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Rosehill Gardens hosted the Sydney Knife Show 2024 the weekend of 10th and 11th of August.KAA runs a great showThe biggest knife show in Australia was on again a couple of weekends ago, here are some photos from the show. As always Kevin Slattery and the others in the KAA are putting on a well organised show, this year was no exception. Andrew Smith is a master organiser, juggling more balls every year with ease. It is easily overlooked when going to an event that someone has spent a lot o …

Meet The Maker: Julian Roche from Roche CutleryMTM #25 by Bjorn Jacobsen, September 2023Julian Roche is a maker from Western Sydney really starting to turn heads in the Australian knifemaking community. Exhibiting this year at Sydney Knife Show for the first time, he had some amazing knives on the table. Julian also took home a trophy from the 2022 Australian Knife Making Awards in the Best in Show category. Here is a bit about his story as a maker and some photos of his work.My origin sto …

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.