The Catch Bit Show

In the first episode of 2023 Jason, Neal, and Mike are back to talk about what they've been up to in the shop. In this episode:

• Jason shares about his first time working with mammoth
• We talk about buffers
• Mike gets a laser for the shop
• Neal visits with collector Bob Jeche, who shares a story on a Stanhope knife
• Neal shares with us the history of Stanhopes and their use on knives 

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Mike Moran: @moranknives and on the web: moranknives.com
Check out Neal's latest latest book on J.A. Henckels Knives

We get into long pulls and our methods in the early part of the show and Mike spills the beans on how much time he has into perfecting long pulls and nail nicks. 

The boys see out the new year with a little review of the podcast and talk of where it's heading. Neal tries to ruin the steel industry with talk of obsidian and Jason learns what censorship in 2022 feels like.

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Mike Moran: @moranknives and on the web: moranknives.com
Check out Neal's latest latest book on J.A. Henckels Knives

The guys are back with a jam-packed episode and wrap it all up with a little bow by with a few book picks ahead of Christmas. In this show:

• Habits and knifemaking.
• Jason recaps his Nashville Custom Knife Show experience.
• Jason is back into fixed-blade production. Is he making the jump?
• Mike has decided to delete his Facebook account and we talk about the current state of knife forums.
• Each of the guys recommends two books that every knife guy needs on his Christmas list this year.

Links to the books we talked about:

Jason:
Sheffield Exhibition Knives
Boker: Two Centuries and Two Countries Representing one Name in Cutlery Excellence

Neal:
Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values
Goins' Encyclopedia of Cutlery Markings

Mike:
Sheffield Steel and America
The Workshops of the Cutlery Industry in Hallamshire 1750-1900 Vol 1
The Workshops of the Cutlery Industry in Hallamshire 1750-1900 Vol 2

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Mike Moran: @moranknives and on the web: moranknives.com
Check out Neal's latest latest book on J.A. Henckels Knives

The gents are back for another show. Jason is getting a "new" pantograph and we take a dive into the history of shields and inlaying them into knife handles.

Knives and shields reviewed on the show are here.

As reviewed in the show - if you want to see Stan Shaw use a two-legged parser to inlay a shield - there's a nice little video on YouTube!

Link to Chris Sharp's Instagram.

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Mike Moran: @moranknives and on the web: moranknives.com
Check out Neal's latest latest book on J.A. Henckels Knives

The guys are back in this episode and after dispensing with current weather forecasts, Jason provides a litany of reasons why he can't pour his own concrete. We talk a bit about the upcoming Nashville Custom Knife Show,  and quickly get into the topic of helping others. We talk about the philosophy of sharing knife-making information and the free exchange of ideas.  Neal brings a fun dose of history to the episode by showing off some of his knife tool sets and and the history behind them.

Be sure to check out the accompanying photos for this episode!

We mentioned a few knife-making resources in this episode which we heartily endorse:
Chris Crawford Videos and specifically - Luke Swenson's intro to making pocket knives.

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Mike Moran: @moranknives and on the web: moranknives.com
Check out Neal's latest latest book on J.A. Henckels Knives

Jason, Neal, and Mike are back and we are wearing our French berets today! After dispensing with a little shop talk, Neal provides us a French cutlery primer and then we are joined by our friend Stephane Bultez, who runs the Knives of France website and its blog companion.  Stephane spends some time talking about the genesis of both of his websites and we spend some time exploring different French pocket knife patterns and their stories. If you listen to this episode and get a knife from Stephane, be sure to tag The Catch Bit Show on Instagram so we can see what you got!

This episode is somewhat of a visual one, so check out our photos from the show!

Stephane's links:
Website
Blog
Instagram

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Mike Moran: @moranknives and on the web: moranknives.com
Check out Neal's latest latest book on J.A. Henckels Knives

Jason, Neal, and Mike are back for more knife talk. We start with a little Blade Show West recap, catch up on some shop talk, and get an injection of history on the venerable Boys Knife! A little detour is taken to talk about the virtues of the Necco Wafer and the fact that corporatist "private equity investment" is always the death knell for any company.

Want to see some sweet Boys Knives Photos?!
Check out Mike's past article on Boys Knives.

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Mike Moran: @moranknives and on the web: moranknives.com
Check out Neal's latest latest book on J.A. Henckels Knives

Jason, Neal, and Mike are all in the studio for this episode. Mike is fresh back from vacation in the desert while Jason tells us about playing basketball on a donkey. In this episode, we are joined by our friend Evan Nicolaides and we talk about what he is up to just a week before Blade Show West.

We called out a few items during the show and below are links in order:

Pics of Evan's knife we talked about on the show
Links to Evan's website and Instagram
Want your own copy of the Sheffield Exhibition Knives book?
TheApostleP YouTube Interview of Evan (July, 2017)
TheApostleP YouTube Shop Tour of Evan's Shop (July, 2017)
TheApostleP YouTube Interview of Tony Bose and Evan Nicolaides (November, 2016)

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Mike Moran: @moranknives and on the web: moranknives.com
Check out Neal's latest latest book on J.A. Henckels Knives

Jason, Neal, and Mike are back for more nonsense. Neal is fresh off a trip to the dentist, Jason is on a staycation, and Mike is making popcorn in his Robeson Cutlery popper. There's a little bit of everything in this episode, including a cricket!

We called out a few topics during the show and below are links in order:

Queen Cutlery History
Knife Magazine on YouTube
Beaver Falls Cutlery
Robeson Cutlery Popcorn Makers on Ebay
HobieonYouTube

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Mike Moran: @moranknives and on the web: moranknives.com
Check out Neal's latest latest book on J.A. Henckels Knives

Jason, Neal, and Mike dive into the topic of knife packaging and shipping. Jason spells out - in excruciating detail - how knives made in the countryside get packed and shipped. Mike makes his case for why everyone should try Pirate Ship. Neal dives into the history of packaging and we talk about some splendid examples of cases from the mid-late 1800s into the early 1900s. You can check out some photos of these cases here.

We also mention Rhidian Gatrill in this episode and his excellent representation of a "Sheep Castrator." You can read along on the build of this knife and packaging with this nice thread on BladeForums.

Interested in hand-made, custom cases that protect your knives like no other? Robbins Custom Cases. We also mentioned leather knife slips by Hulen Wilhite.

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Mike Moran: @moranknives and on the web: moranknives.com
Check out Neal's latest latest book on J.A. Henckels Knives