Blog

Pierre Mefflin from Mefflin Knives recently completed this amazing piece, and he was nice enough to share some progress photos of the handle;The blade is a fulltang dagger blade in W2 with a hamon and tapered tang. A hamon is a "failed heat treat" done so expertly that the edge is hard and the spine just missed the hardening, creating a visible hardening line. A hamon is not a small feat - imagine doing it on a dagger! Both edges need to successfully harden while the middle section just end …

Meet The Maker #9: Pierre MefflinPierre is the maker behind Mefflin Knives and our 9th maker in this series. I have known Pierre for several years and am very pleased he accepted doing a Meet the Maker interview. I think what Pierre touches on with mindfulnes and drawing parallells between martial arts training and knifemaking resonates with many of us; G’day I’m Pierre. I’m a part time maker based on the Central coast. I work full time in IT and get in as much knifemaking …