Knifemaker and Designer Les George joins us for a great chat about knives and knifemaking.  Please pardon the audio quality on Les' track early in the episode, it cleans up as you listen on.  We talk

We always have a lot of fun with our "picks" episodes and this one's no exception.  The task was to pick a camping destination, an item or two for your pocket, a fixed blade on your belt, a pack knife

Here's the second half of our interview with knifemaker JB Stout of Stout Knife and Tool.  We continue on the timeline and talk about more recent aspects of his business and also run through some fun

Knifemaker Jason aka JB Stout of Stout Knife and Tool joins us for a chat this time around.  He tells us about his machining background and how that experience has influenced the way he designs and ma

Michael talks with Mark about his latest project - building a forging press.  As part of an overall goal to do more sole authorship work, he describes some of the challenges he ran into along with the

Our 5th season?  Yeah, seems crazy to us too.  We discuss trends, makers and experiences from 2021 and look forward to new things, changes to our plans, makers to watch and where we think trends and t

Dr. Rachel Parikh joins us again, this time to walk us through her attempt at a "Top Ten" favorite historical Arms and Armor objects.  Rachel is always a pleasure to chat with and she takes on a great

We cover a lot of ground this episode, with both a recap of the NYCKS in Nashville show and some holiday picks.  Sean and Mark share some comments about the NYCKS show as well as some clips from the s

Danish designer and knifemaker Jens Anso joins us to share his knife making journey and some insight into how he developed his unique style and approach to design.  Jens background is both similar and

Mark and Tom talk regrinds!  We start with basic edge geometry and get into what a regrind is, why you might want one, when they work best, and when they don't.  Tom gives us some history about how lo