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Making a Viking Sword - In Pictures
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
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2nd Jul 2024
BLADE Show 2024 In Photos - Road Trip to the US
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
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19th Jun 2024
AWARDS 2024: Winners & Knife Photos
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:
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29th May 2024
AWARDS 2024: Judging & Prizes
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
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22nd May 2024
AWARDS 2024: How to Enter & Taking Photos to Score Well
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
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15th May 2024