Forging Swords in the Steel City, with Katie McCats

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In this episode of The Sword Guy Podcast, Guy is with Katie McCats, who is a Sword Maker, historical cutler and co-founder of Crucible Armoury in Sheffield, England, possibly England's youngest armoury company.

Katie got into making swords through a traineeship at Lancaster Armoury, after leaving a career in the NHS, and along with fellow trainee Horatio, they set up Crucible Armoury in Sheffield, with Katie doing the blades and Horatio doing the armour.

We talk about making different types of crazy swords, running a profitable business, how blades were made before power tools, and the dream business of creating an armoury within a pub (or a pub within an armoury).

We have lots of pictures for you to accompany this episode! See them here: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-219-forging-swords-in-the-steel-city-with-katie-mccats 

Links to Crucible Armoury here: https://linktr.ee/CrucibleArmoury