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AWARD summary: Scoring, Judging & Prizes
Summary slides from Live Stream on the Facebook Group Wed 24th of May,where Riley Burns and Christian Mathieson had Shawn McIntyre, Mastersmith on as a guest presenter to discuss the scoring used by the judges at the Australian Knifemaking Awards. As well as the judging comments as a way of providing feedback to the makers taking part.The guys also covered the sponsors and prizes for the AWARDS 2023, and had a giveaway quiz at the end as always on the live streams.A massive thank you to the part
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24th May 2023
WINNERS: 2021 Destruction Test Challenge
Winner Announcement: Saturday 16th of OctoberOn Saturday night we had the winner announcement from this years Nordic Edge Destruction Test Challenge!Hosted by Jamie "Sausage Man" Bishop and with guest Michael Cthulhu, it was a good show.Jezz from Oblivion Blades had to pull out last minute so did not get to present the prizes, but the guys managed to get it all sorted.1st Place : Daniel Pettersen: Steel billet from Oblivion Blades2nd Price: Alex McAlpine: Blacksmith Apron from Nor
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18th Oct 2021
How to heat treat Cu Mai billets
Cu Mai is an amazing-looking material in the right hands, but certainly not a beginner project.The laminated copper in between the steel and nickel makes it temperamental, and will require some experimentation but this is the recipe Jezz at Oblivion Blades succesfully use. He should know, he has made every bar we sell.The Cu Mai consists of 9 layers:1020 Mild steelNickelCopperNickel1084 High Carbon steelNickelCopperNickel1020 Mild steelThe nickel helps with the welding of the different mate
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22nd Dec 2020