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.tobyfireandsteel.com/shop/tshirt-tfs-preorder https://www.tobyfireandsteel.com/shop/tfs-hoodie-black-pre-order Find us at https://www.instagram.com...
Jun 12, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 30
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 the sake of staying sane in between all the nappy changing and nose wiping. He quickly realized he wa...
Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 29
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.facebook.com/MurrillandSon/ Products and site www.tobyfireandsteel.com Email toby@tobyfireandsteel.com TFS Kn...
Jun 05, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 28
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 resin casting. He is on Instagram and Facebook and can often be found on the pen turners Facebook groups...
Jun 02, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 27
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 www.tobyfireandsteel.com Email toby@tobyfireandsteel.com TFS Knife maker Challenge Group https://www.fac...
May 29, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 26
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 makes now and his work ethos. James comes across as an easy going guy but is in no way lazy about h...
May 26, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 25
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.
May 22, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 24
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 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ReeperKnives/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reeper_knives/ Find us a...
May 19, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 23
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 Knife maker Challenge Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/711126822742169/ Handle contour video https://youtu...
May 15, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 22
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 materials. Which he has since become an admin of. His first few knives were made from chain saw bar. He also...
May 12, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 21
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/711126822742169/ Handle contour video https://youtu.be/GhurYaJwBQU Knifeprint Toby Fire and steel affiliate li...
May 09, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 20
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 for the children’s hospital in Perth. He has the same issue with all of us that he can’t promote hi...
May 05, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 19
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://www.facebook.com/groups/711126822742169/ Handle contour video https://youtu.be/GhurYaJwBQU Knifeprint Toby Fire ...
May 02, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Dmitriy Popov Ep17 Dmitriy is a part-time knifemaker and like so many of us not getting enough time in the workshop. Yet he still manages to be recognized as one of Australia’s top knife makers. He takes a lot of his inspiration from Japanese knives yet still manages to have a modern feel and style. Even though he performs at such a high level and his knives are highly sought after with much greater demand than he feels he will ever be able to satisfy he manages to stay very humble. Believing th...
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Jamie’s links Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sausagemanforge/ Website https://sausagemanforge.com/ 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://www.facebook.com/groups/711126822742169/ Handle contour video https://youtu.be/GhurYaJwBQU Knifeprint Toby Fire and steel affiliate link https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww....
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Tim Westley EP15 London Museum of Steam and Water. Tim makes kitchen knives concentrating on using recycled materials. Trying to make the smallest damage to the planet practically possible with his knifemaking. He cares that his knives are recyclable in the future as well as being made from recycled materials. He tries to live by a saying from chef friend of his Douglas McMaster. “Try to do something for the best not to be the best.” Hdpe is low toxicity when melted and can be done in a househol...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 15
No Show Notes Ep 14 Ben’s links Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wildfire_gear/ Website https://www.wildfiregear.com.au/ 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://www.facebook.com/groups/711126822742169/ Handle contour video https://youtu.be/GhurYaJwBQU Knifeprint Toby Fire and steel affiliate link https://l.facebook.com/l.php?...
Apr 17, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 14
A custom knife maker only 3 years he has the skill set of a man who has been making for far longer. We discuss his transition from new maker to a highly respected damascus maker. “We are all trying to get the same spot and if we get there different ways that’s fine”. See the full blog at www.tobyfireandsteel.com What we spoke about. He has been a welder for 25 years before getting into Damascus and knife making. Started knife making after watching forged in fire. One day at work he told a friend...
Apr 14, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Antony Richards Ep 12 Antony started out doing silversmithing and went onto do two degrees in design. Remembers in 1996 walking into an army surplus and buying a knife when you could carry a knife without issues. In 2012 he and his partner decided to go into business together where the decision was made that they would put time and energy into making products. In 2015 they had a house fire in their home which involved their office space. So, during the rebuild of their lives and home/ office. Re...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In knife making for a short amount of time, does not appear to have slowed him down in his pursuit to create next-level imaginative themed knives. His past experiences in pottery, jewelry and woodwork amongst others have paved the way to him getting to where he is now. His knives show the ability to think outside of the box and create knives that don’t follow the rules. What we spoke about Joshua got into bladesmithing originally after finding video and content from blacksmiths. He feels that hi...
