Work Sharp: An interview with knife-sharpening expert Josh Warren
Backcountry Hunting Podcast
Joseph von Benedikt
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
SHOW NOTES
• Work Sharp Tools: the Genesis
• Edge technology and what makes "sharp"
• Most common sharpening mistakes, and how to correct them
• Edge angle: What's best for a hunting knife? And how do you control it?
• Under the microscope: What creates sharpness
• Different knife steels, and how to address them
• Keeping a razor edge, almost effortlessly
• Ultralight Work Sharp tools for backcountry hunting
RESOURCES
Victorinox Swiss Paring Knife (a taxidermist's favorite)
Siembida Custom Knives (on instagram)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, thanks for tuning in today. I'm Joseph on Benedict with the backcountry |
| 0:05.5 | hunting podcast and today I've got a cool guest on the line with me. His name is |
| 0:10.9 | Josh Warren. He's with work sharp |
| 0:13.0 | sharpeners and he's going to talk to us a little bit about |
| 0:16.9 | what it takes to keep your knife sharp and in top condition in the field. |
| 0:21.4 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:23.4 | Joseph, thanks for having me. |
| 0:25.3 | I'm glad to be here. |
| 0:27.0 | Yeah, you bet. |
| 0:28.5 | My pleasure. |
| 0:29.5 | Now, tell me a little bit about yourself. |
| 0:30.9 | How did you come to be with Work Sharp? |
| 0:34.0 | Well, I've been a lifelong hunter, mostly hunting white tail. I've been |
| 0:40.0 | eastern, northeastern Washington State and recently moved to Southern Oregon where Warksharp is |
| 0:48.0 | headquartered and it was a great fit and actually not the first job I had in the area but one that I knew about even before I did work here. |
| 0:58.0 | So I've been here almost two years now and it's been it's been a great time to be a part of a |
| 1:06.2 | company that really has their head screwed on straight. Yeah very cool and let's |
| 1:12.4 | see your your official title there, it's a product expert, right? |
| 1:18.0 | Yep, so I'm a product expert. The full title says something about a Stoke Ambassador so my job is to get people |
| 1:27.9 | excited about our tools and using them correctly. |
| 1:31.3 | I like that Stoke Ambassador so getting people stoked about using |
| 1:36.2 | good equipment right? Yeah. Okay very cool now can you give us the quick and the dirty on the history of |
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