Fire and Steel

About Fire and Steel

Fire & Steel is a fully reforged podcast hosted by Toby Murrill, Chris Powell, and Onur Caglar. We dive into real workshop life, blacksmithing, bladesmithing, tool talk, making, content creation, and running small businesses in the modern maker world. Expect honest conversations, practical insight, fitness and lifestyle chat, social media realities, and a weekly segment where we debate tools we love, hate, or can’t live without. Same banter, stronger direction.

Publisher

Toby Murrill

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

28 Jan 2020

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

271 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Genuine last episode, with a little surprise at the very end

   Why Fire & Steel Is Coming to an End This episode marks the end of the Fire & Steel Podcast. What started nearly 8 years ago as a solo project, with Toby interviewing guests from across the worlds of blacksmithing, craft, and beyond, gradually evolved over time. Eventually Onur joined the show, and later Chris came on board as well, creating a three-person format that allowed the conversation to flow more naturally and made it easier to keep episodes going even when one person couldn’t make it. The podcast changed shape a few times, as many long-running shows do. Like most independent podcasts, it was always something done alongside work, life, and everything else, which sometimes made schedules difficult and episodes harder to keep consistent. About ten weeks ago we attempted a bit of a relaunch — aiming to make the show more structured and intentionally positive, with the goal of putting something constructive out into the world rather than simply reacting to whatever was happening in the news cycle. But despite that intention, the conversations often drifted back toward the same place discussing the problems and negativity that seem to dominate so much of public discourse. For Toby in particular, that raised a bigger question about what the podcast was contributing to the world. A big personal goal is to create things that ultimately honour God and bring something positive into people’s lives. When it became clear that the podcast was continuing to lean toward discussing the negative side of things, it started to feel like the right time to step away rather than continue down that road. So after 8 years, this will be the final episode of Fire & Steel. From Toby Thank you to everyone who has listened along the way — from all of us, and very much from me personally. Through the podcast I’ve had the chance to speak with so many interesting and thoughtful people, and I’ve been fortunate enough to turn many of those conversations into genuine friendships. I’m incredibly grateful for the kindness people have shown me over the years, the things people have done for me, and the opportunities I’ve had to help others as well. While I can’t name everyone, it’s been an absolute privilege to connect with so many people through this show, and I’ll always be thankful for that. A huge thank you as well to the Patreon supporters who backed the show and helped keep it going. Some of you have been supporting us for years, and we’re incredibly grateful for that support. In particular, thank you to: Alex Greenaway, Working Hands Podcast, Keith Colby (Knifematerial.at), Refined by James, Krafty Man Forge, Fingal, Mike Nigh, Tim Kingsford, Tim from Turg Works, AJ (Ajmal Inayat Khan Afridi), Donny Dulevich, Sharman Knives, Coppertop Customs, OnlyFans@BenCuttsKnifeworks, Triple-T Podcast, Brigham Kindell, Northern Iron Forge, Joey Atilano, Ginger – Team Onur, Bob Gore –Metalstorm Forge, Hobby Hawk Knives, and Bryan Hunt (Hidden Rose Forge). Your support genuinely meant a lot to us. And of course, a special thank you to Chris and Onur. Not just for being part of the podcast, but for their friendship as well. Find us at Hammers and hot takes https://www.instagram.com/hammersandhottakes?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&exln=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== (https://www.instagram.com/hammersandhottakes?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&exln=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==) ⁠https://www.instagram.com/fireandsteelpodcast/⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/fireandsteelpodcast/) https://www.instagram.com/murrillforge/ (https://www.instagram.com/murrillforge/) ⁠www.murrillforge.com⁠ (http://www.murrillforge.com/) Email ⁠info@murrillforge.co.uk⁠ (mailto:info@murrillforge.co.uk) Onur  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/diesineveryfilm/⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/diesineveryfilm/) YouTube⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/Diesineveryfilm⁠ (https://www.youtube.com/user/Diesineveryfilm) Chris ⁠https://www.instagram.com/full_steam_designs/⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/full_steam_designs/) Youtube⁠https://www.youtube.com/chrispowellfsd (https://www.youtube.com/chrispowellfsd)

2. 

   19 Mar 2026

   And we're back.

   Chris and Onur have started a new podcast. Check it out. Hammers and Hot takes

3. 

