WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:03.960 Coming up, the Tekel agent 001 is dropping again. I 2 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:07.440 get a new one from Shed Knives. And we're going to talk all about 3 00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:11.320 the fixed blades of Hogtooth knives. I'm Bob 4 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:13.840 DeMarco. This is the Knife Junkie Podcast. 5 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:20.760 Welcome to the Knife Junkie Podcast, your weekly dose of knife 6 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:24.520 news and information about knives and knife collecting. Here's your 7 00:00:24.520 --> 00:00:26.560 host, Bob the knife junkie DeMarco. 8 00:00:31.200 --> 00:00:34.860 Welcome to the show. One of my favorite comments from this past week in my 9 00:00:35.340 --> 00:00:38.660 third interview with Rolando Estocada was from Lone Star 10 00:00:38.660 --> 00:00:42.500 Dowboy who says, really superb episode. I was 11 00:00:42.500 --> 00:00:46.100 on the edge of my seat. So many questions were answered and points brought 12 00:00:46.100 --> 00:00:49.820 up that I had not considered until now. Look forward to more 13 00:00:49.820 --> 00:00:53.020 from you and Rolando. My cold steel Marauder and 14 00:00:53.020 --> 00:00:56.660 Espadas have moved up in the pecking order after this. 15 00:00:56.660 --> 00:01:00.350 Well, thank you Lone Star. That's how I feel after every conversation with 16 00:01:00.350 --> 00:01:04.110 Rolando, who just incidentally lives three blocks 17 00:01:04.110 --> 00:01:07.270 from where I used to live in Manhattan. If I knew him then I'd be 18 00:01:07.270 --> 00:01:10.750 hanging out at his apartment all the time. Much to his dismay, I'm sure. 19 00:01:11.150 --> 00:01:14.430 Next one was From Terra Firma 2083 who just says, 20 00:01:14.750 --> 00:01:18.550 absolutely fascinating. And I gotta say that's how I 21 00:01:18.550 --> 00:01:21.710 feel too. So warms the cockles in my heart that you guys 22 00:01:22.110 --> 00:01:25.770 like these conversations. It's hard not to like a conversation 23 00:01:25.770 --> 00:01:28.650 with Rolando. He's a, he's a, a wealth of information, 24 00:01:29.290 --> 00:01:32.930 knowledge and experience. All right, thanks for joining, 25 00:01:32.930 --> 00:01:36.490 thanks for watching, be sure to like, comment, subscribe and all that 26 00:01:36.490 --> 00:01:40.250 stuff. That said, let's get to a pocket check. 27 00:01:40.490 --> 00:01:42.730 What's in his pocket? Let's find out. 28 00:01:44.330 --> 00:01:48.090 Here's the knife junkie with his pocket check of knives. In my front right 29 00:01:48.090 --> 00:01:50.810 pocket today was the large 5 inch 30 00:01:51.540 --> 00:01:55.140 Cudamax. It's the Camillus Cudamax 5.5. 31 00:01:55.700 --> 00:01:59.500 This was designed by Daryl Ralph and just a beautiful knife. He did 32 00:01:59.500 --> 00:02:02.980 a whole bunch of these large folders, mostly custom 33 00:02:03.540 --> 00:02:07.380 but some of them were produced by Camillus 34 00:02:07.380 --> 00:02:11.140 or Camillus however you like to say it. But he did a lot of 35 00:02:11.140 --> 00:02:14.740 these really, really cool and aggressive large folders 36 00:02:15.220 --> 00:02:19.010 before he passed away in. He made these 37 00:02:19.090 --> 00:02:22.650 in the early 2000s. This one I haven't 38 00:02:22.650 --> 00:02:26.450 carried in a little while and so unearthed this one and 39 00:02:27.330 --> 00:02:30.810 happily carried it. I, I love the size of it. To me it 40 00:02:30.810 --> 00:02:34.450 reminds me of a, a long, 41 00:02:34.450 --> 00:02:37.770 slender, sort of Hell's Bells style Bagwell, like 42 00:02:37.770 --> 00:02:41.610 Bowie. It's got that coffin handle. It's got that long slender blade with the Long 43 00:02:41.610 --> 00:02:45.320 clip point. And it's just beautiful, beautifully 44 00:02:45.320 --> 00:02:48.800 well made and really fun to carry and use. 45 00:02:49.040 --> 00:02:52.760 Speaking of use, the one I actually used today was this 46 00:02:52.760 --> 00:02:56.440 little guy. Look at this. This is an exercise in contrast 47 00:02:56.440 --> 00:02:59.919 here. This is my chrome 48 00:02:59.919 --> 00:03:03.680 vanadium case peanut. This little, 49 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:08.000 little guy I bought on the secondary market from someone who took great care of 50 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:11.760 it, put incredible edges on both the blades, the pen 51 00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:15.530 blade and that clip point blade. And had 52 00:03:15.530 --> 00:03:19.250 a nice patina on there already when I bought it. This one has that 53 00:03:19.250 --> 00:03:22.770 beautiful. I don't know what this bone is, but 54 00:03:22.770 --> 00:03:26.050 it's. It's beautiful. I love the color of it. Very 55 00:03:26.050 --> 00:03:29.810 autumnal. And of course, we're moving into fall here. So 56 00:03:29.810 --> 00:03:33.490 I had this in my fifth pocket. I rarely carry in the 57 00:03:33.490 --> 00:03:36.770 fifth pocket. I find that it actually interferes with 58 00:03:37.330 --> 00:03:40.690 drawing out the main blade right below in the main pocket. 59 00:03:41.230 --> 00:03:44.830 But this little guy doesn't really get in the way. So 60 00:03:45.390 --> 00:03:49.070 those are my two main carries today. But of course I had a 61 00:03:49.070 --> 00:03:52.670 fixed blade on me and today I had the new agent 001. 62 00:03:53.070 --> 00:03:56.709 These are dropping on October 1st. Beautiful 63 00:03:56.709 --> 00:03:59.870 blade. You can see the machining. This 64 00:03:59.870 --> 00:04:03.510 exquisite machining now done by NCC Knives. 65 00:04:03.510 --> 00:04:06.870 Nick Chuprin and NCC Knives up in New 66 00:04:06.870 --> 00:04:10.170 Hampshire made this gorgeous blade. They're 67 00:04:10.170 --> 00:04:13.890 machining most of the Tekel knives these days 68 00:04:13.890 --> 00:04:17.650 and they're all coming out like this. Just exquisite. Nick is a 69 00:04:18.050 --> 00:04:21.250 real perfectionist and he does not let anything leave 70 00:04:21.570 --> 00:04:25.130 his facility that isn't positively top 71 00:04:25.130 --> 00:04:28.770 notch. So I have a couple of these production samples. 72 00:04:28.770 --> 00:04:32.170 I'm so excited for them to get in your hands. I want to see what 73 00:04:32.170 --> 00:04:35.820 you think about the agent 001, the agent that started the series. 74 00:04:36.860 --> 00:04:39.740 Plus, I have this on this really cool 75 00:04:41.500 --> 00:04:45.180 Ulti Clip. It's a spring clip that you can spread 76 00:04:45.180 --> 00:04:48.660 out this way. Say you only have holes, 77 00:04:48.660 --> 00:04:52.220 grommet holes here and here. You could expand this, 78 00:04:52.220 --> 00:04:55.820 stretch it out. But it is a super stout 79 00:04:55.820 --> 00:04:59.540 and tight clip and it keeps this so 80 00:04:59.540 --> 00:05:03.310 close to the body. I love this. This. At first I had 81 00:05:03.310 --> 00:05:07.110 difficulty getting it on, getting it on the sheath, 82 00:05:07.110 --> 00:05:10.870 but that was my own sort of poor handling. And 83 00:05:11.030 --> 00:05:14.630 now that it's on, I'm convinced I love this. And I 84 00:05:15.270 --> 00:05:19.030 texted Tim Kell of Decal Knives 85 00:05:19.030 --> 00:05:22.430 to tell him how much I love that clip. He sent the clip with one 86 00:05:22.430 --> 00:05:26.190 of these production samples. And I didn't know 87 00:05:26.190 --> 00:05:29.360 this beforehand, but he designed that with the 88 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:33.480 late owner of Ulti Clip, who, rest in peace, 89 00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:37.280 passed away pretty abruptly. But. So that is 90 00:05:37.520 --> 00:05:41.280 a design that, that Tim and that that gentleman 91 00:05:41.280 --> 00:05:45.080 worked on together and it works so great. There's so little to 92 00:05:45.080 --> 00:05:48.720 it, so minimalist and it keeps it really secure. 93 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:52.520 I thought maybe with this triangular shape it would move around. It 94 00:05:52.520 --> 00:05:56.260 doesn't. It stays super secured to the belt and really close to 95 00:05:56.260 --> 00:06:00.100 the body. And for me, for every day carrying a fixed blade knife, especially 96 00:06:00.180 --> 00:06:03.460 up front and in a front scout position, 97 00:06:04.020 --> 00:06:07.060 really close to the body is essential. 98 00:06:07.540 --> 00:06:11.100 Lastly, for emotional support, my esk today was the 99 00:06:11.100 --> 00:06:14.260 awesome Cold Steel. Oh, I. 100 00:06:15.060 --> 00:06:18.820 This is the Cold Steel Mayhem. I had this on me. I also 101 00:06:18.820 --> 00:06:22.100 had the Magnum Tanto, but I ended up putting that away. My mistake. 102 00:06:22.690 --> 00:06:26.290 But this beauty, the Mayhem has been riding around with 103 00:06:26.290 --> 00:06:29.330 me quite a bit. I have the 104 00:06:29.730 --> 00:06:33.210 Snaggletooth MF made specifically for this knife. 