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High Carbon is the only English language podcast dedicated to European bladesmithing and knifemaking.
Hosted by Keith Colby (KnifeMaterial.at), Albert Anglberger (Salzburg Messerschmied), and Paulius Jančiukas (Baltic Blades), the show brings you inside Europe's knifemaking scene every Thursday with a new episode. Each week the hosts sit down with a European maker to talk process, business, and the realities of running a knifemaking business in Europe. Regularly the three hosts also go deep on technical topics covering materials, techniques, and everything in between, with no guest, just three makers who know their work talking shop.
From award winning bladesmiths to full time makers building their businesses from the ground up, High Carbon gives a voice to the makers shaping European knifemaking today.
If you make knives, love knives, or want to understand what goes into making them, this is the show for you.
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- Fingal Ferguson · 1 t. 10 min.Paulie’s out sick, so Fingal Ferguson joins Keith and Albert to talk Knife Show Austria prep, balancing a working farm with forging, and his Edge of Hope blade inspired by Tobias…
- Fredrik Spåre · 1 t. 2 min.This week on The High Carbon Podcast we talk with Swedish knifemaker Fredrik Spare, who made a serrated Damasteel bread sword for The Edge of Hope charity project. Fredrik walks…
- Running on Fumes Before Knife Show Austria · 57 min.Keith, Pauly and Albert are running on fumes as Knife Show Austria approaches, but they still find plenty to talk about. Albert on his TV documentary finally airing and the flood…
- Hangler's Modular Takedown System · 1 t. 16 min.Tobias Hangler joins us to talk about his new modular takedown system. Every handle fits every blade, so you can order a new handle years later without the blade ever coming back…
- The Kiln Fire Episode · 1 t. 33 min.This week it's just Keith, Pauly, and Albert after some last minute guest technical problems. Albert kicks off with a scare: his kiln started smoking and shooting flames, Keith…
- Christoph Wild · 1 t. 29 min.This week Christoph Wild of wwwild world joins to preview the Olching knife show near Munich, happening October 10th and 11th. He talks about organizing the show's social media…
- Hardent Knives · 1 t. 35 min.This week Timo of Hardent Knives talks with us about his forged flower pattern Damascus, the engineering behind his frame handle knives, his new two hundred ton press project…
- Dimitri of Studio Blade · 1 t. 2 min.Keith and Albert are joined by Dimitri of Studio Blade, fresh off a trip to China, where he's partnered with an OEM manufacturer on a higher tier knife line with mirror polished…
- Packaging, Instagram Bubbles, and Flux Free Damascus · 1 t. 16 min.Pauli and Albert dig into the never ending problem of knife packaging, from failed carton tube experiments to CNC milled foam inserts, then admit they've been stuck in an…
- Knife Show Austria 2026! · 1 t. 2 min.Martin is back to discuss the second edition of Knife Show Austria, October 24 & 25 in Steyr. This year it's bigger with expanded exhibitor space, live forging demonstrations…
- The Guys Are Back · 1 t. 2 min.The guys catch up after Keith's US trip, talking upcoming shows: German Daily Carry Convention in Munich and Knife Show Austria this October, and Pauli's new 8mm G10 colorways…
- Steel Talk with Troopah Knives: Metallurgy, Belts, and Heat Treatment Myths · 1 t. 32 min.Keith is back from the US and the guys sits down with Malachi of Troopah Knives, a metallurgical engineering PhD student who breaks down exotic steels, belt grinding science, and…
- Walker Knives · 1 t. 47 min.Walker of Walker Knife Company joins us to talk about his start as a whitewater guide in Maine and how that led to his signature river rescue knife, built around serious sheath…
- Ryan Coakley! · 2 t. 2 min.This week the boys sit down with Ryan Coakley from the Coakley Knife Company and the Hustle and Grind Podcast. In this episode the boys talk about Brazilian butt lifts, alcohol…
- Kamon and Feder mean business · 1 t. 23 min.With Keith being gone, the boys have to step up their game. Pauli and Albert are joined by two of the best-known knifemakers on the planet: Ben Kamon and Geoff Feder. The boys…
- Big Poppa is about to leave · 1 t. 15 min.The last show before Keith leaves for his summer vacation in the USA. The boys talk machining Ultem, homemade Micarta, doing the grinding for other knifemakers, and the like…
- Burnout, Balance, and Going Back to a Day Job · 1 t. 8 min.This week Chris from Forge Works joins the show to talk honestly about stepping back from full time knifemaking into a normal day job, and why it was the right call. After years…
- Marco Gadavics · 59 min.Marco Gadavics is a part time bladesmith from Upper Austria who recently won the Kukri with a Twist challenge at Knife Show Solingen and Best Knife of Show at Knife Show Austria…
- Ultrasonic Cleaners and the Passivation Process · 60 min.Pauli breaks down his new passivation process for sandblasted stainless steel blades, covering why blasting creates rust problems and how a citric acid bath fixes it. He also…
- 50 Shades of Pink! · 1 t. 4 min.Is knife making really slowing down, or are the makers who adapt still thriving? In this episode, we discuss Blade Show sales, innovation in the knife industry, customer…
