - GiantMouse ACE Sonoma, Rike 1902, Diskin MP1, Rike Knight, Drop x Gavko Thresher, BLF FW3A

Levon - Steve Skiff Culprit, Begg Knives Mini Bodega, Rike 1902, Rike Alien 4, Cheburkov Strizh, Pena Trapper, Alliance Designs Bangarang, Para 3 CTS-XHP, Monterey Bay Knives Sprocket, North Arms Knives Skaha II, Olamic Soloist, Wingman EDC Yurei

References:

Time Warp

Rike Dagger (with boobs)

Beskar alloy

"Human Meat"

Chuck Gedraitas Switch Army Knife

"Crawl Through Knives"

Levon without facial hair

Transparent Knives

Episode 40: Absolutely Ridiculous: Very Very Stupid

In tonight's episode: Jake reveals he's a large-scale guy, Brian talks at length about candy, Levon dances, and Dave talks about Gogurt. We also tackle questions from our AMA, hosted by the official Knife Nuts Podcast subreddit. We answer a range of questions, most on the topic of knives, but a few totally off-topic ones as well. Stick around at the end (if you're metal enough!) to hear our new Black Metal theme song!

New Acquisitions: Dave - CQI Spyderco Kapara, Shun Premier Limited 4" Paring Knife, Shun Classic 6" Kiritsuke

Levon - Dept 13. Modified ZT 0470, Shirogorov x Tom Mayo Dr. Death Arctic, Shirogorov Halloween Edition 111, Real Steel Luna

References:

Chef Brian Duffy's "Opening Night"

Sergei Shirogorov Custom F7

Arch Nemesis with patterned blade

Willy Wonka DinaSour Eggs

Knife Nuts Black Metal Theme credits:

Josh Mahesh Kost (In The Fire, Final Judgement) - All music

Ryan Moll (In The Fire, Total Fucking Destruction, Azure Emote) - Vocals

Equipment: Fuzzrocious Pedals Blast Furnace through Positive Grid BIAS FX

Episode 39: Thin Fingers and Low T

In tonight's episode, Jake reads something, Levon beseeches you to not slide into DM's, Brian says something dicey again, and Dave probably miscalculates how hard it is to get from South Africa to the US.

We also explore Levon's numerous new acquisitions over the last month, and Jake gets the opportunity to talk about his long desired Real Steel Harrier. In addition, we cover some of the newly announced Spyderco discontinued list and discuss the ongoing PayPal account freezing scare.

Thank you to all of our sponsors: Kizer Cutlery, Bladerunner Systems, and St. Nick’s Knives

New Acquisitions:

Levon - Karroll Knives KC3, WE Knives Gnar, CKF x Tuff Knives Switch, GiantMouse ACE Sonoma, Shirogorov 95T, Knifeworks Exclusive Benchmade Contego, Kershaw Launch 10, Kershaw Emerson CQC-11K, Spyderco Shaman 4V, Hector the Chihuahua , Spartan Blades daggers

Jake - Real Steel Relict, Real Steel Harrier

References:

The Smoking Tire Podcast

Knife Nuts Podcast Edition Void

Lehigh Valley Knife Show

Drop x Matt Degnan Emrose

Drop x Tashi Bharucha Heatseeker

Elijah Isham Aeterna

CKF x Rotten Design Evolution

Benchmade Gold Class Crooked River

Benchmade 3400 Autocrat

The Birdcage

Spyderco discontinued list

Benchmade 496 Vector

APurvis Xerx

Mattias Borrani Chef Bowie

Episode 38: BGC (Before Good China)

In tonight's episode, Brian takes a well deserved vacation so Adam Purvis of APurvis Blades hangs out with us to discuss our pre-podcast knife collections in detail. We reminisce about our best and worst decisions early on, reflect on some early grails we never achieved, and sprinkle in some talk about newer knives.

As always, thank you to our sponsors Kizer Cutlery and PVK Vegas!

New Acquisitions:

Levon - Kizer Cutlery Price Friction Folder, Drop x Terzuola ATCF Tanto, Chaves Knives Ultramar 229, Socom Elite Auto

References:

Dave's pre-podcast collection spreadsheet

Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil

Old Drippy

Drip Too Hard

Episode 37: Tactical Bidet

Despite bad weather nearly ending the episode multiple times, the Knife Nuts are back with another episode. In tonight's episode Jake repeats a story, Levon buys some shoes, Brian realizes he's still being interviewed, and Dave talks tactical shits. In addition, we cover some interesting new knives Levon acquired, weigh in on the mess of "HRC-gate", and generally goof around.

As always, thank you to our sponsors PVK Vegas and Kizer Cutlery!

