017 Show Info – Joe Flowers
Show Topic: Joe Flowers – Knife designer for Condor Tool & Knife and owner of Bushcraft Global
Overview: Today we have Joe Flowers on the podcast. Joe started his knife journey when he was little with a Buck 110 inspired knife his dad gave him and when he moved to Florida, his love for bugs and reptiles grew. He went on to get degrees in Zoology and Entomology in college where he met his wife. He now designs knives for Condor Tool & Knife and guides trips to the Amazon jungle. It was great to be able to talk with Joe about his philosophy on knives and machetes as well as some of his takes on reviewing gear. Hope you enjoy another awesome show!
Show Hosts: Dan Eastland of Dogwood Custom Knives and Kyle Daily of KH Daily Knives
Knife Perspective Music: Tom the Brit
Sponsors
Dealers
- Olde Towne Cutlery
- Knife Center
- The Knife House
- Dogwood Custom Knives
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- KHDaily Knives
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Shout Outs / Gear Talk
- Living on the Edge – Logos of the Loveless Legend
- Soul bound leather Bad Ass “Tron Sheath”
- Totch: A Life in the Everglades
- “Totch Brown’s memoirs of vanished days in the Ten Thousand Islands and the Everglades–the last real frontier in Florida, and even today the greatest roadless wilderness in the United States–are invaluable as well as vivid and entertaining, for Totch is a natural-born story-teller, and his accounts of fishing and gator hunting as well as his life beyond the law as gator poacher and drug runner are evocative and colorful, fresh and exciting.”–from the foreword by Peter Matthiessen
Interview
Early Years / Family
- Where did you grow up
- What was your first knife
- How did you meet your wife and where does it rank on the Dan and Kyle scale
- How are you able to balance work, jungle travel, family, knife designs, writing
- College Degrees (Bachelor’s Degree in Zoology with a Minor in Entomology)
- How do you feel those help you with what you are doing now
- Why / how did you get started with knives / knife industry
- What is your favorite knife (Production / Custom)
Written Work / Knife Reviews
- Not a lot of people know this but if you have read an outdoor mag you have almost certainly read one of Joe’s articles
- How did you get started in the get started in publications / reviews
- Where all has your work been published?
- Tactical knives, Survival quarterly, Backpacker Magazine, Woods Monkey, E2E
- What are some of your favorite topics to write about
- Eating bugs
- What is your advice to someone who wants to start writing or review for a publications
- Where do you see the outdoor publication industry going
Snakes bugs crawly things and adventure
- What are some of your favorite play grounds and why?
- Have you had any close calls
- What are some of your biggest concerns when your are back county
Bushcraft Global
- What is Bushcraft Global
- How many people do you have signed up for next year’s trip
- What are the requirements for going on the trip?
- What does it cost? Total package?
- Why / how did you get started in out fitting in the jungle
- How did you move from college life to exploring the wilderness
Machete
- Is the machete a knife we all should be afraid of
- How important is a machete in the jungle
- What are some important things to look for in a machete
- 2 handed machete
Knife Design
- What are your inspirations / influences when you designing a knife
- What would you say defines your style as a designer
- Views on knife thickness
- Can a thin knife still pack a punch for bushcrafting tasks?
- Views on knife steel
- What are some of your favorite steels (Folder / Small Fixed Blade / Large Fixed Blade)
- What are some must have knives that you usually have on you all the time
- What is it like to design with a production company like Tops Knives
- Machete .230 / Brakimo / Tops Lite Trekker / Shango
Misc / End of show
- If you were not in the knife industry what would you doing
- Where do you think the industry is going/ what is the next big thing
Where to find more about Joe Flowers
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