105 00:06:33.210 --> 00:06:37.010 Fits absolutely perfectly. There's a big distance 106 00:06:37.010 --> 00:06:40.610 between the thumb stud and the spine of the blade here. And 107 00:06:40.690 --> 00:06:44.410 this is. Well, this is what I had. I love brings 108 00:06:44.410 --> 00:06:48.210 emotional support not only in its large and capable 109 00:06:48.290 --> 00:06:52.130 nature, but also in that air. This fidgety ness 110 00:06:52.530 --> 00:06:56.210 which you can find. This is the largest fidgety knife I've ever had. 111 00:06:56.370 --> 00:07:00.170 It probably the most dangerous fidgety knife also. But 112 00:07:00.170 --> 00:07:03.930 that Atlas lock is pretty awesome. You like the shark lock, you'll 113 00:07:03.930 --> 00:07:07.770 like the axis lock. They're very similar. So that's what I had on 114 00:07:07.770 --> 00:07:11.010 me today. I had the Mayhem. I also had the, the 115 00:07:11.090 --> 00:07:14.210 Magnum Tanto, but I put that away. I had the 116 00:07:14.530 --> 00:07:18.290 agent double o one, the new version dropping October 1st, 117 00:07:18.650 --> 00:07:21.930 don't forget. And I had a case peanut 118 00:07:22.330 --> 00:07:25.930 and the Cuda Max 5.5 from Camillus 119 00:07:25.930 --> 00:07:28.730 and Daryl Ralph, may he rest in peace. 120 00:07:29.930 --> 00:07:33.650 All right, well, you know, I just said it, but I'll say it again. This 121 00:07:33.650 --> 00:07:37.290 sucker, just as a little extra tidbit, this is dropping 122 00:07:37.290 --> 00:07:40.810 October 1st. Be sure to jump in on this. I think there are only 123 00:07:40.890 --> 00:07:44.250 500 of these being made. So, 124 00:07:45.340 --> 00:07:49.060 you know, on this run, of course they'll be back. This is a 125 00:07:49.060 --> 00:07:52.900 very high selling knife for Tim and I'm glad 126 00:07:52.900 --> 00:07:56.660 about that and proud about that. This is with 127 00:07:56.660 --> 00:08:00.420 the black and blue layer G10, but you can get it in 128 00:08:00.420 --> 00:08:04.100 the, in the Battle Lock, Battle Lock 129 00:08:04.100 --> 00:08:07.340 handles, the new GRN handles and of course 130 00:08:07.580 --> 00:08:11.220 a 30 variety of Micarta and G10. 131 00:08:11.220 --> 00:08:14.660 Like all sorts of handle scale materials. You can get it in this sheath, you 132 00:08:14.660 --> 00:08:18.020 can get the leather, badger claw sheath, whatever you like. 133 00:08:19.060 --> 00:08:22.300 They're really expanding the agent lineup and the 134 00:08:22.300 --> 00:08:24.940 accessories that come with it. So definitely go to 135 00:08:24.940 --> 00:08:28.660 tklknives.com and check that out. Next 136 00:08:28.660 --> 00:08:32.100 up, I want to mention briefly after a long And 137 00:08:33.140 --> 00:08:36.820 a long struggle. We have YouTube memberships now available. 138 00:08:37.300 --> 00:08:40.580 Check them out. It's kind of like Patreon, except only 139 00:08:41.089 --> 00:08:44.729 at the gentleman junkie level. So you get every, all the same things you 140 00:08:44.729 --> 00:08:47.809 get as a gentleman junkie, plus some of the little, 141 00:08:48.689 --> 00:08:52.529 little extra things that YouTube offers. Like if you're a, 142 00:08:52.529 --> 00:08:56.369 if you're a gentleman junkie with a YouTube membership, you get a little star next 143 00:08:56.369 --> 00:08:59.049 to your name when you comment. I don't know how important that is to you, 144 00:08:59.049 --> 00:09:02.769 but little things like that. So go check us out. If you're 145 00:09:02.769 --> 00:09:06.449 not interested in going on another platform like Patreon, but you want to help 146 00:09:06.449 --> 00:09:10.250 support the show, just click join down here and that'll 147 00:09:10.250 --> 00:09:13.930 take you through the process to become a member. So memberships 148 00:09:13.930 --> 00:09:17.170 are live right here on YouTube. To become a gentleman 149 00:09:17.170 --> 00:09:20.770 junkie, you want to. Because becoming a gentleman 150 00:09:20.770 --> 00:09:24.410 junkie means every third Thursday of the month 151 00:09:24.410 --> 00:09:27.890 you stand to win something exquisite like this. 152 00:09:28.370 --> 00:09:32.210 This is our gentleman junkie giveaway knife for the month of September 153 00:09:32.210 --> 00:09:35.820 2025. This is a three dog 154 00:09:35.820 --> 00:09:39.340 knife riot and luckily we have been avoiding 155 00:09:39.340 --> 00:09:43.060 riots lately in this country. And that's because, 156 00:09:43.140 --> 00:09:46.860 well, I'm not going to get into it, but we have avoided riots. And here 157 00:09:46.860 --> 00:09:50.460 we have a three dog knife riot coming out of 158 00:09:50.460 --> 00:09:54.020 Anchorage, Alaska. This is the in house custom 159 00:09:54.020 --> 00:09:57.740 knife brand of Northern knives. You know Mike and Northern 160 00:09:57.740 --> 00:10:01.340 Knives. He's on Thursday night knives all the time. He's a great 161 00:10:01.340 --> 00:10:04.630 guy and he's contributed a good many 162 00:10:05.670 --> 00:10:08.630 knives and other accessories for giveaway here 163 00:10:09.430 --> 00:10:13.270 and we're always happy to accept something awesome like this from 164 00:10:13.270 --> 00:10:16.870 him. He gave me one myself. People 165 00:10:16.870 --> 00:10:20.550 loved it so much he sent another one in to give away. 166 00:10:20.630 --> 00:10:24.350 So this comes with a birth card in 167 00:10:24.350 --> 00:10:28.150 the form of a dog tag. This is K110 steel which is 168 00:10:28.150 --> 00:10:31.910 analogous to to D2 blade steel. It's got a black 169 00:10:31.910 --> 00:10:35.710 micarta handle and feels great in hand. 170 00:10:36.030 --> 00:10:39.830 Plus it's got this interesting recurve tanto shape which is 171 00:10:39.830 --> 00:10:43.590 great for all sorts of outdoor activities plus a 172 00:10:43.590 --> 00:10:47.390 little bit of self defense. It's not bad. Gorgeous leather 173 00:10:47.390 --> 00:10:50.590 sheath here. Made from Johnston D. Johnston 174 00:10:51.150 --> 00:10:54.790 maker, also out of Alaska. Very stout and sturdy. 175 00:10:54.790 --> 00:10:58.490 Set up for that scout carry. So 176 00:10:58.570 --> 00:11:02.370 memberships and Patreon go check it out. 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Start your online knife store today@the 217 00:13:31.942 --> 00:13:35.570 knifejunkie.com launch and turn your passion into a business. 218 00:13:36.620 --> 00:13:40.300 You're listening to the Knife Junkie podcast. And now here's the Knife 219 00:13:40.300 --> 00:13:44.100 Junkie with the Knife Life News. Okay, first up in Knife 220 00:13:44.100 --> 00:13:47.180 Life news, a new one from Demko Knives. This is 221 00:13:47.180 --> 00:13:50.980 piggybacking off well, it's part of the expansion of the 222 00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:54.780 NanoShark line, their most recent line and their smallest 223 00:13:55.660 --> 00:13:58.780 line of shark lock knives. 224 00:13:59.660 --> 00:14:03.410 This is the Demko Razor Shark and as you can 225 00:14:03.410 --> 00:14:06.890 see from the picture on screen, this is their take on the 226 00:14:06.890 --> 00:14:10.170 utility blade folder. So this has 227 00:14:10.730 --> 00:14:14.490 a an arm that fits in the handle that flips out just 228 00:14:14.490 --> 00:14:17.450 like any normal Demko knife. 229 00:14:18.090 --> 00:14:21.770 But this one, this arm of that blit of that knife 230 00:14:21.930 --> 00:14:25.650 accepts a utility blade. So you can lock 231 00:14:25.650 --> 00:14:29.330 out your favorite utility blade, whether serrated or straight edged with 232 00:14:29.330 --> 00:14:32.990 that with that specific type utility blade 233 00:14:33.070 --> 00:14:36.670 and have it good to go without worrying about destroying the 234 00:14:36.670 --> 00:14:40.350 blade itself or doing any permanent, permanent damage. This is a 235 00:14:40.350 --> 00:14:43.390 great one if you work in a warehouse. I gotta say I worked in a 236 00:14:43.790 --> 00:14:47.470 Sherwin Williams back in the day for for about two years and 237 00:14:47.870 --> 00:14:51.270 I would have loved to have had this. I opened up a billion boxes at 238 00:14:51.270 --> 00:14:54.110 the time. This is 6 inches overall, 239 00:14:54.430 --> 00:14:58.020 3.2 ounces. So nice and light. Two 240 00:14:58.020 --> 00:15:01.740 different variety of GRN glass reinforced nylon scales. You 241 00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:04.580 have orange as you see here or that ad 242 00:15:04.660 --> 00:15:08.420 20.5 gray. These are available now 243 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:12.460 and they are $75. That's the MSRP. 244 00:15:12.460 --> 00:15:15.860 So who knows what you'll find it for at your favorite knife 245 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:19.220 purveyor. Next up, another dirty 246 00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:22.580 sounding name from Sencut. This is the Sencut Vornix. 247 00:15:23.570 --> 00:15:27.170 This is an in house design trailing point clip point, 248 00:15:27.250 --> 00:15:30.530 trailing point clip point blade. 