Fire and Steel

EP42 With Luke Berkelmans of Makessmith knife maker extraordinaire from Queensland Australia. Luke's links   https://www.instagram.com/make_smith/ https://www.facebook.com/Makesmith-1512722258977761/   Toby Fire and Steel T shirt Pre-order   https://www.tobyfireandsteel.com/shop/tshirt-tfs-preorder https://www.tobyfireandsteel.com/shop/tfs-hoodie-black-pre-order     Find us at https://www.instagra...

Ep41 knife making podcast I'm chatting with Steve from Moonshine Metal Works who also works as a production blacksmith for Alex Pole Iron Work. We discus the transferable skill sets between his day job and his personal business of knife making. How the tasks he undertakes as a blacksmith allow him to be a better knife maker. How he got from IT industry to being a full time blacksmith and never loo...

Ep40 of the No Show Notes episodes is about knife making tools in the workshop. What you need to get started and even later on. The restrictions and the freedoms caused but owning all the tools or not. Toby Fire and Steel T shirt Pre-order   https://www.tobyfireandsteel.com/shop/tshirt-tfs-preorder https://www.tobyfireandsteel.com/shop/tfs-hoodie-black-pre-order     Find us at https://www.instagra...

EP39 Jeremy from simple little life YouTube channel and podcast is a knife maker from Canada who has many interests including Cycling and farm equipment. We chat about how he grew up and where he is now in his journey amongst many other things. Links Instagram https://www.instagram.com/simplelittlelife.ca/ YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUSzVcnVuH0lVzyZh7HPsTA Website     https://homest...

EP38 NSN Jay Cross another awesome Aussie maker. Never let chopping a bit of your finger of stop you making knives.   Links Instagram https://www.instagram.com/j.c_bladeworks/ Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/jay.cross.9638   Toby Fire and Steel T shirt Pre-order   https://www.tobyfireandsteel.com/shop/tshirt-tfs-preorder https://www.tobyfireandsteel.com/shop/tfs-hoodie-black-pre-order     Find...

EP37 J Neilson one of the master smiths behind Forged in Fire was a blast to speak to. We spoke about the everything from his favorite knife shows through some of his favorite tools to some funny stories from Forged in Fire. Links Instagram https://www.instagram.com/j.neilsonknives/ Website  http://www.mountainhollow.net/ Knife course http://www.mountainhollow.net/knives.php Facebook   https://www...

Ep36 NSN I chat with Antony Richards about what inspiration is as a knife maker or creator and much more.   Links Instagram https://www.instagram.com/18cutleryco/ Website https://18cutleryco.com/   Toby Fire and Steel T shirt Pre-order   https://www.tobyfireandsteel.com/shop/tshirt-tfs-preorder https://www.tobyfireandsteel.com/shop/tfs-hoodie-black-pre-order     Find us at https://www.instagram.co...

EP35 I spoke to Adam Is Parker knives Australia about how the knife making industry has changed in the 31 years he's been in it. He proved to be a wealth of knowledge. Having been in the knife making industry many years and having taught many people over that time it was clear there wasn't many subjects he didn't know something about. We spoke about everything from the Australian knife makers guil...

Episode 34 of the No Show Notes series. I chat with Jezz from Oblivion Blades an Australian knife maker who is part of the new wave of knife makers coming through. We chat what makes it 'handmade', San mai, stock removal vs forging, workshop efficiency and a lot more.   Links Instagram https://www.instagram.com/oblivionblades/ Website  https://oblivionblades.com/ Toby Fire and Steel T shirt Pre-or...

EP33 Onur is primarily a youtuber and will make anything that interests him. As well as making multiple knives and axes but also will restore lots of old tools etc. We chat about knife making, YouTube, YouTube comments, subscriber numbers, favorite tools, workshop efficiency. His ability to overcome and to work out how to do things he's happy to try multiple approaches to work out the best way. He...

Episode 32 of the No Show Notes series with Brook Turner we chat kids, knife making, Spear fishing etc.   Links Instagram https://www.instagram.com/brookturnerblades/ Website  https://www.brookturnerblades.com/ Toby Fire and Steel T shirt Pre-order   https://www.tobyfireandsteel.com/shop/tshirt-tfs-preorder https://www.tobyfireandsteel.com/shop/tfs-hoodie-black-pre-order     Find us at https://www...

EP31 Ken Bandoly is the mind behind SOS-726 stabilizing resin, he came on to talk about some of the actual science behind timber stabilizing resins. Understanding a product better often helps its users to use it better. After using other brands of stabilizing resin and finding its limitation he dove head long into the science behind it to create a different product. Not primarily to replace others...

