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1084: The Best Steel Ever?
Is 1084 Really the Best Steel Ever?!Well...it is a good steel, and very popular due to both making a great blade AND being easy to heat treat.1084 is an old "simple carbon steel" and probably what you were adviced to start with when wanting to make your first knife. Many makers stay with 1084 for decades, it is a popular steel with experienced as well as beginner knife makers. And most (?) damascus makers also use 1084 for the steel that etches dark in their damascus mix.It is technically not th
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7th May 2024
AWARDS 2024 Kick-Off Presentation Slides
The Australian Knife Making Awards are back for 2024!Wed 1st of May 8 PM AEST your hosts this year Riley Burns (Nordic Edge) and Kevin Room (Australian Knifemakers Guild) hosted the Kick-Off live stream for the AWARDS 2024.The AWARDS:
free to enter online knife making competitionfor makers in Australia and New ZealandGet judging feedback on your knifewin prizes and trophiesbeginner friendly: 2 beginner and 2 advanced maker categories Watch the live streams for full info, here are the summa
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1st May 2024
OPEN FORGE NIGHT Thursday 28th March 2024
Come along to a knife maker meetup at Nordic Edge!Thursday 28th of March 2024 - 5.30 - 8.30 PMForges are on, grind room is open, bring something you are working on to the show-and tell or just come and hang out a bit.We got steel and belts and PPE if forging or grinding - just remember to bring a dust mask if grinding.We will be out back in the workshop, but the warehouse will stay open to 6.30 PM in case anyone wants to have a browse in person.How to get here: Nordic Edge, 13-15 Mitchell R
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27th Mar 2024
How to: Sharpen on a belt grinder
By Bjorn Jacobsen, March 2024"A Sharp Knife is a Safe Knife"Knife
sharpening is part of using knives - or at least it should be. Most people use
knives all their lives in the kitchen, when going fishing or camping and never
think too much about sharpening them. Most all knives start out sharp and then quickly
loses that initial “razor sharp” edge before hitting the main usable “generally
sharp” period of use.Eventually all knives end up dull, and should be resharpened.
The actual cutting e
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26th Mar 2024
San Mai Recovery and Our Veterans Forge
What is san mai?San Mai is a term used to describe laminated steel, a sandwich
of blade steel in the middle and cladding of some sort on the sides. The
cladding can be another blade steel or something that will not harden, the
point is more that when the finished blade is etched, the different materials
will contrast. The difference when working with San Mai is mostly about making
sure you expose a similar amount of core steel on each side when grinding, and
that final step of etching the
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14th Mar 2024