249 00:15:31.010 --> 00:15:34.850 Kind of a rare style blade but we're seeing more 250 00:15:34.930 --> 00:15:38.610 more of these come back. This vornix is 251 00:15:38.610 --> 00:15:42.210 3.6 inches of 9cr18 mov. Look at that 252 00:15:42.210 --> 00:15:45.610 beautiful, beautiful shape and beautiful blade. Hollow ground 253 00:15:45.610 --> 00:15:49.460 blade as Sencut is one to do. Flipper tab 254 00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:53.260 and thumb studs are the means of deployment. Also a pretty 255 00:15:53.260 --> 00:15:56.980 considerable row of jimping on the flat of the spine of the 256 00:15:56.980 --> 00:16:00.340 blade. This comes as per usual in 257 00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:04.020 G10 micarta and wood scales. It is a 258 00:16:04.020 --> 00:16:07.700 liner lock as you might expect. Expect reversible deep 259 00:16:07.700 --> 00:16:10.700 carry pocket clip on that cool kind of angular 260 00:16:11.900 --> 00:16:15.700 handle. It looks pretty standard until you get to the aft end 261 00:16:15.700 --> 00:16:19.360 and then it gets kind of angular. I have no doubt that it's very comfortable 262 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:22.560 though knowing from the 1917 frontier Bowie. 263 00:16:23.040 --> 00:16:26.840 It'll probably be nice and comfy. Let's see. 264 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.560 Do you carry pocket clip? 3.6 ounces for a 3.6 265 00:16:30.560 --> 00:16:34.280 inch blade. That's the exact ratio you want 266 00:16:34.280 --> 00:16:37.840 if not lighter. This one is coming soon. $47 267 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:42.240 is the MSRP on this one. The Vornix. 268 00:16:43.370 --> 00:16:47.210 Okay. Next up is the Bestech Heidi Blacksmith number three. 269 00:16:47.610 --> 00:16:51.450 It's an EDC fixie. And of course this one is coming 270 00:16:51.530 --> 00:16:55.290 on the heels of the 2019 Heidi 271 00:16:55.290 --> 00:16:59.090 release which was Bestech's very first fixed blade knife. As a 272 00:16:59.090 --> 00:17:02.530 matter of fact, made designed by the same maker, Marcus 273 00:17:02.530 --> 00:17:06.210 Heideggen or Heidegen of Heidi 274 00:17:06.210 --> 00:17:09.530 Blacksmith. This one is smaller than the original. 275 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:13.560 It Comes in two different blade shapes. This sort of sheepsfoot or 276 00:17:13.560 --> 00:17:17.400 santoku. It looks like a santoku to me. Sheepsfoot blade or 277 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:20.676 an upswept blade. 3. 278 00:17:20.844 --> 00:17:24.552 2.31 inches in both cases of 14C 279 00:17:24.728 --> 00:17:27.920 28N on a very ergonomic handle measuring 280 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:31.680 4.7 inches. So good generous handle. 281 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:35.360 Nice diminutive blade. G10 or 282 00:17:35.360 --> 00:17:39.100 Micarta. Also the blade comes in the black as you see on screen 283 00:17:39.100 --> 00:17:42.700 or in a stone wash. This one is very 284 00:17:42.780 --> 00:17:46.420 light at 1.55 ounces. Now 285 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:49.740 I. I don't know if that's just the knife or the knife with the sheath 286 00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:52.380 but I would bet dollar for donuts it's 287 00:17:52.780 --> 00:17:56.540 1.55 ounces without the sheath. This is 288 00:17:56.620 --> 00:17:59.900 available now. $65 is the 289 00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:03.660 MSRP on this. Very nice sculpting on the. On 290 00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:07.470 those handle scales. But by the way. All right. Lastly in 291 00:18:07.470 --> 00:18:10.510 Knifelife News we have we knife company's new 292 00:18:10.670 --> 00:18:14.310 Ryson R Y so N. This is a Sam 293 00:18:14.310 --> 00:18:17.830 Tran design. This beauty comes in 294 00:18:17.830 --> 00:18:21.230 at 3.3 and a third inches. 3.33 295 00:18:21.230 --> 00:18:24.790 inches of M390 blade steel. We've got a 296 00:18:24.790 --> 00:18:28.310 harpoon drop point blade with a. An 297 00:18:28.310 --> 00:18:32.040 edge profile that looks almost. It's like approaching 298 00:18:32.520 --> 00:18:36.360 tanto. Right. Because you see a very two kind of distinct 299 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:40.040 edges on this but with a nice belly in. In between. 300 00:18:41.080 --> 00:18:44.680 Hollow ground. Is this knife with a thumb stud only. 301 00:18:45.800 --> 00:18:49.160 I love that kind of actuation. This is a 302 00:18:49.560 --> 00:18:52.280 titanium frame lock handle. Pretty 303 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:56.840 neutral. Is that. Is that profile. It's got a sculpted 304 00:18:56.840 --> 00:19:00.360 clip set up for right hand carry. The only 305 00:19:02.040 --> 00:19:05.000 billboarding at all is a sl is a very 306 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:09.360 subtle we with their. With their. With their three 307 00:19:09.360 --> 00:19:12.280 vertical lines and three horizontal lines spelling we 308 00:19:13.800 --> 00:19:17.400 embossed at the very pommel of the blade. So no 309 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:20.960 billboarding at all on this. Very, very tasteful and discreet. 310 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:24.430 That's. That's something we is known for and as well as 311 00:19:24.430 --> 00:19:28.150 Civivi and Sencut. 3.9 ounces. 312 00:19:28.470 --> 00:19:32.150 So you got three and a third inches of blade and 313 00:19:32.310 --> 00:19:35.910 3.09 ounces. So less than that one inch. 314 00:19:37.030 --> 00:19:40.710 A one ounce per one inch ratio. This is available soon. 315 00:19:40.950 --> 00:19:44.230 $294 is the MSRP 316 00:19:44.710 --> 00:19:48.470 on this beauty. All right. Still to come we're gonna take a 317 00:19:48.470 --> 00:19:52.250 look at the first tool. Remember the first tool. Well it's back. We're going 318 00:19:52.250 --> 00:19:55.850 to talk first tool. But before that be sure to 319 00:19:55.850 --> 00:19:59.090 like Comment. Subscribe Join as a member 320 00:19:59.570 --> 00:20:03.290 it's. It's a. It's a great thing to do. Plus 321 00:20:03.290 --> 00:20:07.010 you can get in on winning some pretty great knives. 322 00:20:07.250 --> 00:20:11.090 Also, why not help support the show by sharing the show that 323 00:20:11.090 --> 00:20:14.290 that does maybe even more than 324 00:20:14.850 --> 00:20:18.280 joining you share the share the show with a friend, 325 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:21.800 they share it with a friend, and so on and so on. Like the old 326 00:20:21.800 --> 00:20:25.440 commercial goes. So do check that out and 327 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:29.240 and and do share. We would appreciate it. All right, let's 328 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:32.920 get to the first tool Tool you're listening to, the Knife Junkie podcast. 329 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:36.680 Here's some cool knife history with the Knife junkies. The first tool 330 00:20:37.320 --> 00:20:41.080 we're going to talk about the Bally song, not this one in particular. This 331 00:20:41.080 --> 00:20:44.370 is the Kershaw. We're not going to talk about this or Kershaw. 332 00:20:44.690 --> 00:20:47.650 We're going to talk about Balli songs in general. 333 00:20:48.290 --> 00:20:51.930 In the quiet towns of Batangas in the Philippines, a curious 334 00:20:51.930 --> 00:20:55.690 knife once flipped open with a snap so fast it 335 00:20:55.690 --> 00:20:59.010 almost seemed like sleight of hand. Locals called it the 336 00:20:59.010 --> 00:21:01.970 balisong, a word thought to come from baling 337 00:21:03.010 --> 00:21:06.690 or broken horn. Since early handles were carved from 338 00:21:06.690 --> 00:21:10.420 carabao horn, to the rest of the world, it became known 339 00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:13.940 as the butterfly knife. Now what makes the 340 00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:16.620 balisong so unique is its design. 341 00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:21.380 Two handles rotating around a tang, concealing the blade 342 00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:25.220 when closed. But with a flick of the wrist or for the skilled, a 343 00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:29.060 dazzling series of spins and rolls, the blade snaps into 344 00:21:29.060 --> 00:21:32.780 place. Part tool, part performance, it's a 345 00:21:32.780 --> 00:21:36.610 knife that dances before it cuts. Filipino farmers 346 00:21:36.610 --> 00:21:40.210 once carried these as utility knives. They'd cut rope, slice 347 00:21:40.210 --> 00:21:43.930 fruit and use them for everyday chores. But in the hands of 348 00:21:43.930 --> 00:21:47.730 martial artists, the balisong took on another reputation. 349 00:21:47.970 --> 00:21:51.730 A fast, close quarters blade perfect for intimidation 350 00:21:51.810 --> 00:21:55.570 and defense. The quick flipping motion wasn't just for 351 00:21:55.570 --> 00:21:59.330 show. It was a way to deploy the knife faster than a traditional 352 00:21:59.330 --> 00:22:02.620 folder. By the mid 20th century, American 353 00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:06.540 servicemen stationed in the Philippines discovered the Bally Song and 354 00:22:06.540 --> 00:22:09.900 brought it home. Suddenly, the knife became a cultural 355 00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:13.380 icon. Not just a tool, but a symbol of danger, 356 00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:16.940 mystery and skill. Movies in the 70s and 357 00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:20.780 80s cemented its reputation, showing villains twirling 358 00:22:20.780 --> 00:22:23.020 butterfly knives with menacing flair. 