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AUSTRALIAN KNIFE AWARDS 2020!Enter a knife you make in May 2020 to win trophies and prizes.15 trophies and prizes across 3 Beginner and 2 Open categories. Full Details of Categories, Prizes and entry Criteria: Categories:• Best Knife From Kit• Best Beginner Chef Knife• Best Beginner Outdoor Knife• Best in Show – Open Category• Best Fully Forged Knife - Open CategoryKnife Making Awards 2020:• Entries close 30th of May 2020 (and open the 20th)• Knife must be completed in May 2020• You must b …

Derek W shared some photos with us this week of his last completed project.Nessmuk was the pen name of George W Sears who in the 1880 was writing articles about travelling light, enjoying the outdoors and being a solo "tourist" while the norm was to go in bigger groups with guides and heavy equipment in his area of the USA. His book is loved by bushcrafters and others who enjoy sleeping out and has a wood carving of his pen knife, his custom made belt knife (that we today call the Nessmuk knife) …

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 …

On the facebook group Australian Beginner Knife Making we sent out some samples of Juma Gem. To makers wanting to help test a (to us) new handle material from Germany called Juma Gem. Originally made for smaller inserts, we thought it would look great also on it's own.Check out this gem from Ben C, using a blue Juma Gem as handle scales with a skinning blade made from an old Fork truck and matching steel pins. Love the clean shapes of the blade and the twirly, colourful handle.Ben is a tale …

Check out these stunning chef knife handles in Acrylic!Acrylic can be tricky to use, requiring a bit of planning to get the tang and pin to line up with the pattern of the acrylic and the wavy band inside the blocks. When done right like here, the result is pretty spectacular.The Man salmon one is done by Cade C:And this one with an Ice Blue Acrylic handle is by Nathan T: …