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Ben McKenzie is the Design & Technology Coordinator with Emmanuel College Warrnambool in Victoria, and Ben has kindly sent us the link to his tutorial video on how his college runs knife making as a metal working project in high school."Finding challenging models that cover the curriculum and inspire the kids, gives me a lot of satisfaction.And bringing knife making to the classroom has been one of the most fulfilling projects to date." Ben in his Meet The Maker Interview back in 2019 ( …

Who wants to make a sword!As hobby knife makers, don’t we all want to make a sword at some point?It doesn’t seem all that hard, it is basically just a long knife – right.. Like most other knife makers, you have probably been told by someone they want to make a sword even though they have never even made a knife. Well, I have been making knives for years and wanted to have another go at a sword so here we go!Not quite my first rodeo This was not my first viking sword attempt but my first “p …

By Bjorn Jacobsen, June 2024Blade Show is the world's largest knife show - by far! The first weekend in June every year knifemakers, collectors and others related to the knife making industry gather in Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, Georgia for 3 action-packed days. Here is our journey to Blade Show 2024 with some photos of people we met and things we saw on the way.Jamie "Sausage Man Forge" Bishop and I travelled together from Sydney, and Toby Murrill was meeting us there from the UK. Toby used to l …

The Australian Knife Making AWARDS 2024 concluded with the Winner Announcement Live Stream on Wed 29th of May 8 PM - here are the summary slides!Your hosts Riley Burns (Nordic Edge) and Kevin Room ( Australian Knifemakers Guild) together with guest judge Tony Earwaker (Tony's Bladesmithing) shared the winning knives with photos, judging feedback as well as their prizes.Link to live stream on Youtube: Slides from presentation:     …

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 …