Mar 31, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Henning Wilkinson is an amazing maker from South Africa who is responsible for possibly some of the best Damascus in the world. He talks about his journey in knife making and how God changed his life putting things in place for him and his happiness and brings him to this point. He is a qualified gunsmith and attributes his understanding of the intricacies in knife making to this. Making his first knife at a young age he moved on to damascus and developed a real dislike to stainless steel. Henni...
Mar 24, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Kyle Royer who is a master smith from America came over to Australia to the Blade Symposium to teach his skills to the Australian knife makers. He also ran a masterclass on mosaic Damascus for 4 days after the Symposium. Having tasted what Australia has to offer food, views, animals, the bush and of course knives. Jamie Bishop from Sausage Man Forge has a walk around and chats to some of the makers who attended the Blade symposium to see what they thought. How he has found his trip in Australia....
Mar 17, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Who is Kev Slattery? A knife maker, teacher and the president of the Knife Art Association. Since leaving the IT industry, Kev Slattery has become a well-recognized part of the Australian knife making community. This throwback interview was recorded at last year’s symposium for YouTube, so I thought it fitting to share it for the first time with this amazing podcast community. What we spoke about Kev has been a full-time knifemaker since leaving his job as a systems administrator approximately 7...
Mar 10, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Such an interesting and fun knifemaker to talk to from Cork Ireland. Sam Dunn’s skills can be recognized all over Instagram and certainly have been by the Irish chef community. He is so passionate about the design, form and function of his knives, and cares about the end users experience, and is considering it, when he is working on his knife designs. What we spoke about Like most knife makers he sold to friends and family first. Sells to 1 of 2 markets in the last 12 months, Irish chefs and int...
Mar 03, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Stuart Kerr is a knife maker from Queensland with a bit of a difference. 8 years ago he wanted a straight razor made and couldn’t find one for an affordable price, so he decided to make one. Over those years he became the go-to guy for straight razors. He makes beautiful clean classic looking razor’s but is possibly best known for crazy and amazing exposed vertebra dragon-esk razors. Stuart is not afraid to push the boundaries of what is possible and has many ‘one-off’ custom designs flowing fro...
Feb 25, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Kyle Royer is a highly respected American master smith, making knives from 14 years old after being encouraged by his mum. He is a skilled maker who believes in sharing what he knows, doing a lot of free content including YouTube and Instagram; he has recently released a very detailed course on the making of a Bowie knife. We talk about growing up in a home school family, being a knife maker, YouTuber, the Blade symposium and so much more. As a family run enterprise with his mum doing most of th...
Feb 18, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 5
A whirlwind trip to Perth celebrated with knives, fun and sausage of course; Perth knife show and some of best-known knife makers in Australia. I took the opportunity to chat with some of the makers and a few of the customers. I was interested to find out more about when to exhibit at your first knife show, the reasons custom makers and production knife sellers make the large effort to come to shows. Also, what the customer is expecting when they come to a show. From new makers to master smiths,...
Feb 12, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Luke Berkelmans of Makesmith is a really down to earth guy, he lives a simple life that has a lot going on; he’s a knife maker, motorbike and car enthusiast. His home is the ultimate Batchelor pad, with more workshop space than living area, all under the one roof. He shares his journey and passions with us. In the last few years, he’s gone from being a novice maker with an interesting background to a well-respected maker in the knife and EDC communities. We talk about why he decided that the Syd...
Jan 28, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This episode I welcome Cole Barrett of Blue Mountains Tools to the show to talk about steel. As a very experienced knife maker with a mind cram packed with knowledge, he has done extensive research into different steels and how to get the optimum performance out of them. He happily shares some of that wealth with us. In Cole’s transition from an artist/ painting teacher to knife maker, he has definitely managed to bring some of those skills over into his processes, giving him an artistic and sci...
Jan 28, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 2
For the first episode in the Toby fire and steel podcast, I figure a good place to start is the beginning. Since the start of every knife maker's journey is as a beginner, let’s start the podcast the same. This week is the first of my podcast series and I speak to Shane Savage of Savage Custom Knives, who talks about what it's like to be a new knife maker and YouTuber, a bit about his background and development, and also chat about some of the pitfalls he's found, and some of the tools and help ...
Jan 28, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 1
