Steve King is a blacksmith/bladesmith as well as the current President of the Indiana Blacksmithing Association. Steve is an incredible teacher and advocate for furthering blacksmithing education and accessibility for everyone in or aspiring to be in the craft. You can meet Steve this weekend at the IBA annual Tipton Conference in Tipton, Indiana. Register here - https://www.indianablacksmithing.org/iba-conference-2024 COALIRON.COM Blue Wednesday, Felty - Caffeine https://chll.to/02a84e0d

Mareko Maumasi joins us today to share his spectacular journey into bladesmithing and his passion for sharing his accumulated knowledge through classes! Blue Wednesday, Felty - Caffeine https://chll.to/02a84e0d

Join us for a great conversation about podcasts, induction, and innovation with the one and only Derek Melton (except there are apparently two of him). Derek offers some wonderful forged products and tools on his website, gives his time for demonstrations and events, and is an incredible source of information, joy, and experience through his social media presence. You can follow Derek though his Instagram @derekmelton and check out his work on his website derekmelton.com Sign up for Derek's Fathers Day Forging class at COALSCHOOL.COM! Blue Wednesday, Felty - Caffeine https://chll.to/02a84e0d

This week's guest is Coal Iron Works welder and bladesmith- Josh Porterfield! Tune in to learn more about Josh's journey and his involvement at Coal Iron Works! COALIRON.COM Blue Wednesday, Felty - Caffeine https://chll.to/02a84e0d

Hang out with Brett Onnink of Burning Sky Forge on today's episode of The Coal Cast! You can come and learn from Brett at the Coal School of Iron this April for his intro to bladesmithing class to forge your very own knife! Sign up here! - https://coalschool.com/coalclasses/forged-blade-april COALIRON.COM COALSCHOOL.COM Blue Wednesday, Felty - Caffeine https://chll.to/02a84e0d

Mastersmith Jason Knight relocated to East Tennessee from his native state of South Carolina. He is known among custom makers and collectors as an innovator. Jason is a master of blade design and edge geometry. His influence is widespread in the knife industry. It is reflected in the work of many he has mentored over the past twenty years. He understands the value of sharing his skills and ideas with other makers. Through full-length "How To" videos that he has written and directed, teaching in his studio and at schools around the country, Jason can share his passion for knifemaking and fan that spark into flame in others. https://knightforgestudio.com/ COALIRON.COM COALSCHOOL.COM Blue Wednesday, Felty - Caffeine https://chll.to/02a84e0d

Kurt Fehrenbach is a master blacksmith in several rites, including being an ABANA curriculum instructor and a power hammer genius. Check out this awesome episode and explore Kurt's blacksmithing journey with us! COALIRON.COM COALSCHOOL.COM Blue Wednesday, Felty - Caffeine https://chll.to/02a84e0d

Walter Sorrells is a swordsmith, business owner/operator, novelist, educator, martial artist, and a wonderful conversationalist. Tune into this week's awesome episode with a legend in the knife-making community and learn more about what goes into some of the best blade-based educational content out there! https://www.waltersorrellsblades.com/COALIRON.COMCOALSCHOOL.COM

Welcome to SEASON 3 of The Coal Cast! We're excited to bring you a new feature of our show- REMOTE GUESTS. We can now reach and record anyone in the WORLD to feature on our platform- and first up on our world-wide guest list is none other than ZACK HERBERHOLZ! Zack shares his experience as an entrepreneur in the makers field as well as some insightful stories! You can forge with Zack at either of his classes at the Coal School of Iron in February (a couples rose forging class) or in June (a steel and leather stool class). You can find Zack on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/zhfabrications/ or on his website https://www.zhfabrications.com/work/hammers COALIRON.COM COALSCHOOL.COM

The Season 2 Finale of The Coal Cast is LIVE! Tune in for our most chaotic episode yet! Season 3 is coming in January 2024 with a BIG change! Let us know who you want to see and what you want us talking about! Best suggestion gets a high five ✋️ Watch or Listen now on Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts! COALIRON.COM COALSCHOOL.COM #AmericanMade🇺🇸 #MadeInUSA🇺🇸 #forgingpress #bladesmith #blacksmith #blacksmithing #fabrication #metalwork #metalworking #metalart #forging #forged #tools #knifemaking #industrial #art #craft #engineering #creative #worksmarternotharder #makersmovement #coalcast #coalschool