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By Bjorn Jacobsen, March 2022Before the 2022 Blade Symposium the Australian Knife Art Association (KAA) held a Master Class at Tharwa Valley Forge. The "master class" is held as a higher-level course where the students make a signature style knife and previous teachers have been makers like Kyle Royers and Rodrigo Sfreddo.2022 Bowie Master Class:The master class this year was taught by Jackson Rumble, Journeyman Smith and would take the students through making one of his signature style big …

Weekend road trip with the guys to BorenoreBy Bjorn JLast weekend we got away to the first market in 2 years (!), going to the Caravan, Camping and Outdoors Expo in Borenore, NSW. Where is Borenore, you say? Just the other side from here of Orange, so about 4,5 hours away. Susie from Altitude Events asked if we wanted to come and do some blacksmithing demonstrations and it sounded fun, so we went for it.First road trip in a long time, first market in a long time, we were pumped! Packed the trail …

Meet The Maker: Bobby SmithBy Bjorn Jacobsen, 20.01.2022, Meet The Maker #18Bobby Smith is the man behind Shifty Blades, based in Katunga in Northern Victoria. With a big beard, often in a hat and sunnies, Bobby is an easily recognizable maker and so are his blades, specifically the pocket cleavers he has made a name for himself with.Speaking of pocket cleavers; we don’t want to steal any of Bobby’s thunder here – let’s just say that during the interview a new design was discussed and …

Easy way to get razor sharp edges by handBy Bjorn Jacobsen, September 2021Sharpening is a good skill to have, and easy after you feel a burr forming for the first time. Learning to sharpen well enough to put a razor edge on most knives in 15 mins or less is not hard, and this is how to do so using the sharpening stones we supply at Nordic Edge.Let's just straight into how to use hand sharpening stones, and cover more of the details later.How to use a sharpening stone: the stone is lubricated wi …

Need a last-minute gift or some supplies for the break?Nordic Edge will be open this Saturday 18th of December 9 am - 12 pm.If needing to pick up something for a project you are working on over the holidays, or a last-minute gift for someone, swing by this Saturday.An anvil? Some Curly Birch? A piece of Oblivion Blades san mai steel or a Plane Old Iron Hammer?Address: 13-15 Mitchell Road, Brookvale, NSW 2100.Entry: Chard Road, steel gate at the end of the building. …

Darren and Riley are back one last time in 2021, live from the Nordic Edge workshop;Saturday 11th of December at 12.30 PM, the guys will have a fireside chat;2021 in the rear-view mirrorKnife Making Awards, starting a podcast togetherliving through yet another lockdownBoth of the guys are in Sydney this weekend for the Nordic Edge mead-fest. They want to finish the year with a short live stream from the workshop, and do a give-away to those watching.This will only be available to those on the Au …

New Australian Podcast: Talking Shed with Riley and DarrenThe guys had some much fun hosting the Australian Knife Making Awards this year, they ended up starting a podcast series together! Talking Shed is a new podcast series summed up as:"A podcast by makers, for makers and about makers. Now it must be said that we do like to make fun of ourselves (and others) a lot so be prepared to have a laugh along the way."There are several options for listening, here is one of them if you are on Spot …

Heads up for people in Adelaide and surrounding areas; the South Australian Knife Show is back on next weekend.The 13th and 14th of November at the Brick Dairly Pavillion, Adelaide Showgrounds. Saturday: 9 am - 5 pmSunday: 10 am - 4 pm$10 entry, for any questions contact Rian on fallenforge.rian@gmail.com.Nordic Edge will not be able to make it this year but Adam Benjamin Thiel from ABT Tailormade Blades will have some file guides and other goodies on offer at his table, check him out …

This week we got the newest member of the family ready; the v5-SHORT!The "shorty" is the smaller version of the v5, with shorter bolts to make it a bit more handy.The v5 is good, and the longer bolts is a requirement if doing thick guards - or like Toby Murrill trying to do 10 (!) blades at the same time. But for normal everyday use the shorter bolts is a bit more convenient.The shorty takes 59 mm wide blades and up to 18 mm thick blades or guards, while the v5 takes 70 mm wide blades and 40 mm …

Blacksmith Tool Bag - going places?Got this awesome photo and short review from Chris this week:"G’day Nordic Edge crewTool bag arrived today and it’s great. Thanks for all the bits, coasters gone to wife and mentos to daughter. I have to confess that it’s not going to be a tool bag, but will travel around the country as my Nav bag in the Qantas jet. Tough and stylish.Chur’Chris"Anyone else taken their blacksmith tool bag for a spin? With lockdown easing, it might be a pretty nice weekend-awa …