In episode 580 of The Knife Junkie Podcast, Bob DeMarco compares six pairs of classic and modern Cold Steel knives, showing how this iconic brand has evolved while maintaining its legendary toughness. See the differences between vintage and current versions of the Tanto, Voyager, Espada, Vaquero, and more! Plus: Texas Blade Show custom knife winners, a new Gerber Mini Sada, Washington state's automatic knife ban repeal, and Bob's current EDC rotation featuring ProTech, Jack Wolf Knives, and more...
Mar 19, 2025
In Episode 579 of The Knife Junkie Podcast, Bob DeMarco talks with Mike Wertin, owner of Northern Knives in Anchorage, Alaska's premier knife retailer and maker of "the toughest things in Alaska since bears." Mike shares his journey from Arizona to Alaska, how the 3 Dog Knife line was born, and his pioneering techniques for multi-colored titanium anodizing. Learn about their custom Cerakote services, upcoming folding knife designs, and why virtually everyone in Alaska carries a pocket knife. The...
Mar 16, 2025
On the midweek supplemental episode of The Knife Junkie podcast (episode 578), Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco looks at several of his custom fixed blade EDCs that deserve more attention, including the Carter Cutlery Neck knife, Polite But Dangerous Tools Dagger, and the Ribsplitter Knives Draug, among others. Bob begins with his favorite comments of the week. In his pocket check of knives, it's the Hinderer XM-24, GEC #47 Viper, Hogtooth Knives Rufian, and the Bastinelli Big Dragotac (Emotional ...
Mar 12, 2025
Jack Billings of Shed Knives joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on Episode 577 of The Knife Junkie Podcast ( https://theknifejunkie.com/577 ). Originally starting in 2018 as just a hobby, Shed Knives was started by three friends making knives on Saturday mornings. Their first knife was a sword: a katana. As time went on in 2018, the friends started trading knives for bigger and better machines to build the "Shed Knives Shop." For $5, they made their first forge. The three friends started makin...
Mar 09, 2025
On the midweek supplemental episode of The Knife Junkie podcast (episode 576), Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco looks at double edged fighting knives, including the TKell Knives Agent-001, Station 9 #12 Undercover, and the Pinkerton Knives Razorback, among others. Bob begins with his favorite comments of the week. He also shows off 3D prints his new collaboration with TKell Knives: a Double Edged Fighter. Plus, he shows off some Bob Terzuola merch that will be given away on a future "Thursday Nigh...
Mar 05, 2025
Rolando Garcia III, founder of Rolanda Estocada, joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on Episode 575 of The Knife Junkie Podcast ( https://theknifejunkie.com/575 ). Rolando lives in NYC and has lifelong training experience with martial arts greats in arts including JKD, BJJ, Savate, and American Bowie Knife Fighting. He is a full senior instructor in Jeet Kune Do under Sifu Armando Basulto. He is also a RKC kettlebell coach under the legendary Pavel Tsatsouline. Rolando has an extensive collecti...
Mar 02, 2025
On the midweek supplemental episode of The Knife Junkie podcast (episode 574), Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco looks at several of his large and extra large Cold Steel folders (5-inch blades and up). Bob begins with his favorite comments of the week. In his pocket check of knives, it's the Cuda Maxx 5.5, the C.Risner Cutlery Ohio River Jack, the Armis Knife & Tool VSK1, and a Hogtooth Custom Sub-Hilt Fighter (Emotional Support Knife). In Knife Life News: • New Paul Munko and Bestech Collabora...
Feb 26, 2025
Joe Watson, custom knifemaker and design consultant, joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on Episode 573 of The Knife Junkie Podcast ( https://theknifejunkie.com/573 ). Watson offers a variety of high performance, handmade knives from kitchen to outdoors to duty use. He also creates historically inspired knives and art pieces and improves them with modern construction methods and more logical design. Watson still fabricates, cuts, grinds, shapes, dresses and polishes knives one at a time, like h...
Feb 23, 2025
On the midweek supplemental episode of The Knife Junkie podcast (episode 572), Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco looks at some of his favorite Clip Point fixed blade knives that are not quite Bowies, including the Randall 16-7 SP#1 Fighter, Buck 119, and the SOG Super Bowie, among others. Bob begins with his favorite comment of the week. Bob also just carried the Regiment Blades Tactical Pen and G10 Low-Viz in a non-permissive environment!, and he and Tim Kell are bouncing around another exciting d...
Feb 19, 2025
Tate Buzzard of The Norman Tactical joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on Episode 571 of The Knife Junkie Podcast ( https://theknifejunkie.com/571 ). Tate lives and works in Arizona, where he specializes in hand making tactical, fighting and field fixed blade knives under the Norman Tactical shingle. Besides his Bowies, kwaiken, tomahawks and Sgian Crios, the Norman Tactical makes the Love Handle knife for Wingard Wearables. Find Tate and The Norman Tactical on Instagram at https://www.instagr...
