Fire and Steel

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Why Fire & Steel Is Coming to an End This episode marks the end of the Fire & Steel Podcast. What started nearlyfive years ago as a solo project, with Toby interviewing guests from across theworlds of blacksmithing, craft, and beyond, gradually evolved over time. Eventually Onur joined the show, and later Chris came on board as well,creating a three-person format that allowed the conversat...

Episode 11 This week on the Fire & Steel Podcast we ended up going somewhere we didn’t expect — as usual. We talk about: The rise of AI and where it’s genuinely useful (and where it’s just hype) How social media is changing — again Meta’s shifting tools, ad options, subscriptions, verification, and what it all actually means The balance between building audience and selling your soul to the al...

Episode 10 🔥 Fire & Steel Podcast — This Week’s Episode This week on the Fire& Steel Podcast , it’s a loose, honest, very real catch-up episode — thekind that happens when makers sit down, hit record, and let the conversation gowhere it wants. We start by ventingabout modern software that’s powerful on paper but maddening in practice. LightBurn, Photoshop, Premiere Pro — all incredible to...

Episode 9 Onur is back in thehot seat this week, joining Toby and Chris for a wide-ranging conversation thatmanages to be both educational and unintentionally entertaining. As always, the episodekicks off with some honest talk about social media — how we’re using it, howit’s evolving, and the ongoing challenge of balancing real craftsmanship withthe modern expectation to document everything. Toby...

Fire & SteelPodcast — Episode 8 This week it’s just Toby& Chris — no Onur — and it turned into one of those episodes that feelsless like a “rant” and more like a genuinely useful conversation . We talk about socialmedia , how we each use it, and the real-world ways it can actually bringmoney in (without it turning into that classic doom-and-gloom “I hateInstagram” chat). We share what’s wo...

Episode 7 This week on theFire & Steel Podcast… it’sa bit of a workshop update episode… with the usual detour into everythingelse . Toby’s been deep in forgemode this week, making some big changes to the workshop — taking downwalls, shifting equipment, and reshuffling the space to make room forsomething new: a silver ring-making jewellery class coming soon toMurrill Forge. The only downside? T...

Happy new year ( we bought opinions )Episode 6 After a short break, we’re back for the first episode of the year — and, as it turns out, we had a fair bit to get off our chests. This episode is a loose, unscripted catch-up where we ease back into the rhythm of the podcast, wander through a few big ideas, and follow the conversation wherever it naturally goes. Some light-hearted moments, some deepe...

Episode 5 — Lasers, AI Chaos, Plumbing Pain & Tools We’d Never Lend It’s just Toby and Chris this week, with Onur out sick — which means things drift slightly off the rails in the usual Fire & Steel fashion. Toby talks about finally getting hands-on with his laser, experimenting with rotary setups, Yeti mugs, brass pieces, and the strange world of EDC coins, pills, and ultra-hyped collecti...

Episode 4 This week we drifted far from the workshop and straight into the bizarre world of Hollywood, old movies, and why celebrities seem to be getting stranger by the year. We talk about how older films felt more grounded, more human, and how actors actually looked like… real people. No filters, no airbrushing, no impossibly square jawlines — just solid storytelling and normal-looking humans. W...

Episode 3 — This week’s episode isa proper mix of workshop life, money talk, seasonal chaos, and the kind ofranting that only happens when you put three makers around microphones. 💸 Toby’s Tesla Share Adventures Toby dives into hisongoing relationship with the stock market, gives an update on his Teslashares, and somehow makes investing sound equal parts sensible and chaotic. 🦃 Chris Surviving T...

Episode 2 We’re treating thisone as the real first episode of the reboot. Last week was the warm-up. This week we actually did it properly. 🎙️ Who We Are — The Intro We Forgot to Do LastTime Since we’re expectingnew listeners with the fresh format, we finally introduce ourselves properly: – Who we are – What we make – What we do on YouTube/social media – And why three very different makers ended u...

Episode 1 — TheReboot: New Format, New Energy, Same Idiots (Mostly)   This week marks theofficial reboot of the podcast. After years of winging it, rambling, moaning,and generally hoping for the best, we’ve decided it’s time for a fresh start. The old format has been canned, the slate wiped clean, and we’re kicking off anew, more intentional and professional version of the show — without losing th...

