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Australian Knife Making Awards 2024 Live Stream summary slidesWed 22nd May 2024 at 8 PM AEST, your hosts Riley Burns (Nordic Edge) and Kevin Room (Australian Knifemakers Guild) had guest Jackson Rumble, Master Smith on the live stream.Link to live stream recording on Youtube: LINKTopics covered The 6 judging criteria your knife will be scored onThe scoring matrix 0-8The judging commentsJudging knives only by photos - limitationsCoaching - how to benefit from the judging commentsReachin …

On Wed 15th of May 2024 the live stream was on "How to Enter" and "What Photos to Take" or more importantly, how to take photos to score well.Riley Burns from Nordic Edge and Kevin Room from the Australian Knifemakers Guild hosted the stream, with Rod from Rod Hoare Knife Images as expert guest on to help with tips on how to take better knife photos.Stream split into twoShortly into the stream facebook and the streaming software had a bit of a glitch and the stream had to be restarted, this resu …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Or how to get into leather working with a simple leather knife sheath.How to make a knife sheath is another whole area of knife making with tools, techniques and ways to make it as simple or as advanced as you want to. Leatherworking is a whole craft in itself, and there is lots to learn if wanting to make high end leatherwork - but it does not have to be all that complicated.Here we are going to make a simple "slip sheath" for a chef knife, showing the tools and supplies used in the process. Th …

Australian Knife Making Awards 2024: Join us!Beginner-friendly knife making competition Held each year in MayFree to enterGet feedback on your knife - become a better makerLive streams with more detail + Q&A + GIVEAWAYSPrizes and trophies to be wonWhen is the AWARDS held?The AWARDS are held in May each year. The knife can be started any time but has to be completed in the month of May. Beginner-friendly?This is for all makers wanting to take part.The Best Knife From Kit catego …

MTM #27 Stacy Hall, SLH BladesBorn in Shepparton, Victoria 51 years ago, I enjoyed living in a small country town with plenty of space to run around. Or at least Shepparton used to be a small town, it has gotten a bit bigger over the years since back then. Today we live in Mooroopna which is not far off “Shepp” and maybe 180 km north-west of Melbourne. One of the perks of living in a smaller town is having a shed at home for knife making so my commute is pretty good these days.Metal w …