Mark of the Maker

Dr. Larrin Thomas joins us for a well-overdue visit to talk about his book The Story of Knife Steel: Innovators Behind Modern Damascus and Super Steels. It’s a fantastic book and one you should add to your collection, with an incredibly deep and well-researched pile of information. Larrin walks us through some great stories about various steels and the people behind them. You can find Larrin’s new book and ways to support his knife steel research at his website Knife Steel Nerds. We recommend the hardcover!

As always, see our friend George at American Metal Xchange for your titanium and exotic knifemaking material needs. Always free shipping with George.

Also, check out the latest from our friends at Giant Mouse Knives and their new GM11 and GMP11 models, as well as the new Biblio XL, which is receiving rave reviews.

Bob Terzuola’s new subscription series “Shop Talk” is available now at Terzuola.net for those wanting to expand their knowledge and get tips on knifemaking directly from a true living legend. The 11-part video series “A Sharp Life” will be available soon at the website as well.

If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us via Patreon! For more discussion and insight on our show topics, follow us on Instagram @markofthemaker or join our discussion group on Facebook.

We kick off our 7th (!!) season with a look back at shows, trends, and some things we came across that we really enjoyed.  There’s also some talk about 2024 and what some of our hopes and aspirations look like for the coming year.  Be sure to share your own goals with us, we’d love to hear them.

As always, see our friend George at American Metal Xchange for your titanium and exotic knifemaking material needs. Be sure to check out the latest from our friends at Giant Mouse Knives and their Blade Show award-winning GMX.

Bob Terzuola’s new 11-part knifemaking series “A Sharp Life” and the subscription series “Shop Talk” are available for sign-up now at Terzuola.net for those wanting to expand their knowledge and get tips on knifemaking from a true living legend.

If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us via Patreon! For more discussion and insight on our show topics, follow us on Instagram @markofthemaker or join our discussion group on Facebook.

Do you sometimes get cash from folks for the holidays?  We do, so we wrap up Season 6 with a picks episode with some things we might pick if we had some “gift yourself” money to spare.  Four price points and some gear we like.  

As always, see our friend George at American Metal Xchange for your titanium and exotic knifemaking material needs. Be sure to check out the latest from our friends at Giant Mouse Knives and their Blade Show award-winning GMX.

Bob Terzuola’s new 11-part knifemaking series “A Sharp Life” and the subscription series “Shop Talk” will be available soon at Terzuola.net for those wanting to learn more and get tips on knifemaking from a true living legend.

If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us via Patreon! For more discussion and insight on our show topics, follow us on Instagram @markofthemaker or join our discussion group on Facebook.

We sit down with top tier knifemaker Shane Sibert and talk knives and knifemaking. Shane’s journey and his knifemaking process is a little different than some others, but without question he’s one of the modern greats and the knives that come out of his relatively basic shop are truly outstanding.

As always, see our friend George at American Metal Xchange for your titanium and exotic knifemaking material needs. Be sure to check out the latest from our friends at Giant Mouse Knives and their Blade Show award-winning GMX.

Bob Terzuola’s new 11-part knifemaking series “A Sharp Life” and the subscription series “Shop Talk” will be available soon at Terzuola.net for those wanting to learn more and get tips on knifemaking from a true living legend.

If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us via Patreon! For more discussion and insight on our show topics, follow us on Instagram @markofthemaker or join our discussion group on Facebook.

Do you like Military knives?  We sure do, so we put together this picks episode across a few different categories.  Fighting knives, bayonets and more.  We were left with a few questions, so if you know the answers, please reach out or join our FB group to discuss.  **Apologies in advance on this one for an audio issue that we were only able to partially resolve.

As always, see our friend George at American Metal Xchange for your titanium and exotic knifemaking material needs. Be sure to check out the latest from our friends at Giant Mouse Knives and their Blade Show award-winning GMX.

If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us via Patreon! For more discussion and insight on our show topics, follow us on Instagram @markofthemaker or join our discussion group on Facebook.