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Meet The Maker – Jake Summerell from 116 Blades MTM #24 by Bjorn Jacobsen, June 2023Jake is a maker from Bega, NSW that over the last few years really has made people sit up and take notice of his work. As recent as the Melbourne Knife Show in May 2023 Jake won not one but two awards – Best Forged Knife AND Best Kitchen Knife. At the 2022 QLD Knife Show he took out the coveted Best Damascus Knife. Jake’s engineering background hel …

The Glasshouse Gallery in Port Macquarie, NSW is holding a National Blacksmith Survey Exhibtion from December 2023 - February 2024.There will be an exhibit in the main gallery showcasing blacksmithing work from all over Australia.Help make the sculpturePart of the opening ceremony will be the assembly of a collaborative work called "Needle Stack", designed by Will Maguire. Will Maguire is working with the Glasshouse on inviting everyone doing blacksmithing in Australia to take part.Wil …

Takefu Specialty Steel, JapanBy Bjorn JacobsenJapanese steels are known as high-quality steel, often used in high-end chef knives. One of the oldest and most respected manufacturers in Japan is Takefu Specialty Steel, who make several versions of laminated steels for knife makers.At the Melbourne Knife Show in May 2023, I picked up a couple of bars of Takefu steel after admiring Jake Summerell's beautiful chef knife in the 20 layer carbon steel clad V-Toku2 steel. Jake was not only kind eno …

The Australian Knife Making Awards is a free to enter, online knife making competition run every year in May.The 2023 AWARDS ended Wed 31st of May with the Winner Announcement live stream where Riley Burns from Nordic Edge and Christian Mathieson from the Australian Knifemakers Guild showed all 12 winners across the 4 categories.Here are the summary slides from the live stream if wanting to catch up on this year's winners and prizes:Riley:Before we start showing the winning knives; let's ju …

Alec Smart from the Manly Daily were kind enough to come by and take some photos from a workshop recently.Putting togeher an article in the Manly Daily: LINK