{"podcast":{"title":"Mark of the Maker","slug":"mark-of-the-maker-405117","podcast_index_feed_id":405117,"rss_url":"https://markofthemaker.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.markofthemaker.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/9/c/7/69c7553092c15278/Logo-01_Final-1400.png","author":"Mark Stheiner","episode_count":180,"summary":"Mark of the Maker is a panel discussion with renowned custom knife makers Tom Krein, Sean Kendrick and Michael Burch, and hosted by Mark Stheiner. The format is much like a group of friends sitting around in The Pit at Blade Show, talking knives - a look at life from the perspective of the maker as well as the collector. Covering broader topics such as tactical knife history, trends, industry commentary and influences of social media, as well as conversations with other knifemakers, collectors and notable figures in and around the custom knife world. Music: \"noir guitar\" by Stevie's Amp Shack, from the Free Music Archive, CC BY 4.0","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T06:20:19.135174+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-of-the-maker-405117"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 151: Jim Wirth Pt.1","slug":"episode-151-jim-wirth-pt-1","published_at":"2026-03-16T00:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-of-the-maker-405117/episode-151-jim-wirth-pt-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-of-the-maker-405117","url":"http://www.markofthemaker.com","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/markofthemaker/Episode_151__Jim_Wirth_Pt.1a.mp3?dest-id=624014","summary":"Here's another in our growing series of live on-site interviews. This one's with Jim Wirth, one of the founders of Giant Mouse Knives. Jim came into the knife world as a collector of many things before he, Jesper Voxnaes and Jens Anso launched Giant Mouse. His story is a good one as Jim has been smitten by the collecting bug across a pretty huge variety of things. Hope you enjoy this chat, this is Part 1 of our conversation with Jim. Find us at our Patreon and follow us on Instagram @markofthemaker or join our discussion group on Facebook for more conversation.","meta_description":"Here's another in our growing series of live on-site interviews. This one's with Jim Wirth, one of the founders of Giant Mouse Knives. Jim came into the k…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4579,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mark-of-the-maker-405117/episodes/episode-151-jim-wirth-pt-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-of-the-maker-405117/episode-151-jim-wirth-pt-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}