359 00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:28.050 Of course, that fame came at a cost. The Bally song's 360 00:22:28.050 --> 00:22:31.770 intimidating image led to bans and restrictions in many countries. 361 00:22:32.410 --> 00:22:36.170 Lumped together with switchblades as a gangster's knife. 362 00:22:36.810 --> 00:22:40.650 Ironically, most collectors today prize them less for combat 363 00:22:40.730 --> 00:22:44.010 and more for the art of flipping. A whole community of 364 00:22:44.010 --> 00:22:47.490 enthusiasts now treats Bally Song manipulation like a 365 00:22:47.490 --> 00:22:50.730 sport, trading tricks, tutorials and custom 366 00:22:50.890 --> 00:22:54.660 designs. And speaking of designs, some of the 367 00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:58.220 most sought after Bally songs today come from high end 368 00:22:58.220 --> 00:23:01.700 makers who craft them with aerospace grade titanium 369 00:23:01.860 --> 00:23:04.980 precision bearings and Blades made for performance. 370 00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:09.740 What began as a humble farmer's knife in Batangas is now a 371 00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:13.100 collector's treasure. And in the right hands, still a 372 00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:16.580 mesmerizing piece of kinetic art. The 373 00:23:16.580 --> 00:23:20.420 balisong has long been more than just steel and horn or steel 374 00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:23.960 and titanium. It's a story of culture, migration 375 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:27.600 and transformation from Filipino fields to 376 00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:31.160 global fascination. And when you hear that signature 377 00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:34.080 clack, clack as the handles flip into place, 378 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:38.160 you're not just hearing a knife open. You're hearing a 379 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:41.960 tradition unfold. Yes, that is the 380 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:45.480 bally song. And I'm glad you're here for 381 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:49.290 another first tool. Here's my favorite ballet 382 00:23:49.290 --> 00:23:52.530 song right now, the Kershaw Lucha. 383 00:23:53.650 --> 00:23:56.570 All right. Still to come is the state of the collection. Let me show you 384 00:23:56.570 --> 00:24:00.210 something cool that I just got this week sent to me. 385 00:24:00.210 --> 00:24:03.970 And I'm very grateful from the great Jack Billings of shed knives. 386 00:24:04.450 --> 00:24:08.050 You might think that I'm about to show you something big, something hulking, 387 00:24:08.290 --> 00:24:12.090 something to handle all of your outdoor camping chores and more, but 388 00:24:12.090 --> 00:24:15.550 I'm not. I'm going to show you this. This is the Skir 389 00:24:15.550 --> 00:24:19.390 Lite. I was kind of taken in by 390 00:24:19.390 --> 00:24:22.950 this knife when I had Jack on the show last. He showed off the 391 00:24:22.950 --> 00:24:26.550 Skir Lite. The Skir is a small blade that he makes 392 00:24:26.790 --> 00:24:30.230 with big handle scales. The light one he makes without 393 00:24:30.230 --> 00:24:33.990 scales to drop in the pocket or hang around 394 00:24:33.990 --> 00:24:37.750 the neck as a neck knife. And I had to 395 00:24:37.750 --> 00:24:41.560 get this one. I just think it's really, really cool. And 396 00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:45.400 also I saw it as the perfect platform for jute 397 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:48.880 wrapping. So I got this. This is a 398 00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:52.520 316 of an inch thick. And if not a 399 00:24:52.520 --> 00:24:56.320 quarter inch, I think it started as quarter inch stock and 400 00:24:56.320 --> 00:25:00.120 was brought down ever so slightly. Great jimping on 401 00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:03.640 this. A deep hollow ground, 154cm 402 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:06.960 blade hardened to 58 Rockwell. 403 00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:11.160 And so this is going to make a great work knife. A great. 404 00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:12.800 We were talking about working in. 405 00:25:14.800 --> 00:25:18.400 Working in warehouses before. 406 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:21.360 This would be a great warehouse and 407 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:25.520 works especially well in the finger bang posture here. 408 00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:29.680 And I will be wrapping this, as I said, in juke cord only to 409 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:34.170 wear the. Where the holster starts, there, where the 410 00:25:34.330 --> 00:25:38.010 sheath starts. Obviously it won't fit under there, but also it'll 411 00:25:38.010 --> 00:25:40.970 add in pulling it out and grip all together. 412 00:25:42.330 --> 00:25:45.450 What's cool now is Jack is adding a 413 00:25:45.690 --> 00:25:49.250 certificate for the hardening for the. For the 414 00:25:49.250 --> 00:25:52.810 Rockwell hardness of every blade he's selling, which is 415 00:25:53.050 --> 00:25:56.530 a cool move. It's a good move on his part. He's made a lot of 416 00:25:56.530 --> 00:26:00.180 changes since he first started first of all, he's got a beautiful 417 00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:04.020 new big facility in Delaware where he makes his knives. And 418 00:26:04.020 --> 00:26:07.740 he has gone down the the Rockwell 419 00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:10.660 hardness rabbit hole and is adding all of that 420 00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:14.740 material to the package when you get it. So you'll, you'll see 421 00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:17.780 exactly what your blade is Rockwell 422 00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:21.580 hardened to. Look at how thin it gets. It's a big, 423 00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:25.240 chunky blade and it gets super thin and slicey. This thing 424 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:27.920 is awesome. The Skir lite. Go to 425 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:31.200 ShedKnives.com and check out the different knives that 426 00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:35.600 Jack has up there for sale. Really, really cool stuff. 427 00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:39.320 This one I'm really excited about. I've been dropping this in the pocket almost 428 00:26:39.320 --> 00:26:42.840 on a daily basis. And with that shape of the 429 00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:46.160 sheath, it fits perfectly, doesn't spin around in your pocket. 430 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:50.170 And it's also a good neck knife. But I've been 431 00:26:50.170 --> 00:26:53.730 kind of not in a neck knife posture recently. 432 00:26:53.810 --> 00:26:57.610 Maybe with the changing weather, I'll get back into my neck knives, but for 433 00:26:57.610 --> 00:27:01.010 a drop in the pocket. Fix a fixie. This thing is awesome. 434 00:27:02.210 --> 00:27:05.969 All right, we're going to get to fixed blade knives of 435 00:27:05.970 --> 00:27:09.650 Hog Tooth Knives. But first I want to show off a new 436 00:27:09.650 --> 00:27:12.850 design that Jim just came up with. Life's too short 437 00:27:13.170 --> 00:27:16.860 for dull blades or weak coffee. Indeed. 438 00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:20.620 We coffee. My God, why bother? I'd rather drink 439 00:27:21.260 --> 00:27:24.780 dirt with water than weak coffee. 440 00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:28.420 Except for my grandmother's. My grandmother made delicious kind of weak 441 00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:32.059 coffee, but I don't need to go there. Okay, so check 442 00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:35.380 out the the cool stuff you can get. You can get this in all of 443 00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:39.180 the many taglines and designs that Jim comes up with at 444 00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:42.870 the knife junkie.com shop. Get your apron, 445 00:27:42.870 --> 00:27:46.310 get your hat, get your cups, get your T shirts 446 00:27:46.630 --> 00:27:49.830 and. And do it there on the knife junkie.com 447 00:27:50.550 --> 00:27:53.910 shop again, thanks, Jim, for all these beautiful designs. 448 00:27:54.470 --> 00:27:58.190 We're fans, all right. Speaking of fans, I'm a 449 00:27:58.190 --> 00:28:01.630 huge fan of Matt Chase and Hog 450 00:28:01.630 --> 00:28:04.790 Tooth Knives. You've heard me talk about Hog Tooth knives here 451 00:28:05.350 --> 00:28:09.030 ad nauseam and I love his 452 00:28:09.030 --> 00:28:12.830 knives. His. His. Well, I'll get to that. I'll get 453 00:28:12.830 --> 00:28:16.550 to the fig. It's his fixed blade knives that got me to first. 