Emerson Seax, one of the knives in The Knife Junkie's Pocket today

Welcome to the first episode of The Knife Junkie Podcast ... technically it's the second show since our introduction was show 00. Anyway.

Hopefully you'll enjoy episode 01 as Bob delves into what he calls the "modern tactical folders," i.e. folding knives. Lots of great knives talked about on today's show and some pretty good "walk and talk," the sound a knife makes when its blade is opened and closed.

The walk describes the feel of the tang as it moves along the spring when the blade is opened. The talk refers to the sound of the knife when the blade is closed. A well adjusted knife “walks and talks” (has a nice strong snap and has blades that slide smoothly across the springs).

All About Pocket Knives

The main points of the discussion are about the three characteristics of all the knives that Bob and Jim talked about, the modern tactical folder. The Knife Junkie considers them to fall within this category if they have these three features:

One handed open and close

Pocket clip

Locking mechanism

In addition, today's show features the pocket check to see what The Knife Junkie is carrying today, and the Knife Life News and Tip of the Week segments.

Pocket Check

Jim still has his trusty red Swiss Army Knife

Bob has several knives (again)

Pink Cold Steel Broken Skull

Benchmade Proper

Emerson Seax

Segment 1 – Knife Life News

The Emerson “Low Rider” Deep Carry Pocket Clip

Main Show Segment

Modern Tactical Folders

Some of The Knife Junkie's collection of Modern Tactical Folders -- and the Cold Steel Espada XL

Segment 2 – Tip of the Week

In the Waistband Carry

Show Wrap-up

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Key Points in the Show

:42 – Pocket Check

1:12 – Bob has his normal three knives

1:56 – Knife Life News – the Emerson “Low Rider” Deep Carry Pocket Clip

2:52 – Utility wins over aesthetes

3:16 – The most damning design flaw

4:34 – The modern tactical folder

5:07 – What does “modern tactical folder” mean

6:11 – The Knife Junkie’s parlance

6:29 – One handed open

6:50 – What is a switch blade

7:45 – Let’s get clear about the modern tactical folder

8:06 – Spyderco Workman

8:37 – Utility and Combat Knives lead to the modern tactical folder

9:15 – Ernest Emerson

9:27 – Lynn Thompson

10:22 – Different brands share characteristics but do things differently

10:46 – Chris Reeve and the frame lock

11:02 – Michael Walker and the liner lock

11:20 – Axis lock by Benchmade

11:26 – Cold Steel

12:02 – The Knife Junkie’s personal favorite type of tactical folders

12:38 – Modern folders defined by The Knife Junkie

13:10 – Recapping the three characteristics

13:45 – Cold Steel Espada XL

14:18 – Fixed blades are in our future

14:50 – Tip of the Week – In the Waistband Carry

16:18 – How does a kid’s concert fit in to the story?

17:50 – Closing segment

18:20 – Call the 24/7 Listener Line

18:58 – Open for debate

18:30 – Looking for the 1,000th YouTube subscriber

19:55 – The Knife Junkie’s final word

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