Forge Side Chat

The hosers go East to have a sit down with Rick Marchand of Wilderknives. This week we sat down with Rick Marchand of Wildertools. Located in Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Rick has been at the forefront of the Canadian knife making scene for quite some time now. Studying under Waley Hayes during the time he resided in Ontario. Rick works with all sorts of mediums and thus makes almost everything he does with his own hands. Leather, wood, ferrous and non ferrous metals. This guy is busy as heck and you can see from his work that this man is about as dedicated as you can get.

This wasn't a short episode and as always we could have kept going. We are sincerely enjoying ourselves. Maybe too much as you will hear a lot of laughs on this episode. It helps that Rick is practically the Grand Daddy of Dad jokes and comes in with a very welcoming demeanour. If you have ever met Rick you know exactly what I am talking about. Take a listen and find out for yourself just how great this guy is and just how much the boys from forge side chat like to drink too much beer. Twice. In metric.

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The hosers talk about Chris' blacksmith experience, including the making of non-knife damascus objects.  WARNING!

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This week we sat down with Christopher Frostad. Chris is a full time smith at Manuka forge and also operates a side business as a Smith working from that same location. Chris has worked with a multitude of different blacksmithing aspects and drops some really interesting stories with some really good knowledge. Of course the hosers act like goods an have a few laughs. Hope you enjoy! Please let us know if you do by shooting us an dm or an email at [email protected]

We are super pumped to announce we have some new support for the show from our good friends @maritimeknifesupply and @mcknifeworks

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The two hosers have a chat with Mike Jones of Quesnel, BC. EPISODE 10!

This episode was a another super fun recording with a gent from British Columbia by the name of Mike Jones.

Mike has some amazing stories and I feel as though our 2 hour chat barely scraped the surface it is still packed full of some amazing info and of course laughs.

Dropping October 16th make sure you check you favourite podcast platform for the episode asap!.

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Write us an email with questions or comments to [email protected]

Thanks for listening!

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#forge

#metalart

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#weld

#welding

#welder

#tools

#metalart

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Two members of the illustrious Chain Gang hang out with the Two Hosers and discuss their lives as young but notable blacksmiths. Of course we talk about tools and what's going on in the shop and just life in general. Ethan tells a story about his massive steam hammer he brought up from the states during his second chain gang tour and how it almost ended up not making it home with him. Dang kid. Lol. Mark then goes on to tell us about the straw that broke the camels back. Actually it's not broken and the Camelback story is one of those stories that just makes you realize how awesome our community is! Most of us give our shoutouts, but Lando has a few beers(twice) and forgets to do his. Keep your eyes peeled for the next episode to drop and hit us up with recommendations, questions or just say hi [email protected]

The hosers finally break into the province of Quebec. They drink some maple syrup and get chatty with Jeremy Yelle of Sherbrooke Quebec.  Jeremy has a fricken hosehead experience he tells us all about and then Lando decides he better one up his smarts and tells a story that could have gone much much worse. Shop safety was a big one in this episode. Jeremy is moving to a new big shop so we talk about that a bunch meanwhile Justin pulls out his hair because he is trying to figure out his shop and how to make things all come together. Jeremy is a young and enthusiastic knifemaker that has gotten some real good experience under his belt already. Kick back and listen to find out just exactly how Jeremy has managed to stack his life to become the amazing young man he is today.

The hosers chat with local Winnipeg bladesmith, Graeson Fehr of Fehr Forgeworks.  Graeson goes into detail about his new worker space at North Forge in Winnipeg Manitoba. North Forge is considered one of North America's largest maker spaces and Graeson has his shop set up within their facility now. While he can't forge there he explains how he manages to get around that and still prosper as a knifemaker. Listening to this young man speak of his journey in knife making is very encouraging. From playing with a smelt as a young man to his decision of becoming a full time knife making business(while he is in university!). Lots of knowledge dropped so get your headphones ready and kick back while two hoseheads serenade you with their hoserness.

The two hosers, Justin and Lando, interview Sandra Dunn, artist blacksmith of Two Smiths from Kitchener, Ontario.  Sandra is the main operator of Two Smiths. She goes into a bit of detail as to how the business came to be and where it is now. With two others in the shop fabricating and hosting classes with her she has quite the business on her hands. She is no stranger in the Blacksmith community as you will hear with the work she did on a massive collaboration in Belgium. A shout out to one of our founders in the podcast world, Victoria Patti! Victoria was the host of Blacksmither Radio and definitely paved the path for a blacksmith podcast. Much love for the work she has done for the community!

The hosers sit down with Nick Tobin of New Brunswick to talk about his journey towards blacksmithing and bladesmithing. What can we say about our good friend Tokin Tobin? The guys a beast. And handsome to boot. Listen to what got Nick started in this game. The why's and how's and a couple who's too.