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Another beautiful piece by full-time French maker Paul E Arestan, based outside Brisbane.Handle is in figured York Gum Burl and blade in stainless steel damascus Paul also holds practical workshops with small class-sizes, if wanting to make your own version, contact him on pearestan@hotmail.com …

Scott Foskett is a custom knifemaker from QLD, doing both bespoke work to customer's drawings as well as delivering his own designs for kitchen and outdoor style knives.Scott has sent us a couple of photos showing what he is doing with his supplies from CreativeMan.com.au, and we wanted to share the photos!Here is a Brisket Boss set in High Carbon 1084 steel and Green Mamba Juma handle scales and carbon fiber pins;And this Japanese style 8" Santoku knife has a blade in Stainless Steel Damascus a …

Next up in our Meet The Maker Series is David Talko-Nicholas. We're big fans of David's work and his simple approach to knife making, so have a read of his own relatively new journey...Age: 43 I grew up fishing and diving and then worked as a commercial diver and dive instructor for years. I’ve always had a knife close to hand and on one or two occasions saved my own life with one. I also love to cook so I appreciate a decent chefs knife. These things coupled with a love for making pretty …

2019 Blade Symposium - A Noob's Journey My first blade symposium began with leaving home at 2pm, collecting Bjorn from the city at 3pm, and sitting in traffic for more or less the next 5 hours. We arrived at Cuppacumbalong Homestead in the ACT in the dark, during the trailing end of a Q&A session after Rodrigo Sfreddo’s Opening Address of the symposium.  It was mildly disappointing to have missed the actual talk, but we were glad to be able to open a beer neverthe …

Meet The Maker #3: PJ Hunt Next up our Meet the Maker is PJ Hunt, who has done some great work in a relatively short period of time, and definitely giving his IT hands a workout!The question I get more often than not from friends and family these days is “What’s with the knives?”I tend to publish my attempts at knifemaking on my Instagram and Facebook, so the question is a valid one.First knifeI am a 46 year old, IT professional who moved from Ireland to Australia 11 years ago. Apart f …

Queensland Knife Show 16th & 17th of Feb 2019.Last weekend Jamie and I went to the first ever Queensland Knife Show.The Australian Knife Art Association together with the Queensland Metal Artisan Collective came together to host this first QLD show.And what a show it was!!I think we were all blown away by how many keen people turned up at the Ipswich Civic Centre over the weekend. The guys did an amazing job organising the show and marketing it, filling the place to the brim.Here i …

Shane Partridge from Blacks Blades have done a beautiful knife with Curly Birch and brass handle, with matching brass handle pins. Check out more photos of his work here on facebook. 

Samuel Hart did a great instructional picture-series on Instagram, and we wanted to share it here.It covers how to make a knife including the blade, using simple hand tools and one of our Basic Knife Making Kits.Check out Sam's Instagram for the original post here Sam chose the Carbon Steel kit, this is the easiest to heat treat at home and the one we generally recommend;The kit comes with 1084 Carbon Steel, a 330 mm piece big enough for a full-sized chef knife or 2 smaller blade …

Back and fresh from the Holiday Season, we've our second of the Meet The Maker series.Ben McKenzie has been making knives for only a couple of years, but has most definitely seen the light and is now teaching knife making to Year 9 students as well making his own. It's an interesting journey, and one many of you will find an inspiring read! Ben McKenzieAge? 40Why did you start making?I am a Design Technology (Woodwork/Metal/Electronics etc.) teacher having taught in Public and Cat …

Bevan Badcott makes some really interesting looking jewlery!Check out these hand made rings with metal inserts and wooden bands, some even have stone inlays.First time we have seen Curly Birch in a ring before, and we like it!