New Acquisitions:

Levon - Kizer Microlith, Terrain 365 Invictus, Wingman EDC MDD-K, Yeezy Boost 700

References:

John Gray gravity knife

Asheville Paragon

NYC lifts gravity knife ban (thanks to Knife Rights)

Terrain 365’s proprietary Dendritic Cobalt “Terravantium” (which is not actually cast, Levon was wrong)

EpicSnuggleBunny WIngman EDC MDD-K disassembly

Kershaw OD-1 & OD-2

Rike Knives Cicada

Sharp by Design Micro Evo

SuperSteel Steve’s HRC gate rebuttal video

Hi-Point Yeet Cannon

Boaty McBoatface

Steel Will Chatbot

Advanced Knife Bro Wildsteer WX video

Corvette C8

Episode 36: Bed Bug Happy Hour

In this episode, we recap Levon, Jake, and Brian's experiences returning fresh from BLADE 2019. We touch on Levon's numerous new acquisitions, Brian's success at the show, and Jake not having a heart attack. In addition we weigh in on the Zero Tolerance 0223 and Sebenza 31 controversies, as well as our thoughts on the winners of BLADE 2019's official awards. This episode was recorded before the Lionsteel steel hardness controversy erupted, but we will soon address it!

As always, thank you to our sponsors PVK Vegas and Kizer Cutlery!

Levon's acquisitions: Shirogorov x Chris Reeve Knives Unique Graphic Hati R, Tuch Knives Sparrowhawk, CKF x Philipe Jourget FiF, Microtech UTX-85, Kershsaw Launch 9 with Abalone, Blade Runner Systems Nova & Warhead, WE Knives Synergy 2 & Arrakis, Liong Mah KUF v2, Greg Stevens Design Watch, others here.

References:

Brian’s heartfelt IG post about BLADE

Mason Ramsey, the Walmart yodeling kid

Beg Bugs, the board game

Shirogorov 111 with Kickstop

Ace Hood’s “Rolex” disassembling itself

Reate JACK-2

CIVIVI McKenna in Damascus

Isham Bladeworks Dresschaton

Sebenza 31

MicroMachines commercial

Sebenza 31 auction piece

Zero Tolerance 0223

Director of Sonic the Hedgehog movie promises to redesign Sonic after the movie was already finished

Bestech new knives

Enrique Pena new Reate models

Chaves 229

BLADE Show Awards

Olamic Soloist and Whippersnapper

Begg Custom Flashlight

RJ Marin x Shirogorov Overkill

Shun Folding Steak Knife

“Last week we put liquid paper on a bee… it died”

KH Daily kitchen knives

M Shiffer Knives

Patrick Doyle Knives

David Broadwell knives

HEAdesigns Flame

Hogue’s Copper G10

Rich Asians flyer at BLADE

Episode 35: Duck Tales

After an unintended hiatus, the Knife Nuts are back with a pre-BLADE show episode in which we attempt to cover some of the going-ons in the knife community in the last two months, as well as talk about what we’re looking forward to at BLADE 2019. We cover a number of new releases, and are even joined by a special guest at the end (who also is responsible for the abrupt ending, sorry for the condensed episode length). Thank you all for bearing with us, and a special thank you to our Patreon supporters for their continued support. In tonight’s episode we giveaway two new Serge Panchenko knives to a lucky Patreon supporter!

As always, thank you to our sponsors PVK Vegas and Kizer Cutlery!

References:

"I’m going to go now…”

Red Dead Redemption Snody

Sebenza 31

Duck Tales

Benchmade Bailout hardness issue

Spyderco Drunken pocket clip hate

Para 3 LW

Steel Will F12 Tasso - with the Ant Lock!

New Shirogorov Neon

WingManEDC x Tom Mayo collaboration

Buck x Mayo TNT

Reate Jack-2

Mike Nguyen Kaizen

Brian’s lineup for BLADE

Greg Stevens Designs

WE Knives Synergy 2 backstory

Boombastic

Real Steel Sidus limited editions

Matt Diskin Integral

“I know my behavior can be erratic sometimes”

APurvis Xerxes

Terzuola x Drop Cyrus

Hinderer Balisong

Spyderco Endela

Kizer Mini Domin

Isham Designs Horse Crippler

Episode 33: Dynastic Brand Moves Dude! ft. Bladerunner Systems

On this episode of the Knife Nuts Podcast, we are joined by Ed and Lawrence from Bladerunner Systems (BRS). BRS is best known for shaking up the balisong game by creating knives that cater to the demands of dedicated flippers. They're now expanding their brand with the E-volve line of folding knives and fixed blades. We get a nice overview of their history and the intense passion Ed and Lawrence bring to the game. Check out BRS at their website and Instagram pages.

As always thank you to our sponsor PVK Vegas, use coupon code "knifenuts" at checkout to save 5% on your order. In addition, thank you to our sponsor Kizer Cutlery.

If you would like to win the TuffKnives x BRS Imp in the cover art for this episode, go to the Knife Nuts Podcast Instagram page for instructions.

References:

Nova Blades

Jim Lee

Spyderco fined and forced to recall SzaboFly for violating Federal law

Artisan Cutlery auto-bali

The Package