The Catch Bit Show
Join Mike Moran and Neal Punchard as they talk about the ups and downs of making traditional pocket knives by hand as well a healthy dose of pocket knife history!
The Catch Bit Show
Episode 19 | Social Media, Knife Forums, and Books
The guys are back with a jam-packed episode and wrap it all up with a little bow by with a few book picks ahead of Christmas. In this show:
- Habits and knifemaking.
- Jason recaps his Nashville Custom Knife Show experience.
- Jason is back into fixed-blade production. Is he making the jump?
- Mike has decided to delete his Facebook account and we talk about the current state of knife forums.
- Each of the guys recommends two books that every knife guy needs on his Christmas list this year.
Links to the books we talked about:
Jason:
Sheffield Exhibition Knives
Boker: Two Centuries and Two Countries Representing one Name in Cutlery Excellence
Neal:
Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values
Goins' Encyclopedia of Cutlery Markings
Mike:
Sheffield Steel and America
The Workshops of the Cutlery Industry in Hallamshire 1750-1900 Vol 1
The Workshops of the Cutlery Industry in Hallamshire 1750-1900 Vol 2
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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
