Full Blast

The King is back! Fingal Ferguson closes out 2025 and we had a blast talking about his new short documentary, Holiday traditions and our last meal on earth! Many thanks to everyone for their support and great cheer! Thanks to my sponsors for all the support and thanks to my guy Craig Lockwood for all the behind the scenes producing! Talk to you in 2026! Here’s to Peace and prosperity for the New Y...

I want to thank everyone for the overwhelming messages about the passing of my sister 4 months ago it meant a lot  more than you realize. I thought I’d give a little update about her sculpture exhibition we went to, and one of the most humbling honors that was presented to me.  Jenny’s website: http://www.jennyfeder.com/ If you want to support Full Blast  Support  Feder Knives - ( go buy a shirt )...

Ben Kamon is one of the best bladesmiths in the world and he’s back. We barely talked about knives and tore through the holidays, culinary misuse of knives, a lot of right angle grinder crime and the future of theft provention. Ben is the man and it’s always fun having him. Thanks again- GF  Follow Ben on IG:  https://www.instagram.com/kamon_knives?igsh=MTB1eWVwMnd3c2phcw== Go to his website:  Hig...

This Week we had a few technical issues and I had to abandon an interview and do an emergency Solo show. And I had the fun Idea to call my daughter Lila who’s finishing up her semester at college and I caught her while she was taking a break from studying for finals. It was so much fun and it sounded way better than I thought. We talked about the holidays, told embarrassing stories and had some la...

Carly Jenkins is the Marketing Manager of Damasteel, one of the top names in pattern welded stainless steel in the world. We had a great time talking about the Damasteel Chef Invitational, business, the Blue Jays and all sorts of fun things. Many thanks to CJ for making the effort! All the best, GF  Damasteel has a Black Friday sale going on! Go to: https://damasteel.se/ Put in the promo code - BF...

Ben is back and we caught up on his trip from New Orleans, family stuff, and finished things off with a pile of weird news. I think Ben and I are going into the exotic funeral business… Margarita machines decked with bunting and more…. Follow Ben on IG: https://www.instagram.com/bensnure?igsh=OGZoaTgyaTg1cHhp Buy hammers from Ben: https://www.well-shod.com/search?keywords=Snure&utm_source=ig&a...

This Episode is the conclusion to my midlife crisis…. for now. I talked about running the 2025 TCI New York City Marathon, the event and undertaking- the highs, lows and the incredible nature of the citizens of NYC. If you have a preconceived notion of New York City, chances are you’ve been had. I’m telling you. I also address the NY Mayor election from a view point I know you haven heard: through...

Leah Aripotch is back for a fun Halloween Special. We covered a lot of ground. From the Louvre Heist and what Leah is looking for a right angle grinder, to almost getting hit by lightning, monsters and of course halloween stories. Leah rules and I’m looking forward to hearing about her up coming Class at CMA in 2026. Leah rules and is a great friend. Can’t wait to see talk to her again! All the be...

My guy Jaden Schubert of Fox River Blades is back. Jaden has incredible character, good nature and a can do attitude that is hard to beat. We had a great time catching up about work, our mutual love of Menard’s in Wisconsin and we even hit up some weird news. Always great talking with Jaden. We’ll definitely do it again. All the best, GF Follow Fox River Blades on Instagram : https://www.instagram...

This week was a catch up week where I gave the rundown of the past month plus all the things going on and how this Marathon training is grinding me to a pulp. It veered off into the funny story of me going to Outward Bound as a teenager and how my expectations crashed into a juvenile delinquency and horny sleeping bad adjacent buffoonery. The Full Blast Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/...

Pat Quinn, Director of Center for Metal Arts is back to answer your forging questions! Listener Questions have been really great and Pat takes a lot of time to give thoughtful and insightful answers. We covered a lot of ground and look forward to doing more episodes monthly. To get your questions answered, follow the Full Blast Podcast on Instagram and DM us there.  Many thanks to Pat again and as...

Riley Kirkpatrick is back from the wilderness of the PNW! A super skilled Farrier, Blacksmith, Bladesmith Podcaster and maker of things we had a great time catching up, telling stories and talking weird wilderness news with an incredible family secret that Riley has. (Probably not a secret, but you know how I do.) Many thanks to my man Riley that was fun. - GF  Follow Riley on Instagram:  https://...

