The Catch Bit Show
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Join Jason Ritchie, 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 pocketknife history!
The Catch Bit Show
9h ago
Neal and Mike spend some time talking about the Grand Knife Adventure that occurred on October 18 & 19 and talk about how the show might look next year.
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Mike Moran: @moranknives and on the web: moranknives.com
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The Catch Bit Show
3w ago
Eric is back a week later to rejoin the conversation on his journey in knives. On the last episode, we left off with Eric recounting his Canal Street Cutlery days and so that's where we pick back up. We get to hear Eric's perspective on the closing of Canal Street, some personal stories, and Mike tries to get to the bottom of the Schrade factory conspiracy. We (Mike) did get a little excited about shop talk, so we dive into some of the particulars of making knives. Neal does his best to get Eric to agree to do a set aside of "Maker's Select" knives - we'll have to see if that happens! Hope you ..read more
The Catch Bit Show
3w ago
You guys just had to suspect that we would eventually have our friend Bill on the show. Bill is the great-grandson of George Schrade, one of the finest American knife inventors that there ever was. Bill carries on the knife-making legacy, and continues to make one of the switchblades that George invented. We had a nice chat with Bill on what he's up to today and we even hear some great stories from his childhood.
During the show we referenced both Bill's website and a video he was featured in by the current iteration of Schrade.
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The Catch Bit Show
3w ago
If you enjoy traditional pocket knives, this episode is for you. Steven Cocker is a pocket knife cutler in Sheffield, England. He was trained by the last of the "old guard," and he joins this episode to talk about his family's history in cutlery and his desire to keep it alive. Most of the items and knives discussed in this episode can be found on Steven's Instagram account.
Other Links for this show:
Egginton
Shepherd Wheel Workshop
Hawley Collection
Shepherd Wheel Miniatures
Sheffield Miniatures
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The Catch Bit Show
3w ago
Jason is out this week and Neal and Mike are a bit jet lagged from Blade Show Atlanta. Listen in to find out why this is such a short episode and hear a Jim Bowie story.
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Mike Moran: @moranknives and on the web: moranknives.com
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The Catch Bit Show
3w ago
Neal, Jason, and Mike talk 2023 BladeShow Prep and Figural Knives. We also cover the recent Kelham Island Museum theft.
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Mike Moran: @moranknives and on the web: moranknives.com
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The Catch Bit Show
3w ago
We've got another entertaining and informative show. After dispensing with a little shop talk and updates by Mike and Jason, we get into the Cause du Jour: Slot Knives. You may also know these knives as picnic knives or hobo knives. Listen in and forget your troubles for an hour - you'll be better for it!
Link to Evan's award-winning knife
Emperor of the North
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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 ..read more
The Catch Bit Show
1M ago
You guys are gonna love this episode. Eric joins us from upstate New York and talks about how he got into knives and eventually found himself at Canal Street Cutlery. We do our best to keep a chronological order to things, but our excitement got the best of us! One thing to note is that Eric may be the last in a line extending clear back to early Sheffield cutlers. From those famous and brave guys who got caught up in the Chartist Movement in England, to Matteawan, to New York Knife Co, to Walden Knife Co, to Schrade, to Canal Street, and perhaps the last man standing - Eric Albers.
Eric's we ..read more
The Catch Bit Show
1M ago
Charlie's with us at the close of summer. As he starts his 80th year he joins us to talk about his new knife called the City Stock Knife. Of course Charlie couldn't help but meander into what knives he's picked up over the summer. Lots of pocket knife history "tid-bits" were thrown out in this episode by Neal and Charlie for us to gobble up!
Neal even makes a bold statement on the "perfect" pocket knife and Mike tries to claim that the old Schrade factory sat on a toxic dump site. You guys listen and decide!
One note on this episode - Neal came out strongly against GEC's "faux pas" of callin ..read more
The Catch Bit Show
1M ago
Great chat on this episode with David Valdivieso (Slipjoint_spa) on the socials. We talk about knife recovers and modding and get to know David a little better. Listen in to find out why he still parks his car in his shop!
Also, we mention Lone Wolf McQuade, Mike was wrong regarding the town the movie was based on, but he was in the ballpark!
Links:
David's Instagram
David's Youtube
Lone Wolf McQuade!
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Mike Moran: @moranknives and on the web: moranknives.com
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