EP79 Onur and myself talk to Neels Van Den Berg about all the stuff. Links Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/blackdragonforge/ Website http://blackdragonforge.com/ Find us at https://www.instagram.com/tobyfireandsteel/   https://www.facebook.com/MurrillandSon/   www.tobyfireandsteel.com  Email toby@tobyfireandsteel.com Onur  https://www.instagram.com/diesineveryfilm/ Youtube https://www.youtub...

Ep 78 Knife making podcast EP78 Got wood episode with Onur, myself and Mark as we had some questions about timber. Don't forget to write in your questions for next weeks episode.   Links Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/deer_river_craftsman/ Website https://deerrivercraftsman.com/ Find us at https://www.instagram.com/tobyfireandsteel/   https://www.facebook.com/MurrillandSon/   www.tobyfirean...

EP77 Nick Rossi, forging knives for more of his life than not. Onur and I chat to nick about his years of teaching and some of the lessons he learned from it. Workshops, weight lifters and more.   Links Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/nickrossiknives/ YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GymtIkrPXzE Find us at https://www.instagram.com/tobyfireandsteel/   https://www.facebook.com/Murr...

EP76 Onur and I talk abrasives with our expert Vinz from The UK Blade Show we try to make it a simple as possible to lay out exactly what belts are for what.   Links Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/ukbladeshow/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgkE_PTsmeGE1xwX3-eFmFA UKnifemaker Supplies https://www.instagram.com/uknifemakersupplies/ https://www.facebook.com/UKnifemaker-Supplies-1154...

EP75 I chat with the ultimate student and possible master of knife sharpening. His YouTube channel is a big part responsible for my knowing how to sharpen a knife with a stone.   Links Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/rykytran/ Website      https://store.burrfection.com/?currency=GBP YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOluHMoKJ6CrS0kcybhaThg UKnifemaker Supplies https://www.instagram.co...

EP74 ABS master smith Kevin Cashen joins Onur and Toby for a conversation about metallurgy, heat treat men and heaps more if you're looking to up your understanding of what's going on inside your blade during heat treatment then listen up. Links Kevin Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/kevin.cashen/ Website https://cashenblades.com/                 Onur Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/dies...

EP73 Possibly the funniest podcast I remember in a while, Dan Moss and Onur Caglar were this weeks co-hosts with my self discussing workshop safety and safety gear. Links Dan Instagram https://www.instagram.com/iastudios_dan/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ3rO8Nb9I1p9Wh_lQ6ebew                     Onur Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/diesineveryfilm/ Youtube     https://www.youtu...

EP72 Brilliant to catch up with the one and only Rodrigo Sfreddo again after a couple of years. His start out from working out of an actual wardrobe in his apartment. To becoming a master smith responsible for one of the greatest knife handle constructions of all time. Links Instagram https://www.instagram.com/r.sfreddoknives/   UKnifemaker Supplies https://www.instagram.com/uknifemakersupplies/ h...

EP71 This weeks guest was the highly skilled Steve Armstrong From Field and Steel, We talk about him growing up in a Wallace and Gromit type cellar and getting banned from a workshop for making it stink like death. Oh and knives and axes and stuff.   Links Instagram https://www.instagram.com/field_and_steel/   UKnifemaker Supplies https://www.instagram.com/uknifemakersupplies/ https://www.facebook...

EP70 Fingal Joins me as co-host together we answer listeners question on the purpose of a hamon , favourite sausage, steel choices and loads more. I also find out what a pickleback is. Links Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fingalferguson/ Website  https://www.fingalfergusonknives.com/   UKnifemaker Supplies https://www.instagram.com/uknifemakersupplies/ https://www.facebook.com/UKnifemaker-Sup...

69, workshops and tools with Jezz and Onur 3 slightly broken men's point of view on how to set up a workshop and lessons learned from moving premises. Links Jezz Instagram https://www.instagram.com/oblivionblades/ Website  https://oblivionblades.com/ Onur Instagram https://www.instagram.com/diesineveryfilm/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJFLSBWL0djrsOrtpTuNIsw Show sponsors  UKnifemaker...

Ep68 This absolute gentleman Walter Sorrells was a pleasure to talk to, he has so much knowledge and an origin story to inspire. His YouTube videos have been responsible for more makers starting up that almost anything else apart from maybe Forged in Fire of which he was also on. Links Instagram https://www.instagram.com/walterstactix/ Website  https://lnky.in/waltersorrells   Show sponsors  UKnif...