   7 Mar 2026

   The Final Episode – A Relatively Short Farewell

   Why Fire & Steel Is Coming to an End This episode marks the end of the Fire & Steel Podcast. What started nearlyfive years ago as a solo project, with Toby interviewing guests from across theworlds of blacksmithing, craft, and beyond, gradually evolved over time.Eventually Onur joined the show, and later Chris came on board as well,creating a three-person format that allowed the conversation to flow morenaturally and made it easier to keep episodes going even when one personcouldn’t make it. The podcast changed shape a few times, as many long-running shows do. Like mostindependent podcasts, it was always something done alongside work, life, andeverything else, which sometimes made schedules difficult and episodes harderto keep consistent. About ten weeks ago weattempted a bit of a relaunch — aiming to make the show more structured andintentionally positive, with the goal of putting something constructive outinto the world rather than simply reacting to whatever was happening in the newscycle. But despite thatintention, the conversations often drifted back toward the same place:discussing the problems and negativity that seem to dominate so much of publicdiscourse. For Toby inparticular, that raised a bigger question about what the podcast wascontributing to the world. A big personal goal is to create things thatultimately honour God and bring something positive into people’s lives. When itbecame clear that the podcast was continuing to lean toward discussing thenegative side of things, it started to feel like the right time to step awayrather than continue down that road. So after five years,this will be the final episode of Fire & Steel. Thank you to everyonewho has listened along the way — from all of us, and very much from mepersonally. Through the podcast I’ve had the chance to speak with so manyinteresting and thoughtful people, and I’ve been fortunate enough to turn manyof those conversations into genuine friendships. I’m incredibly grateful forthe kindness people have shown me over the years, the things people have donefor me, and the opportunities I’ve had to help others as well. While I can’tname everyone, it’s been an absolute privilege to connect with so many peoplethrough this show, and I’ll always be thankful for that. A huge thank you aswell to the Patreon supporters who backed the show and helped keep it going.Some of you have been supporting us for years, and we’re incredibly gratefulfor that support. In particular, thank you to: Alex Greenaway, WorkingHands Podcast, Keith Colby (Knifematerial.at), Refined by James,KraftyMan Forge, Fingal, Mike Nigh, Tim Kingsford, Timfrom TurgWorks, AJ (Ajmal Inayat Khan Afridi), Donny Dulevich,Sharman Knives, Coppertop Customs, OnlyFans@BenCuttsKnifeworks, Triple-T Podcast, Brigham Kindell, NorthernIron Forge, Joey Atilano, Ginger – Team Onur, Bob Gore –Metalstorm Forge, Hobby Hawk Knives, and Bryan Hunt (Hidden RoseForge). Your support genuinelymeant a lot to us. And of course, aspecial thank you to Chris and Onur. Not just for being part of the podcast,but for their friendship as well. P.S. If you’ve already ordered shirts or stickerpacks, don’t worry — they haven’t been forgotten. We will still be having themprinted and posting them out. And if anyone would still like to grab one, youcan do so through the links over the next week. After that, we’ll be closing itdown and that will be the final run. Support us at Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/fireandsteelpodcast (https://www.patreon.com/fireandsteelpodcast) or buy our merch tshirts (https://www.diesineveryfilm.com/shop/p/y3wc4fpnt4aozombojxcwee19g9tt8) stickers (https://www.diesineveryfilm.com/shop/p/aulqbwgohoa743zz5b5zu8l9xl9nc2) Find us at https://www.instagram.com/fireandsteelpodcast/ (https://www.instagram.com/fireandsteelpodcast/) https://www.instagram.com/murrillforge/ www.murrillforge.com (http://www.murrillforge.com) Email info@murrillforge.co.uk (mailto:info@murrillforge.co.uk) Onur  https://www.instagram.com/diesineveryfilm/ (https://www.instagram.com/diesineveryfilm/) YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/user/Diesineveryfilm (https://www.youtube.com/user/Diesineveryfilm) Chris https://www.instagram.com/full_steam_designs/ (https://www.instagram.com/full_steam_designs/) Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/chrispowellfsd (https://www.youtube.com/chrispowellfsd)

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

163,792,124

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

32 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

69

Social presence

97

YouTube

93

Engagement

90

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