
Episode 145: 2025 Holiday Picks
2025/12/22 | 2h 8 mins.
We wind out the last of Season 8 with a Holiday Picks episode, as we often do.  Four categories, three picks each, and lots of laughs as well as some amazing knives to check out.  Some are stinkers, some are gems but all will likely make you say "oh yeahhhh" or "oh no..."  Hope you have as much fun listening to this one as we did recording it.  Thanks for riding with us for another season, stay tuned for more in Season 9!  Find us at our Patreon and follow us on Instagram @markofthemaker or join our discussion group on Facebook for more conversation.

Episode 144: What are you listening to?
2025/12/08 | 1h 28 mins.
If there's one thing that knifemakers consume faster than candy or gas station burritos, it's audio content. Many like music, others prefer to fill their earholes with audiobooks or podcasts. This time we nerd out over audiobook selections as well as a few podcasts to the guys are enjoying and use as a tool to help stay focused on their work in the shop. Find us at our Patreon and follow us on Instagram @markofthemaker or join our discussion group on Facebook for more conversation.

Episode 143: Rob Baptie
2025/11/24 | 2h 17 mins.
Our buddy "Farmer" Rob Baptie of The HateDust Project found a few minutes to sit with us and chat about his knife collecting journey, the origins of the project and its evolution. Rob and his wife Andrea have generated over $2.5 million in charitable funding for a huge array of causes over the last 10+ years. If there's one thing we're even bigger fans of than knives, it's people being good to other people, so it was high time for Rob to join us and reminisce for a minute. Find us at our Patreon and follow us on Instagram @markofthemaker or join our discussion group on Facebook for more conversation.

Episode 142: Blade West 2025 Recap
2025/11/10 | 1h 13 mins.
Mark and Sean sit with Tom to hear about his experience at Blade Show West 2025.  Pretty eventful weekend for Tom, winning Best MAC Knife and some cool stuff that he brought home with him. Join us to hear more about the show and whether you may want to add it to your schedule next year.  Find us at our Patreon and follow us on Instagram @markofthemaker or join our discussion group on Facebook for more conversation.

Episode 141: Halloween Monster Picks
2025/10/27 | 2h
For this year's Halloween episode, we put together a picks episode about what you'd use to battle a monster (or monsters!) from the movie of your choice.  As usual, we each went in a little different direction with our picks but we have a great time doing so.  We'll share photos or links to our picks in the Mark of the Maker Facebook Group.  Find us at our Patreon and follow us on Instagram @markofthemaker or join our discussion group on Facebook for more conversation.



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