454 00:28:16.790 --> 00:28:20.310 Seriously, Care carry fixed blade knives on a daily 455 00:28:20.310 --> 00:28:23.430 basis. But let me show you my most recent acquisition, 456 00:28:23.910 --> 00:28:27.190 which if you were here for Thursday Night Knives last week, you saw. 457 00:28:28.790 --> 00:28:32.230 This thing's a beauty. This is an homage to the Bagwell 458 00:28:32.470 --> 00:28:35.900 Bowies. This is a Bowie I commissioned 459 00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:39.980 from Matt and Hog Tooth Knives. And let me just show it 460 00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:43.660 to you before I get inside the sheath. Let me show you the 461 00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:46.700 beautiful sheath. He does all of his own leather. 462 00:28:47.340 --> 00:28:50.980 And to him it's no big deal. Yeah, of course I make my own sheaths. 463 00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:54.380 But his sheaths are exquisite. They're perfection. 464 00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:59.980 And let's look at this belt stud before we even get in there. I, I 465 00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:04.240 requested a sheath that could slip under the belt and 466 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:07.960 with a belt stud stopping it from slipping out. And he, he 467 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:11.440 was not satisfied with any off the shelf studs he found. 468 00:29:11.520 --> 00:29:15.280 So he turned this on his lathe. He made, he 469 00:29:15.280 --> 00:29:18.920 made this out of wrought iron and brass. That's 470 00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:22.000 brass in the middle there. Brass 471 00:29:23.040 --> 00:29:26.880 beautifully peened in there. And then gorgeously 472 00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:30.960 lathed. And it's the perfect size. It doesn't slip 473 00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:35.160 from the belt through the belt. It's. It's perfect. But let's get into 474 00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:39.000 the blade here. So 475 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:41.840 here we have a beautiful 476 00:29:42.080 --> 00:29:44.720 W2 blade. I'm going to set this down. 477 00:29:45.280 --> 00:29:48.640 W2 blade. You can see that hamon 478 00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:53.640 running the length of the cutting edge and then also on the 479 00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:56.940 swedge. Because I told him I wanted, no matter how 480 00:29:56.940 --> 00:30:00.660 oblique this grind was, I wanted it to be sharpened 481 00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:04.380 to an edge for back cutting and, and that kind of 482 00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:07.860 thing. This I intended to be, as I told him, 483 00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:11.540 a fighting knife. If I were ever called out on a duel, I would bring 484 00:30:11.540 --> 00:30:15.380 this. And then the last knife we're going to show you here. But, but 485 00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:19.060 I wanted it to be balanced as a fighting knife, not just have the 486 00:30:19.060 --> 00:30:22.630 looks. Um, but speaking of looks, I wanted that Spanish 487 00:30:22.630 --> 00:30:26.310 notch that you'll find on the, the 488 00:30:26.310 --> 00:30:29.790 fighting knives of Bill Bagwell. I also wanted those sort of 489 00:30:29.950 --> 00:30:33.550 devil horn guard here. So you've got the, 490 00:30:33.550 --> 00:30:36.350 the, the upswept 491 00:30:37.310 --> 00:30:40.990 quillians here, sharpened to a point, which is a 492 00:30:40.990 --> 00:30:44.630 nice touch. The idea of having the guard higher 493 00:30:44.630 --> 00:30:47.850 than the Spanish notch is that if a blade. Here, 494 00:30:48.330 --> 00:30:52.170 let me use this. If a blade comes in 495 00:30:52.170 --> 00:30:56.010 contact with this blade and slides on down, you can 496 00:30:56.010 --> 00:30:59.610 capture it in there with the notch using that sort of 497 00:30:59.610 --> 00:31:03.410 leverage with the slightly higher quillion. So it was important 498 00:31:03.410 --> 00:31:07.210 that the quillion rises higher than the notch. We got that just 499 00:31:07.210 --> 00:31:11.050 perfectly right. I asked him to put Luke 8:17 500 00:31:11.370 --> 00:31:14.930 on there. Look it up. It's awesome. It basically says, the 501 00:31:14.930 --> 00:31:18.250 truth will always come out, so stop your lion. 502 00:31:18.890 --> 00:31:22.010 And that's more a message to myself than, 503 00:31:22.650 --> 00:31:26.330 than to the world. There's your hog tooth knife engraving 504 00:31:26.330 --> 00:31:29.210 there. Beautifully laser etched. 505 00:31:30.570 --> 00:31:34.090 And then here we have ringed gidgee wood 506 00:31:34.170 --> 00:31:36.810 from Australia. Really gorgeous 507 00:31:37.450 --> 00:31:40.810 hardwood. And then a stainless steel. 508 00:31:43.210 --> 00:31:46.970 What do you call those attacks or domes on there? 509 00:31:47.210 --> 00:31:47.850 And these 510 00:31:51.210 --> 00:31:54.170 what am I trying to say? These are 511 00:31:54.730 --> 00:31:58.530 serve. That's the word, serve. A couple of purposes. First of all, 512 00:31:58.530 --> 00:32:02.170 for indexing, they let you know where you are on the 513 00:32:02.410 --> 00:32:06.100 handle. Say, coming down here 514 00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:09.780 is where you might be for more of a. 515 00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:15.980 More of a saber thrust. And then coming up above them and 516 00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:19.540 kind of opening your hand, as you'll see over here, 517 00:32:20.260 --> 00:32:23.620 opening up your hand and doing a drop, 518 00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:27.300 a dropping sort of snap cut or back cut. 519 00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:32.530 You're riding right in front of that stud there. And so it's a 520 00:32:32.530 --> 00:32:36.250 good indexer. It's also a good place to put your finger to 521 00:32:36.250 --> 00:32:38.770 know where you are. That's indexing. Same thing back here. 522 00:32:39.970 --> 00:32:43.690 So I like that he added those. That's something we talked about. This 523 00:32:43.690 --> 00:32:47.410 is nearly full tang. That tang comes down very, 524 00:32:48.210 --> 00:32:51.610 very close to the pommel. This is a mechanical 525 00:32:51.610 --> 00:32:55.330 connection through that stud there. And so 526 00:32:55.330 --> 00:32:58.340 it's got all of the durability that you would need 527 00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:01.780 from a full tang knife, but also 528 00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:04.500 has that through tang. Look. 529 00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:10.420 Look at that beauty. I am so thrilled with this. This has been 530 00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:14.220 my carry around the house. I wish that we lived 531 00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:18.020 in a society that would allow me to walk around with this. Or 532 00:33:18.020 --> 00:33:21.260 maybe on second thought, maybe I don't. We don't need to be getting in Bowie 533 00:33:21.260 --> 00:33:23.540 duels, but this thing has really. 534 00:33:25.570 --> 00:33:29.410 Yeah, it's gotten me so, so excited. And I 535 00:33:29.410 --> 00:33:32.450 want more from Matt and more from Hog Tooth Knives. 536 00:33:33.010 --> 00:33:36.770 I've told him the next thing I order from him is a broke back sax 537 00:33:37.090 --> 00:33:40.770 with a stag crown handle. But that will be in 538 00:33:40.770 --> 00:33:43.810 a while. That will not be for some time. 539 00:33:44.690 --> 00:33:47.410 But here we go. Putting it in its sheath. 540 00:33:48.690 --> 00:33:51.360 This is like the perfect package for 541 00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:56.160 yours truly, your favorite knife, Chucky. All right, 542 00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:59.560 next up is the knife that I started carrying on a daily 543 00:33:59.560 --> 00:34:03.280 basis, like, all the time. And this really 544 00:34:03.280 --> 00:34:07.079 got me thinking about a collaborating with Matt to do a knife the 545 00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:10.720 Nova series, but also about what other knives out there, not 546 00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:14.400 just Hog Tooth Knives, can I carry on a daily basis. 547 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:17.680 But that first knife was this one. This is the EDC 548 00:34:17.680 --> 00:34:21.200 Bowie. I mean, EDC Tanto. Excuse me, 549 00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:25.680 comes with that deep carry 550 00:34:26.080 --> 00:34:29.840 DCC that's discrete Carry concepts clip, which is my 551 00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:32.960 favorite clip. And here is the knife. 