EP30 We dissect timber / wood stabilizing for the sake of knife making.   Links Dean's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/deane.cassai Instagram             https://www.instagram.com/reclaimcreative/ Kieran's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kieran.swift.16                 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/swift_steel_and_forge/   Toby Fire and Steel T shirt Pre-order   https://www.tobyfireandst...

EP29 John Luke aka the Mad Scientist was a blast to talk to he is incredibly knowledgeable about many subjects obviously including timber stabilizing and colouring. After his career as a paratrooper he went on to join the army Golden Knights parachute team traveling the world doing competitions and demonstration. He then became a stay at home dad for the best part of 20 years and made knives for t...

EP28 Matt's links Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rmkleatherworks/ Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/RMKLeatherworks/ Website     https://rmkleatherworks.com/   TFS Merch Tshirt Preorder https://www.tobyfireandsteel.com/shop/tshirt-tfs-preorder Hoodie Preorder https://www.tobyfireandsteel.com/shop/tfs-hoodie-black-pre-order Find us at https://www.instagram.com/tobyfireandsteel/   https://www....

EP 27. Zac Is a wood turner and youtuber that makes and sells turning blanks for wood and pen turners amongst other things. He like myself has his fingers in many a pie. He has his YouTube channel where he does things like Dunkin Junk ( a series where he put anything and everything into resin just to see if it works), He also (with Casey from wine country pens ) does a podcast exclusively for resi...

EP26 No show notes episode with the King of laminated steel. Jezz of Oblivion Blades. Bladesmith, knife maker, fabricator. We talk Laminated steel, knife making, Bed sizes and more. Jezz's Links Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/oblivionblades/ Website https://oblivionblades.com/ Find us at https://www.instagram.com/tobyfireandsteel/   https://www.facebook.com/MurrillandSon/  Products and site...

EP25 James Oatley is a knife maker from Sydney who mainly specializes in kitchen knives with an obvious Japanese influence. Managing to have very modern bright designs whilst still creating the traditional Japanese knife styles. His love of knife making came from a young age and we discuss some of the influences from that time that not only helped him start his journey but heavily influence how he...

EP24 Last minute cancellation had me on the microphone on my lonesome, but that's ok. I take the opportunity to answer some listener questions and download the last few weeks including a bit older history. With some chat about knife making, being a knife maker, workshop efficiencies and more.

EP23 Shane from Reeper knives in the UK is a maker who has been making for about 6 years. He started making knives after seeing someone make a knife from an old saw blade and decided to have a go himself. We discuss his background, the types of knives that he likes to make, injuries, the types of tools he owns and uses including his 84 Engineering 48" grinder which he loves.     Shane's links  Fac...

Dom's links YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/armageddonknives Instagram https://www.instagram.com/db__blades/ Website http://dbblades.bigcartel.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DB-Blades-1483155085239739/   Find us at https://www.instagram.com/tobyfireandsteel/   https://www.facebook.com/MurrillandSon/  Products and site   www.tobyfireandsteel.com  Email toby@tobyfireandsteel.com TFS Kni...

EP21 Bobby started out making knives 3 years ago after his wife fell ill, and he had to leave his long term career as a milk machinery technician. He found after some time that he was going stir crazy not being on the tools anymore. As a long term EDC'r he decided he was going to have a go at making a knife. After looking online he found a group that dealt with making knives with recycled material...

Ep 20 Mad Mike the big giant Sword guy from YouTube YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/michaelcthulhu Instagram https://www.instagram.com/michaelcthulhu/ Find me at https://www.instagram.com/tobyfireandsteel/   https://www.facebook.com/MurrillandSon/  Products and site   www.tobyfireandsteel.com  Email toby@tobyfireandsteel.com TFS Knife maker Challenge Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/7111...

EP19 Jake Rhodes is a knife maker from Western Australia and has been making knives for approximately 8 years. He is top of the etching game, combining his passions of fantasy themes and knives to make one of a kind knives. In the past he has made multiple Iron Man knives, Pinhead, Mortal Combat, Minions and many more. Every year he puts a theme knife into a charity telethon auction to raise money...

NSN EP3 Tim Ford Co-Host   Tim's Links https://www.instagram.com/_tim_ford_/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkTGX5S5HB-ar-AF43UzMyg/featured https://www.facebook.com/fordforged/     Find us at https://www.instagram.com/tobyfireandsteel/   https://www.facebook.com/MurrillandSon/  Products and site   www.tobyfireandsteel.com  Email toby@tobyfireandsteel.com TFS Knife maker Challenge Group https://...