The hot take inbox is on fire!
No guest this week, just pure shop talk and chaos. Keith puts the new white VSM belts through their paces sanding a mountain of stabilized blocks, the crew debates who’s actually going to Solingen, an...
12 Mars 1h 18min
Does it really matter?
Back in the High Carbon chaos: we kick off by roasting a product listing with handle colors that change from photo to photo (so, which knife are you actually buying and does it really matter?). Then i...
26 Feb 1h 8min
Knife Solingen
Knife Solingen is back! We’re joined by Sixt Wetzler (Director of the Deutsches Klingenmuseum) and event manager Andrew Gläser to unpack what happened with the 2025 cancellation, what’s new for 2026 a...
19 Feb 43min
Coakley Knife Company
With Pauli out sick, we’re joined by Ryan Coakley for a shop talk heavy episode. We trade wild kitchen stories and how chef life translates into knifemaking, then nerd out on grind performance with Al...
12 Feb 1h 17min
Gabe Fletcher
Gabe Fletcher of Anchorage forge returns with a massive shop upgrade, a rare Beaudry 400 power hammer with a 400 lb (181 kg) ram. We talk about how he found it, the full rebuild and reconfiguration by...
3 Feb 1h 8min
Jeroen Knippenberg!
Jeroen from Knippenberg Knives returns for his third appearance to talk about the Netherlands knife makers symposium he organizes, why community focused events matter, and what makers can learn there....
22 Jan 1h 20min
DB blades!
Dom from DB Blades joins us to talk knife shows, shop workflow, and content. We learn about his new role as treasurer of Australia’s Knife Art Association, plus his simple system for consistent Instag...
15 Jan 1h 7min