552 00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:37.920 So ordinarily these come with G10 or Micarta 553 00:34:38.080 --> 00:34:41.440 with a Anzo style grip pattern 554 00:34:41.600 --> 00:34:45.160 milled in it. But this is that Griptex. So 555 00:34:45.160 --> 00:34:48.769 it's got layers of G10 and then 556 00:34:48.769 --> 00:34:51.169 layers of a sort of rubberized 557 00:34:52.449 --> 00:34:56.289 material here. So it just peeks out here and there, and 558 00:34:56.529 --> 00:35:00.209 it doesn't feel tacky and rubbery like say 559 00:35:00.209 --> 00:35:03.729 the grivx you'll find on a cold 560 00:35:03.729 --> 00:35:07.289 steel knife or a rubbery handled knife. But it just 561 00:35:07.289 --> 00:35:11.089 gives a little bit of extra grip and I 562 00:35:11.089 --> 00:35:14.880 really like this material. A lot of people have started using this but this 563 00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:18.640 is the first place I saw this when I got it from Matt some, 564 00:35:18.640 --> 00:35:22.240 I don't know, five or six years ago. Beautiful 565 00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:25.760 154cm blade. This, unlike the 566 00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:29.360 Bowie I just showed you is not forged. This 567 00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:33.160 is laser laser cut. And so he. This 568 00:35:33.160 --> 00:35:36.760 is every forging knife maker. Not maybe not every, 569 00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:40.440 but many forging knife makers that 570 00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:44.080 you'll run into also do stock reduction knives because 571 00:35:44.080 --> 00:35:47.760 they're quicker and easier to make and they help keep the lights on. 572 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:51.600 And this is one of Matt's models that fits that 573 00:35:51.600 --> 00:35:55.320 description. Deep hollow ground on the 574 00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:59.000 straight which is most of the blade and then comes to that nice 575 00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:02.600 faceted tip. A 154cm blade 576 00:36:02.600 --> 00:36:06.250 steel. This is back when he was. 577 00:36:06.330 --> 00:36:09.290 Oh that's. That is etched in there. All right, 578 00:36:09.930 --> 00:36:13.610 so his logo etched in there. That is from 579 00:36:13.690 --> 00:36:17.490 a Jim. The jimping is from a jimping file. He now laser 580 00:36:17.490 --> 00:36:21.170 etches his jimping. But look at this beauty. 581 00:36:21.170 --> 00:36:24.930 It just fits the hand perfectly and fits in 582 00:36:24.930 --> 00:36:28.730 the belt or pocket beautifully. I've never pocket carried this 583 00:36:28.730 --> 00:36:32.260 but I think that's how Matt carries his me. 584 00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:36.060 For me it rides in the waistband whether in 585 00:36:36.060 --> 00:36:39.460 the appendix or in the 3 o' clock position. 586 00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:43.540 Now I'll tell you a little story about this that 587 00:36:43.540 --> 00:36:47.139 Matt relayed to me. He made. Matt made one of these. 588 00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:50.820 He's a former Marine Corps Scout sniper. I didn't mention that. 589 00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:55.140 And he made one of these for a buddy of his that he served with 590 00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:59.170 who had a son who was going into the Marine Corps and, 591 00:36:59.170 --> 00:37:02.890 and was deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan or both. 592 00:37:02.890 --> 00:37:06.210 I don't remember where he was, but he was in one of those two spots. 593 00:37:06.530 --> 00:37:10.210 He had one of these on his plate carrier right up front 594 00:37:10.610 --> 00:37:14.330 and. And actually had to use one of these in a self 595 00:37:14.330 --> 00:37:18.090 defense situation. Thank God 596 00:37:18.090 --> 00:37:21.730 he had this on him. It saved his life in the most real 597 00:37:21.890 --> 00:37:25.700 sort of way you can imagine. And he was in a 598 00:37:25.700 --> 00:37:29.140 very compromised position. And this was how he got 599 00:37:29.140 --> 00:37:32.300 himself out of that compromise position. So 600 00:37:35.020 --> 00:37:38.780 it's a testament to how effective the Tanto design is 601 00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:42.620 and how incredible Matt Chase's knives are 602 00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:46.380 for sure. I won't give you the details, but they are 603 00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:50.140 gruesome details. And this saved 604 00:37:51.040 --> 00:37:54.560 a great American serviceman's life. Not this knife in particular 605 00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:58.720 but a. Another One of this type of 606 00:37:58.720 --> 00:38:02.400 design, the EDC Tanto. All right, 607 00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:06.160 next up. I remember the conversation I had with Matt when 608 00:38:06.160 --> 00:38:10.000 I was like, I've been carrying the EDC Tanto with me every day 609 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:13.280 for, you know, weeks and weeks on end and can we do a 610 00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:17.060 collaboration? I'd love to have this with other blade types. And he jumped at 611 00:38:17.060 --> 00:38:20.780 it. I think that was just the impetus he needed to make more of 612 00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:24.580 that style of knife. And I sent him a bowie 613 00:38:24.580 --> 00:38:28.220 design to fit the same handle and that became the 614 00:38:28.220 --> 00:38:31.740 Nova one. A number of you have the Nova one. 615 00:38:31.820 --> 00:38:35.540 We did a pre order of this and I 616 00:38:35.540 --> 00:38:39.260 think we made, we. He made 27 of them. 617 00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:43.830 I sold 24 of them. And then the remaining three 618 00:38:43.830 --> 00:38:47.670 went to my wife and daughters. My wife and older 619 00:38:47.670 --> 00:38:51.310 daughter both have theirs. When my younger daughter graduates eighth grade. 620 00:38:51.550 --> 00:38:55.230 That's the gift. That's the gift I get in this family. And since 621 00:38:55.230 --> 00:38:58.590 my wife already graduated eighth grade years ago, I just gave her 622 00:38:58.590 --> 00:39:02.190 hers. But we, we changed it up a little bit for the production 623 00:39:02.190 --> 00:39:05.870 model. Now this is the prototype 624 00:39:06.110 --> 00:39:09.710 and there's only one like this with the giant a knife 625 00:39:09.710 --> 00:39:13.390 junkie logo on it, which I love, but I didn't expect 626 00:39:13.390 --> 00:39:17.190 anyone else to love. So the, the production 627 00:39:17.190 --> 00:39:20.910 version has a smaller knife junkie logo on 628 00:39:20.910 --> 00:39:23.910 it. It's also numbered 1 out of 27. 629 00:39:24.470 --> 00:39:27.590 And instead of maroon, beautiful maroon 630 00:39:27.590 --> 00:39:30.990 micarta with red liners, it's beautiful maroon 631 00:39:30.990 --> 00:39:34.630 micarta with forest green liners. We also moved 632 00:39:34.630 --> 00:39:38.060 that jimping forward for a more practical 633 00:39:38.620 --> 00:39:42.300 placement for the thumb up forward 634 00:39:43.020 --> 00:39:46.420 and, and pretty much everything else was the same recurve 635 00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:50.100 tanto. And as I hold this in my hand, I realize I haven't carried this 636 00:39:50.100 --> 00:39:53.780 in a while. I have so many other knives that I'm tempted 637 00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:57.540 away. But this is such a great knife. We need to do this 638 00:39:57.540 --> 00:40:01.100 again. 154cm blade, 639 00:40:01.100 --> 00:40:04.930 steel, wickedly sharp blade, hollow ground. 640 00:40:05.250 --> 00:40:08.770 The spine comes to a zero ground edge. So not, 641 00:40:09.010 --> 00:40:12.770 not sharp like you're going to be shaving parmesan with it, but 642 00:40:13.650 --> 00:40:17.410 a nice zero ground swedge you could do a 643 00:40:17.410 --> 00:40:21.090 back cut with if you could actually get the momentum on, on 644 00:40:21.090 --> 00:40:23.490 the 3.7 inch blade here, 645 00:40:24.850 --> 00:40:28.650 but really, really comfortable handle. And that's the thing. I 646 00:40:28.650 --> 00:40:32.450 mean this is Matt's platform. I just sort of gave 647 00:40:32.450 --> 00:40:36.010 him a blade design to add to it. But the handle 648 00:40:36.330 --> 00:40:40.170 is just so comfortable. And we're going to see this handle design 649 00:40:40.250 --> 00:40:43.770 over and over here. So this is the 650 00:40:43.770 --> 00:40:47.570 prototype of the Nova one. Maybe we'll 651 00:40:47.570 --> 00:40:51.290 come out with it again. But I know you can get these from Matt 652 00:40:51.770 --> 00:40:54.890 now in, in different configurations, but 653 00:40:56.120 --> 00:40:59.560 check that out. And, and every little bit 654 00:40:59.560 --> 00:41:03.160 helps the knife junkie here. So we, we made this 655 00:41:03.160 --> 00:41:06.880 and then a year later we made the Nova 2 and actually the Nova 656 00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:10.680 3. We're in talks now for the Nova 3. Really what that means 657 00:41:10.680 --> 00:41:14.400 is I'm trying to figure out the exact blade shape for the Nova 658 00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:17.960 3. We're gonna do those coming up here soonish. 