My man Keith Johnson of @Kjsawdust is back. Amazing furniture maker and Walnut savant is back! And guess what? We didn’t discuss work at all. We just talked and told stories and had no mention of wood steel or anything like that. - Keith is the Man and a lot of fun to hang out with. Many thanks my buddy. - GF Follow Keith on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/kjsawdust?igsh=ZXgzcnI4MjF0dnhz Fol...

Onur Caglar of @diesineveryfilm is back. Veteran, MMA Fighter, Content Creator, Knife maker, Grappler and marathon enthusiast / Onlyfans Model hasn’t a moment to lose. We had a great time talking about the world, his busy life and just yammering on. I love Onur’s videos, attitude about discipline and joking nature. Give it a listen and tell a friend. He’ll be back soon (probably with Ben Snure) th...

One of the great modern Knifemakers, Aaron Gough is back. His Youtube videos have helped countless of people in the knife game; me included. Aaron’s computer programing experience not only informed his use of CNC technology in his Knife Business, Gough Customs, but has given him a portal into the future of AI. When Aaron comes on I always like his informed take on the future with AI and it seems l...

Everyone’s favorite Cowboy is back and this might have been one of my favorite episodes. Learned about ranching, casting calls and hit up some important weird news and jocularity. Always fun always good. Many thanks Ben! All the best - GF  Follow Ben on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bensnure/?hl=en Buy Ben’s Hammer:  https://www.well-shod.com/SNURE-ROUNDING-HAMMER-2.25LBS?srsltid=AfmBOoonkM...

My guy Ben Kamon is back. One of the great Bladesmithis of our time, Ben has excelled in the production of his elegant Chef knives and pushed limits on design, form and function. Ben also likes to fool around on this podcast, where we did just that. We talked about the charity event we’re participating in: Klingen Fur Gutes, Championed by our guy Keith Colby of KnifeMaterial. AT. We joked around a...

My older Sister Jenny passed away on August 12th from Cancer. She was in her home, surrounded by love ones. The cancer was extremely aggressive and there wasn’t a lot time to prepare. I did an episode a few weeks ago and touched on our last visit. That visit my sister and I played it all out and shared our deep love, recounting the years of laughs, advice and tough conversations. Jenny made me a b...

I met Jaden back in the early days of Knife Talk Podcast . He was a young guy starting to learn about knife making and sending us at the podcast a lot of great questions for the show. Over the years we saw him as a growing knife maker, good guy and supporter of the show. A couple of years I saw that he was involved in a horrific car accident that changed his life. Jaden is a remarkable person whos...

Pat Quinn, Director of Center for Metal Arts is back to answer your forging questions and getting philosophical ! Listener Questions have been really great and Pat takes a lot of time to give thoughtful and insightful answers. We covered a lot of ground and look forward to doing more episodes monthly. To get your questions answered, follow the Full Blast Podcast on Instagram and DM us there.  Many...

Bob Morano of Every Day is Feast Day is Back again!  We had so many questions from the last episode we had to keep going! Bob is the man and his cooking content is fantastic. We covered a lot of ground answering a lot of cooking questions and learning a few things too. Many thanks to Bob for everything you do! Definitely looking forward to more! All the best- GF Follow Bob on:  Facebook: https://w...

What’s going on! This episode was a big summer Catchup that didn’t feel like a break. Teaching in Barcelona, Fighting Health Wars on 2 fronts and car Breakdowns. It was a glimpse into the back office of what’s going on here and I’m glad to be back! Many thanks for the kind words of support talk soon! -GF The Full Blast Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thefullblastpodcast?igshid=YmMyMTA2...

Bob Morano of Everyday is Feast Day is Back! Bob’s fantastic short form cooking content, packages easy to digest techniques and recipes that can get anyone making something good to eat in the kitchen.  This Episode Bob answers your cooking questions! We covered a lot of ground: talked Bacon Egg and Cheese, cooking social media accounts, and the time flew by. Bob will be back! If you want to send i...

Craig Lockwood, the main man behind the glass told me the last episode was #250! I talked about my aversion to counting things like sculpture, knives or podcast episodes I’ve made. It’s a gross story but you’ll understand….. Talked Bladeshow, weird directions and the like.  Many thanks to the listeners and the sponsors for all the encouragement and support. Big thanks to Craig behind the glass. Co...

My friend Jared Thatcher is the Bladesmith of Boothill Knives, he and his wife Kylee run Three Daughters Farm, Boothill Kitchen and train and raise world class hunting Dogs at TDF Kennels. As if that wasn’t enough, they hold Knife making classes every other weekend and Jared is the Mayor of his town in Kentucky. I Love taking with Jared and he’s one of my favorite business minds in knife making. W...