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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 …