Feb 16, 2025
On the midweek supplemental episode of The Knife Junkie podcast (episode 570), Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco looks at several of his recent acquisitions of self-defense folding and fixed blade knives, including the DC Blades Vendetta and REV, the Cuda Maxx 5.5, and the Regiment Blades Low-Viz, among others. Bob begins with his favorite comments of the week. In his pocket check of knives, it's the Microtech Stitch, Lionsteel Gitano, Kopis Designs L-Via, and the Cold Steel TiLite (Emotional Suppo...
Feb 12, 2025
Michael Grasso of Armis Knife and Tool joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on Episode 569 of The Knife Junkie Podcast ( https://theknifejunkie.com/569 ). Michael Grasso started Armis Knife and Tool after he was injured on the job in 2020 as a 14-year career firefighter. Nothing in the Armis shop is automated or produced by CNC machines and nothing is made by overseas manufacturers. Armis Knife and Tool is a small family business, with all products made completely by hand in their small shop by ...
Feb 09, 2025
On the midweek supplemental episode of The Knife Junkie podcast (episode 568), Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco looks at several amazing EDC fixed blade knives and how to wear them, including the T.Kell Agent 001 (Front Scout), AUX MFG Pocket Rocket (IWB appendix), the Hogtooth Knife Ruffian (IWB 3 O'clock), and the Fisher Blades Beckwith Covert (Pocket), among others. Bob begins with his favorite comments of the week. In his pocket check of knives, it's the Civivi Synergy 4, Jack Wolf Knives Afte...
Feb 05, 2025
Bryan Cannata of Kalis Americano joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on Episode 567 of The Knife Junkie Podcast ( https://theknifejunkie.com/567 ). Cannata is a lifelong martial artist who specializes in edge weapons systems from around the world. His Kalis Americano system is based on the commonalities between Filipino, European and American martial arts. He has deep knowledge on various forms of American Bowie knife fighting styles, ranging from the European saber inspired methods to the more...
Feb 02, 2025
On the midweek supplemental episode of The Knife Junkie podcast (episode 566), Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco looks at his growing collection of tomahawks and hatchets, including a couple by Cold Steel, several Wingard Wearables, and an Elmer Roush Spike Tomahawk, among others. He notes that this show topic, besides his love of tomahawks, was inspired by the Netflix special, "American Primeval," which he an his wife have been enjoying. Bob begins the show with his favorite comments of the week. ...
Jan 29, 2025
Knife designer Sherif Manganas, founder of Manganas Steel, joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on Episode 565 of The Knife Junkie Podcast ( https://theknifejunkie.com/565 ). Sherif is an industrial designer, entrepreneur, and lover of all things mechanical. His company Manganas Steel is a luxury knife brand that merges artistic product design with utility and purpose. Manganas is a seasoned product designer driven by a passion to create functional objects of beauty, with each knife being a test...
Jan 26, 2025
On the mid-week supplemental episode of The Knife Junkie podcast (episode 564), Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco looks at several great fixed blade field knives, including the Buck 119, TOPS Tex Creek, and Station IX S.E.R.E., among others. Bob begins with his favorite comment of the week. In his pocket check of knives, it's the Microtech SOCOM Elite, JWK After Hours Jack, Hogtooth Knives Ruffian, and the Pepperwool Merino MM (Emotional Support Knife). In Knife Life News: • TOPS Shows Off a New On...
Jan 22, 2025
Nick Bachtel of the N.M. Bachtel Forging Company joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on Episode 563 of The Knife Junkie Podcast ( https://theknifejunkie.com/563 ). Nick lives and works in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, keeping an eye on the past to make knives that will last for generations. He forges knives the old fashioned way using a coal forge, making useful tools that look beautiful. Nick has always been drawn to knives, steel, fire, wood and making things that serve a purpose. Bachtel Forging Com...
Jan 19, 2025
On the mid-week supplemental episode of The Knife Junkie podcast (episode 562), Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco looks at his growing collection of T.Kell Knives, including the Guardian, MR-1, and the first three knives in the Agent series, among others. If you're in the market for a T.Kell Knives knife, use our affiliate link ( https://theknifejunkie.com/tkell ) and save 10% OFF your purchase with the coupon code "BOBDEMARCO." Bob begins with his favorite comment of the week. In his pocket check ...
Jan 15, 2025
Tim Kell of T.Kell Knives joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on Episode 561 of The Knife Junkie Podcast ( https://theknifejunkie.com/561 ) to talk about what it will take to bring knife manufacturing back to the United States. Tim served in the USMC and is a life-long American Patriot with a passion for practical, durable and functional edged tools. As a function-first kind of guy, he only buys tools that are best in their class for durability and multiple uses and his knife designs are based ...
Jan 12, 2025
