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By Bjorn Jacobsen 28th of August 2020Jamie is possibly one of the most well-known guys in the Australian knife making community. He has a big beard, a big laugh and a big pan of Kransky at every show and market he goes to – making him a popular visitor both in front of and behind the tables of the other makers.Jamie, who grew up outside of Sydney, spent a considerable amount of time in the school holidays and weekends with his grandfather - was also a keen maker. It was during this time t …

4-Hour Speed Forging Challenge on the Australian Beginner Knife Making GroupBy Bjorn Jacobsen, 10th of July 2020.Jamie "Sausage Man" Bishop hosted the first 4-hour speed forging challenge competition on the Australian Beginner Knife Making Group the first week of July 2020.This came about a while ago when Jamie and I were discussing if we could do a "forged in fire" kind of competition; doing a 4-hour knife build where you had to test your knife at the end. I tried a couple of times to do i …