659 00:41:19.560 --> 00:41:23.080 Probably it'll be a post Christmas delivery. 660 00:41:23.390 --> 00:41:27.150 It'll definitely be a post Christmas 2025 delivery. But 661 00:41:27.470 --> 00:41:30.790 not sure how far beyond that. We're just starting to talk about it. But the 662 00:41:30.790 --> 00:41:34.550 Nova 2 came along. And this is the Nova 2. 663 00:41:34.550 --> 00:41:38.270 Now this is the prototype also. But the prototype is 664 00:41:38.670 --> 00:41:42.030 pretty much exactly like the delivered. The 665 00:41:42.030 --> 00:41:45.630 delivered Nova 2s. We made fewer of these. About half 666 00:41:46.430 --> 00:41:49.980 the price did have to rise. I took a, took a bath on the 667 00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:53.620 Nova one and we had to raise the price up a little bit. But 668 00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:57.700 those who wanted them got them. And they are beautiful. 669 00:41:57.780 --> 00:42:01.540 Now when you look at it from this perspective, the only thing that changed 670 00:42:01.780 --> 00:42:05.580 was the color of the Kydex. For the sheath we went with a deep 671 00:42:05.580 --> 00:42:09.060 charcoal gray instead of this light gray. But the rest is 672 00:42:09.700 --> 00:42:13.460 as it was delivered. But this here is the prototype. 673 00:42:13.540 --> 00:42:17.300 This is the Kiridashi, the Nova 2 674 00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:20.860 Kiridashi. And this one also 675 00:42:21.020 --> 00:42:23.100 had the file ground. 676 00:42:26.220 --> 00:42:30.020 File ground. Jimping. But on the production models that 677 00:42:30.020 --> 00:42:33.820 went out, those were laser cut. So they were perfectly straight 678 00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:36.860 across the back. No, no, 679 00:42:37.580 --> 00:42:41.020 no hand imper imperfections, which I don't mind. 680 00:42:41.780 --> 00:42:45.460 But the Kiridashi blade shape is the important part. So when you hold 681 00:42:45.700 --> 00:42:49.420 the spine straight across the back like this, you can 682 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:53.140 see an upward ascending straight edge with 683 00:42:53.140 --> 00:42:56.860 a center line point. Some people 684 00:42:56.860 --> 00:43:00.340 might call it a wharncliffe, some people might call it a 685 00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:03.820 sheep's foot. But really this is a Kiridashi. Deeply 686 00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:07.460 hollow ground. Again here. Like this one is 687 00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:11.230 even deeper than the Nova one. So very, very thin behind the 688 00:43:11.230 --> 00:43:14.630 edge. Extremely sharp. 154cm blade 689 00:43:14.630 --> 00:43:18.070 steel. The smaller knife junkie logo there 690 00:43:18.390 --> 00:43:22.230 and then ivory Micarta. I mean G10. 691 00:43:22.230 --> 00:43:26.030 A beautiful ivory G10. Right now it's just kind of blowing 692 00:43:26.030 --> 00:43:29.790 out and looking white on, on the screen. That's the problem with 693 00:43:29.790 --> 00:43:33.470 Ivory. Anything on camera here with 694 00:43:33.470 --> 00:43:37.100 the red liners, G10 liners. 695 00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:42.580 Positively beautiful. And I'm not saying that because I designed it. I'm saying that 696 00:43:42.580 --> 00:43:46.420 because Matt makes an incredible blade. I just drew a picture and sent it to 697 00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:50.220 him. He made the knives and they are beautiful. I do love 698 00:43:50.220 --> 00:43:54.060 the Ivory G10. That was a suggestion from Matt. I was 699 00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:58.060 vacillating, oh, should it be? What color should it be? And he sent 700 00:43:58.060 --> 00:44:01.540 me a sample of this and I love the way it looked. It's also 701 00:44:01.540 --> 00:44:05.230 evocative of bone. And with this one I'm, I'm going for 702 00:44:05.230 --> 00:44:08.910 an old school look and it's got the white and the red kind of 703 00:44:08.910 --> 00:44:12.710 Japanese, kind of Japanese meets Viking, I 704 00:44:12.710 --> 00:44:16.310 don't know. But it works for me and it worked for a number of people 705 00:44:16.310 --> 00:44:20.030 who ordered this. I just got an email from someone asking if we were 706 00:44:20.030 --> 00:44:23.750 going to come back out with these. And, well, not 707 00:44:23.750 --> 00:44:27.550 quite like this, but maybe, maybe in the future if demand 708 00:44:27.550 --> 00:44:31.380 is high enough. That's the Nova 709 00:44:31.380 --> 00:44:34.860 2. This one I carry with the soft loop in the front scout 710 00:44:35.020 --> 00:44:38.700 position. Okay, Next up 711 00:44:39.020 --> 00:44:42.740 is the pocket ruffian. Now I'm 712 00:44:42.740 --> 00:44:46.460 showing you the second knife in this 713 00:44:46.540 --> 00:44:50.260 series. The first one will come next, but I 714 00:44:50.260 --> 00:44:53.580 was just featuring this on my pocket fixed blade 715 00:44:54.630 --> 00:44:58.390 knife episode. And I've been carrying this one 716 00:44:58.390 --> 00:45:02.150 a lot more since when I got it. I carried 717 00:45:02.150 --> 00:45:05.390 it a lot. And then of course it got put down because all sorts of 718 00:45:05.390 --> 00:45:09.110 new things came in and distracted me. But I've been carrying this 719 00:45:09.110 --> 00:45:12.950 one a lot more recently. Summer is winding down, 720 00:45:12.950 --> 00:45:16.470 so it may end up going back on the back burner. But this 721 00:45:16.710 --> 00:45:18.630 is the ruffian, just 722 00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:24.160 reduced by some sort of percentage. Fits 723 00:45:24.240 --> 00:45:27.800 perfectly in the hand. I get a 3 1/2 inch grip on this 724 00:45:27.800 --> 00:45:31.280 or finger grip on this. But if you were to put a leather 725 00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:35.000 fob on there, it would give you a little bit 726 00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:38.760 of extra grip. This of course drops in the pocket with the 727 00:45:38.760 --> 00:45:42.400 use of this DCC pocket clip 728 00:45:43.040 --> 00:45:46.890 and that thumb ramp, it removes real easily, revealing 729 00:45:46.890 --> 00:45:50.490 this beautiful long clip flip 730 00:45:50.490 --> 00:45:54.250 point, hollow ground. Again, he does a great hollow grind. 731 00:45:54.570 --> 00:45:58.130 I love a hollow grind. Nice and slicey, nice and 732 00:45:58.130 --> 00:46:00.970 sharp, always 154cm. 733 00:46:02.170 --> 00:46:05.650 And this one has the super grippy, laser etched 734 00:46:05.650 --> 00:46:09.370 jimping and natural 735 00:46:09.370 --> 00:46:13.070 canvas micarta with no liners. The no liners bit 736 00:46:13.070 --> 00:46:16.550 keeps it a little bit thinner, which you're gonna want for 737 00:46:16.550 --> 00:46:20.310 pocket carry in my opinion. This of course has that 738 00:46:20.950 --> 00:46:24.590 anzo pattern that, that Matt likes to 739 00:46:24.590 --> 00:46:28.270 put in his grips, especially on the 740 00:46:28.270 --> 00:46:31.830 smaller EDC style knives. Let me show you 741 00:46:31.830 --> 00:46:35.350 this with the, with the one that is 742 00:46:35.350 --> 00:46:39.110 probably the most. I don't know. People love this knife and 743 00:46:39.110 --> 00:46:42.710 I carry this a lot in the, in the fall 744 00:46:42.710 --> 00:46:46.510 and winter because this is about as large as I like to go 745 00:46:46.510 --> 00:46:49.950 for an EDC fixed blade. This is the ruffian. 746 00:46:50.430 --> 00:46:53.550 I got the ruffian for my 51st birthday 747 00:46:54.110 --> 00:46:57.910 and I was in Matt's shop 748 00:46:57.910 --> 00:47:01.710 in August of that year and I 749 00:47:02.510 --> 00:47:05.230 saw a couple of blanks of the roughy and I was like, I want one. 750 00:47:05.600 --> 00:47:09.280 And then I saw the different handle materials and picked them out right there. 751 00:47:10.080 --> 00:47:13.840 This started out as a natural canvas micarta, 752 00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:17.600 more of a tan. But it's as it has aged and 753 00:47:17.600 --> 00:47:21.440 taken my hand oils, it's gotten a little bit redder, 754 00:47:22.080 --> 00:47:25.880 a little bit more of a warm tan color. And 755 00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:29.440 man alive, this thing is, this is a great, 756 00:47:29.520 --> 00:47:32.160 great blade. He makes this in a drop point. 757 00:47:33.650 --> 00:47:37.370 So imagine everything up until here, including the edge, the 758 00:47:37.370 --> 00:47:41.210 same except having a drop point. And that one is. Can't remember the 759 00:47:41.210 --> 00:47:44.930 name of it, but man, the hunters go crazy over that 760 00:47:44.930 --> 00:47:48.690 one. And I, I guess it's because it's easier to field dress animals 761 00:47:48.690 --> 00:47:51.650 with. I'm not sure you don't have that swedge up there, 762 00:47:52.930 --> 00:47:56.250 but this one's my favorite. I just love the 763 00:47:56.250 --> 00:47:59.830 ruffian. Again, deeply hollow ground. 