Blade Show is less than 2 weeks away!

Marketing your Brand and Expanding your Business

Questions:

Just got my first Mcnees Mac 2 3.5. Love the

knife but I’m a big fan of wharncliffe style

blades. I saw you have a tanto but would

you ever consider doing a wharncliffe Mac 3.5?

-Zach Orr

My understanding is that lefties make up

about 10% of the knife market. Is that the

main reason that you (and most small batch

makers) do not show any love to lefties?

-Tom Cook

For questions, comments, and suggestions: [email protected] Show Atlanta 2025

Boatright:Table 15B

McNees:Booth 424

www.mcneesknives.com

https://boatrightbladeworks.wixsite.com

Jonathan's Picks:

Les George/Defiant7 133

Attn2Detail 518

Bastinelli Knives 148

Chase's Picks:

Ulysses Robert 7O

Jake McCoy 14B

Lucas Gumbiner 39K

Honorable Mention: Bless Knives 15U

Questions:

On episode 14 Jonathan mentioned using Flitz for removing discoloration on one of his older knife blades, and is that the gold standard, or is it steel specific (carbon steel vs stainless)? - WLRAY

Have you thought of having a special guest like another USA knife maker (i.e. Rick Hinderer, Les George, HMC Knives, NCC Knive, Hypercut Manufacturing, Chris Reeve,etc.) - Robert Iverson

Will you add a hamon treatment to the collab custom Dixon? Will it be an auction piece at Blade Show Atlanta? Robert Iversen

Will you sell the anodized hardware at Blade Show or shortly after for the Dixon? Any plans for back spacers and special matching anodized clips for future hardware? Robert Iversen

I know I ask this a lot, but did you get your hands on some carbon fiber of any kind for the Ridge Runner? I will be 1st in line to buy it when/if you do? Robert Iversen

Blade Show Atlanta 2025

Boatright:Table 15B

McNees:Booth 424

[email protected] with 1 S!!!!!

www.mcneesknives.com

https://boatrightbladeworks.wixsite.com

Questions:

What do you guys think about knife competition and reality TV shows like Forged in Fire? Would you ever consider being on one? - Andy

For people that are interested in getting a job working for Johnathan in his shop what experience is necessary for someone that has none in that field? What kind of schooling (if any) should I be looking at? I'm sure it's relative to what you would be doing for said job but i'm just curious as a general rule of thumb. - Steven

Daily tools that you carry other than knives? - Kelly Poissant

What is a Hamon process on a high carbon steel exactly? What is happening to the steel when you do this? - @Robs_Nerdy_Knives

Super pumped to receive the Dixon this week. can you elaborate on the collaboration? Great job y’all - @TWknives Blade Show Atlanta 2025

Boatright:Table 15B

McNees:Booth 424

[email protected] with 1 S!!!!!

www.mcneesknives.com

https://boatrightbladeworks.wixsite.com/mysite

Freak of the Week: @nkt_knives - Jonathan Neely

We discuss our suggestions for knife maintenance. As well as some technical discussion about manufacturing hurdles.

Questions:

Small Run of MAC2s with Hamons??? - Erick Sane

Blade Show Atlanta 2025

Boatright:Table 15B

McNees:Booth 424

Send questions and suggestions to [email protected] with 1 S!!!!!

www.mcneesknives.com

https://boatrightbladeworks.wixsite.com/mysite

Blade Show 55 Days Away!

Dixons are almost here!

Freak of the Week: @garciabladeworks - Alex Garcia

Questions:

McNees Pronounciation?

Is there an actual purpose for speedholes -

weight reduction or something else, or are

they mainly just a decorative pattern?- Andy

Could you show us some of your past/older

models that we might not have seen? Can you

talk about your design philosophy for why

you made them that way at the time, and are

there any specific things you would change

based on what you know or like now?- Andy

Boatright: 15B

McNees: 424-426

[email protected] with 1 S!!!!!

Pet Peeves Pt 2

Cheap Foreign Made Knives

Copying Designs

Trouble Stirring for no reason

Non-American Made Knife with American Flags

Hardware that isn't color matched and nested Liners

Tappy/Poorly Designed clips, Smiles, and discontinuing 21s

Questions:

I’m wondering how you each grew your

clientele as makers? Or how did you get your

product/name out to the community? That

something I’m struggling with as a new

maker. Also what’s your advice for new

makers? - David Wagner

(wagnermadetools777 on Instagram)

What is your favorite carbon steel and

stainless steel to make/use? -Collin

Hayworth Hayworth Handmade, Owner

Blade Show Atlanta Locations

Boatright: 15B

McNees: 424-426

[email protected]

This episode we talk about some of the biggest pet peeves in the knife world and give our opinions on them.

What is your biggest pet peeve in the knife world?

Questions:

Any Plans for Shirts or other Merch?

-WLRAY

If you weren't making knives for a living,

what would you want to be doing instead?

-Andy

Some Reading Material on Switchblades:

https://kniferights.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/TheToyThatKills.pdf

https://kniferights.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Brief-History-of-Switchblade-Knives-and-the-Federal-Switchblade-Act-05252023.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Blade Show Texas 2025 Wrap-Up

Looking forward to Blade Show Atlanta...

Questions:

What other brand have you owned that

inspired you the most?

Model that you enjoy building the most?

-Joe Mailloux

Blade Show Atlanta Locations.

Boatright: 15B

McNees: 424 & 426

[email protected]

Blade Show Texas less than a week!

For Road Trips: Music? Podcasts? Audio books? Snacks?

Crucible Update

Blade Show Etiquette Review

Longest you ever took to make a knife? - @pocketpriorities

Ideal EDC folder blade length? Why no custom/mid-tech/high-end production

back locks? Where day at yo? - Baconswagfl

• Blade Show Texas: March 7-8

Less than 20 Days away!!!

• McNees' new design!

• Blurred lines between custom, production,

midtech, small batch, etc.....

Questions:

• Sharpening? Mirror vs Toothy?

- Jerome @Monarchedc

• Question for Johnathon, he mentioned in the

most recent podcast about some business

podcast that he has listened too.

Curious what some are, or any he recommends?

-Paul Girard

• With the market as flooded as it is,

how do makers create designs that are

original? - @dungeons_and_drafts

Submit questions to ⁠[email protected]⁠

Boatright Bladeworks Info:

@boatrightbladeworks on Instagram

⁠boatrightbladeworks.bigcartel.com⁠

Table 10K at Blade Show Texas

McNees Info:

⁠⁠@McneesKnives ⁠⁠ on YT and Instagram

⁠mcneesknives.com⁠

Booth #309 at Blade Show Texas