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Caleb White just did a little tool tip video about our file guide!Caleb is a well-known US knife maker, check out his Instagram here: LINK and is starting up a new Youtube channel which we recommend following. Here is a Dagger from C White Studios for reference, photo by Jim Sharp who was here in Sydney in August again.Click the below photo to get to youtube to see the Tool Tip, and why not give Caleb a subscribe when you are there:If you want to check out more of Caleb's work, his sit …

I really enjoy forging, and have ended up making mostly just chef knives.I like that I get to use them more often than I would an outdoor style knife.What I am not a fan of, is giving away a knife and having to explain about carbon steel in the kitchen..It will not rust, just keep it dry. But it will patina.. it will develop a cloudy, grey patina with use from cutting acidic food stuffs. If you cut a lemon and leave it on the bench, you will shortly have a big blue or brown ring on the blade.Lik …

We had Mary from ClassBento come with her partner to take some photos during the last Introduction to blacksmithing workshop we had at Nordic Edge. Mary sent us some photos, and they are great!Showing some of them here to give an idea of how it is when you come for a day of introduction to blacksmithing with us. Or maybe as a couples activity, a hands-on date, or bring a friend and spend a day doing something fun together.The blacksmithing workshop is meant as an introduction, a fun day learning …

In July we ran the Off-cuts challenge on the Australian Beginner Knife Making Group on facebook.Here are the winners and a couple of the knives entered!Challenge rules: make a handle from off-cutsaim to use at least two piecesno piece more than 50% or so of the handlebonus points for complexityyou do not need to make the blade, this is a handle-making competiton The challenge was held on the facebook group only, with 3 winners each receiving $100 on Nordic Edge.The scoring was done by the group …

A hands-on workshop, of course!At Nordic Edge we are happy to hold beginner workshops in some of the "lost arts" of the past;Forged Knife Making WorkshopIntroduction to Blacksmithing WorkshopSpoon Carving WorkshopThese are all one day, hands-on workshops where you join a small group and create something yourself.At the end of the day you leave with new skills, hopefully a better understanding of how some of these things used to be made in the past - as well as your very own project you made on t …