The Catch Bit Show

Jason, Neal, and Mike ease into the topic of blade shapes. Mike makes his case for the working man's blade - the sheepsfoot, while Neal argues that if a blade doesn't have a curve - it's inferior. Neal takes us into the history of some commonly recognized blade shapes and along the way we do our best to alienate our listeners!

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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 marking blades. We talk about stamping, etching, and engraving. Jason vows to only stamp his name on his blades, but by the end of the show, he gives serious thought to adding a rainbow and unicorn to his mark. Neal takes us down memory lane on the topic of trademarks and we have a good time hearing stories about his last trip to Sheffield.

Be sure to check out the photos of the trademarks that Neal covered!

The Ken Hawley video featuring Basil Walker making a mark by hand is here.

Featured in this episode is Neal's book: Art of the Switchblade

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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, and Mike catch up on what they're working on and Mike tosses a few knives into the woods. Neal talks about folding fishing knives and we repeatedly find ourselves distracted with fishing stories!

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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

Neal, Jason, and Mike take the deep dive into the topic of bolsters. We cover methods used by both Jason and Mike to attach and dress bolsters. Neal then takes us down the road of historic bolster production and we take a look at several historic examples. In this episode, we reference both the "Art of the Cutler," "Smith's Key," as well as other makers and photos. All the reference material can be found here. If you are interested in how fancy bolsters had become by the early 1800s - be sure to check out Smith's key!

Featured in this episode is Neal's book: Art of the Switchblade

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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

Neal and Mike are back from Blade Show and we are joined by Jason for this episode to recap all the great things we saw and some of the amazing people we spoke with. Along the way we talk about hemp wood, induction coils, Ameribrade grinders, Knife Magazine, and Latama switchblades! 

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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

Neal, Jason, and Mike are back and we are talking about our thoughts ahead of Blade Show and Neal fires up the wayback machine to talk about knife display cards. Along the way, we argue about frog stickers and Neal declares Minnesota a sovereign nation.

Link to all of the knife display cards reviewed on the show.

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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

Neal, Jason, and Mike take the deep dive into the short-lived, but productive life of Remington Cutlery. From the genesis to the bitter end...and the many reincarnations - we cover some of the best that was Remington Cutlery.

Link to all of the knives, advertising, and other ephemera reviewed on the show.

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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 and Mike are back this episode talking about shop organization. They cover the genesis and growth of their shops as well as some lessons learned along the way. Mike can't help himself and drives the conversation straight back to Sheffield to talk about the old cutlers' workbenches.

Link to Victoria Beauchamp's PhD thesis.

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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

Neal finally joins Jason and Mike for episode 3 and we have a fantastic time diving into the topic of barlows! Neal walks us through the history of the knife, Mike tells a few ridiculous stories about barlows, and Jason makes a go of becoming a comedian.

The knives reviewed on the show can all be seen here!

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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

After getting past our podcast jitters, we find ourselves in episode 2. Jason talks about heat treating CPM-154 and A2 steel, we wind our way into talking about makers' marks, and somehow get to talking about pantographs and World War II. And all in 15 minutes for your listening pleasure!

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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