Respect the Game!
Keith and Pauli run a two man show this week, covering Pauli’s updated Varnas design, how customer feedback shapes better knives, new layered G10 options, knife show prep, business growth, outsourcing...
26 Mars 1h 21min
Handmade by Hudson
This week, Hudson Torrens joins the High Carbon Room Podcast after returning from an epic four month trip through Europe, visiting makers, learning new techniques, and working in shops across France, ...
19 Mars 1h 12min
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
Fingal Ferguson!
Fingal Ferguson joins us for another High Carbon episode that bounces from Knife Solingen including a Patreon giveaway (two 2-day passes). A new Anchorage brewery collaboration, plus plans for a match...
6 Mars 1h 12min
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