764 00:48:00.230 --> 00:48:03.504 Again, really tough and sharp. 154 765 00:48:03.636 --> 00:48:07.390 cm. The handle, scales and materials 766 00:48:07.390 --> 00:48:11.070 are my own choice. You can get this however you want it. I've 767 00:48:11.070 --> 00:48:14.150 seen he's done one, he's done a pair of these recently 768 00:48:14.870 --> 00:48:18.190 with bolsters of how's it 769 00:48:18.190 --> 00:48:21.030 Mokutai bolsters and then like 770 00:48:21.990 --> 00:48:25.430 ancient walrus tusk or some sort of beautiful 771 00:48:26.130 --> 00:48:29.810 sort of tusk material. So you can get these in all 772 00:48:29.810 --> 00:48:33.330 manner and means. And those were forged with 1 773 00:48:33.810 --> 00:48:37.114 forged with 10, 95 and 15 774 00:48:37.226 --> 00:48:41.050 N20 of Damascus. So even though this 775 00:48:41.050 --> 00:48:44.610 is a design or a profile that, that is 776 00:48:44.690 --> 00:48:48.210 mostly done by him in the pre cut 777 00:48:48.210 --> 00:48:51.780 blade, you know, laser or water 778 00:48:51.780 --> 00:48:55.540 jet blade blanks. He can also make all of 779 00:48:55.540 --> 00:48:59.380 these in custom forge versions. You're just going to pay 780 00:48:59.380 --> 00:49:02.700 more for them. The ruffian. This one 781 00:49:02.780 --> 00:49:06.220 gets so much love on the knife Junkie podcast 782 00:49:06.620 --> 00:49:10.340 and in on Thursday night Knives and in the videos, people 783 00:49:10.340 --> 00:49:14.180 love this knife. I do too. I carry 784 00:49:14.180 --> 00:49:17.820 this one at the three o' clock position, ready 785 00:49:17.820 --> 00:49:20.940 for reverse grip, you know, because when 786 00:49:22.540 --> 00:49:25.980 that's the ruffian and the mini ruffian 787 00:49:26.220 --> 00:49:27.660 or pocket ruffian. 788 00:49:30.060 --> 00:49:33.820 All right, last up. And, and my most 789 00:49:33.820 --> 00:49:37.460 prized hog tooth knife because it was 790 00:49:37.460 --> 00:49:41.260 commissioned by my parents. It was, you know, drawn up by me and 791 00:49:41.260 --> 00:49:44.860 the, my, my parents commissioned it. They wanted to buy this for me 792 00:49:45.220 --> 00:49:48.660 because they didn't know what to get me when I turned 50 and they, they 793 00:49:48.660 --> 00:49:52.460 thought this is the perfect thing. And then that led to 794 00:49:52.460 --> 00:49:56.300 two Kitchen knives that my dad had made for my mom. So 795 00:49:56.300 --> 00:49:59.900 a lot of cool Hog tooth knives in the family now. But this is 796 00:49:59.900 --> 00:50:03.380 the, this is the crown jewel. This is 797 00:50:03.460 --> 00:50:07.220 the Hog Tooth knives sub hilt fighter. And 798 00:50:07.220 --> 00:50:10.180 I'll show it to you in this exquisite sheath, 799 00:50:11.310 --> 00:50:14.110 probably the only sheath I've ever labeled sexy 800 00:50:14.990 --> 00:50:18.790 because first of all the leather work is impeccable, 801 00:50:18.790 --> 00:50:22.230 the stitching is absolutely perfect. But it looks like a 802 00:50:22.230 --> 00:50:26.070 corset here. So it looks like, hey, looks like a 803 00:50:26.070 --> 00:50:29.470 corset that a lady might wear it. So I find that rather fetching. 804 00:50:29.870 --> 00:50:33.070 But that corset on the front is what attaches 805 00:50:33.470 --> 00:50:37.150 the belt loop to the main piece of leather. So just, 806 00:50:37.500 --> 00:50:40.700 I mean really expertly made and imaginatively 807 00:50:43.260 --> 00:50:46.940 designed and executed. And then it has this really cool 808 00:50:47.980 --> 00:50:51.820 just stud and, and retention strap 809 00:50:51.820 --> 00:50:54.940 here. So here it is my only 810 00:50:55.180 --> 00:50:57.260 forged custom forged 811 00:50:58.460 --> 00:51:02.140 Damascus blade in my collection. This 812 00:51:02.140 --> 00:51:04.630 is also 1095 and 813 00:51:04.630 --> 00:51:08.270 15N20. And that was 814 00:51:09.710 --> 00:51:12.990 made very very in a very 815 00:51:13.390 --> 00:51:16.910 painstaking way. And actually I happen to have a little 816 00:51:17.390 --> 00:51:21.030 piece of it. So he made, he 817 00:51:21.030 --> 00:51:24.790 made the Damascus, he'd pound it out, flatten it and 818 00:51:24.790 --> 00:51:28.470 then cut it up into cubes and, and stack them in 819 00:51:28.470 --> 00:51:32.030 certain ways and re weld them. And this is one of the little bits 820 00:51:32.520 --> 00:51:36.040 that turned into the blade. You can see the pattern, the diamond like pattern there. 821 00:51:37.080 --> 00:51:40.800 So it's kind of cool. I have that to the side but 822 00:51:40.800 --> 00:51:44.600 a long slender. This is a. As the first Bowie you 823 00:51:44.600 --> 00:51:48.280 saw was an homage to Bill Bagwell. This is an homage 824 00:51:48.600 --> 00:51:52.360 to Bob Loveless. Both of them actually legends 825 00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:55.880 of the Knife Makers Guild here or 826 00:51:55.880 --> 00:51:59.570 yeah, the Knife Makers Guild founding members actually 827 00:51:59.570 --> 00:52:02.690 both of them. But this one has that long 828 00:52:02.930 --> 00:52:06.530 slender double edged clip point blade. Both 829 00:52:06.690 --> 00:52:10.250 incredibly sharp on the top and on the bottom. Both 830 00:52:10.250 --> 00:52:13.810 hollow ground though this one less so because it's a 831 00:52:14.290 --> 00:52:18.130 shorter run there. And then you have a 27 832 00:52:18.210 --> 00:52:21.650 piece handle. This was the first time he ever made a 833 00:52:22.370 --> 00:52:25.070 sub hilt fighter. And this is 834 00:52:26.030 --> 00:52:29.870 the. The tang of the blade comes down here and then there's a 835 00:52:29.870 --> 00:52:33.470 frame. So this is not a full tang, a true full 836 00:52:33.470 --> 00:52:37.310 tang. Meaning this is this piece of metal you see here is 837 00:52:37.310 --> 00:52:41.150 not the tang of the blade. It's a frame that holds 838 00:52:41.150 --> 00:52:44.950 this stag. And then these are to 839 00:52:44.950 --> 00:52:48.590 the frame and these are silver sterling silver 840 00:52:48.910 --> 00:52:52.380 studs here. And then there's a mechanical connection with a, 841 00:52:52.620 --> 00:52:56.260 a steel pin here keeping 842 00:52:56.260 --> 00:52:59.620 that attached as well as all the other stuff keeping it 843 00:52:59.620 --> 00:53:03.340 attached to that blade tag. And then you have a paper 844 00:53:03.340 --> 00:53:06.700 micarta here and here as 845 00:53:06.780 --> 00:53:09.900 spacers and Then wrought iron from 846 00:53:10.620 --> 00:53:14.300 the Longfellow Bridge in Boston, reclaimed 847 00:53:14.620 --> 00:53:18.190 wrought iron from the Longfellow Bridge in Boston, 848 00:53:18.750 --> 00:53:22.030 making up these gorgeous and beautifully sculpted 849 00:53:22.430 --> 00:53:26.270 quillians and guards here. So 850 00:53:27.390 --> 00:53:31.230 I've long said that this is my dedicated dueling knife. But 851 00:53:31.310 --> 00:53:34.830 now that I have this and 852 00:53:34.830 --> 00:53:38.390 this, I don't have a dedicated dueling knife. I have two 853 00:53:38.390 --> 00:53:42.190 dueling knives. So I could come out with my sinawale 854 00:53:42.350 --> 00:53:45.830 and, and go hog tooth on whoever 855 00:53:45.830 --> 00:53:49.510 steps to me. So here are my, my two favorite hog tooth 856 00:53:49.510 --> 00:53:53.270 knives. I will place them down here. Even though we've done the 857 00:53:53.270 --> 00:53:56.790 collaborations and, and such, these are 858 00:53:56.790 --> 00:54:00.270 just the cream of the crop, the creme de la creme, 859 00:54:00.430 --> 00:54:04.110 as they say. So I can't get enough hog 860 00:54:04.110 --> 00:54:07.710 tooth knives. I can't wait to come out with the Nova 3, which we'll let 861 00:54:07.710 --> 00:54:11.480 you know about. But someday in the offing 862 00:54:11.480 --> 00:54:14.720 I got some knives to get from some other makers. But someday 863 00:54:15.200 --> 00:54:18.400 you will see in this lineup here, not just this 864 00:54:18.560 --> 00:54:22.160 Bagwell style Bowie and this Loveless style fighter, 865 00:54:22.240 --> 00:54:25.920 but you will see a Viking style brokeback sax. 866 00:54:26.240 --> 00:54:29.920 I think that's the next one. It's gotta be the next one to fit in 867 00:54:30.400 --> 00:54:34.160 or he makes some pretty, some pretty beautiful daggers. 868 00:54:34.340 --> 00:54:38.140 So I don't know, you'll, you'll be along for the process, the waffling and 869 00:54:38.140 --> 00:54:41.700 decision process. Go, go to Instagram and and 870 00:54:41.700 --> 00:54:45.340 follow Hogtooth Knives. You'll be glad you did. 871 00:54:45.340 --> 00:54:48.980 Even if you never buy a hog tooth knife, it is eye candy 872 00:54:49.300 --> 00:54:53.060 as the day is long. Just beautiful, beautiful stuff. All right, 873 00:54:53.060 --> 00:54:56.660 thanks for watching me go on and on about Hogtooth Knives. I'll never 874 00:54:56.660 --> 00:55:00.380 stop. I'll never ever stop. Also, thanks for joining me for 875 00:55:00.380 --> 00:55:04.070 the talk about the Bally Song and of course everything 876 00:55:04.070 --> 00:55:07.870 else we've done here on the Knife Junkie. 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