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Who wants to make a sword!As hobby knife makers, don’t we all want to make a sword at some point?It doesn’t seem all that hard, it is basically just a long knife – right.. Like most other knife makers, you have probably been told by someone they want to make a sword even though they have never even made a knife. Well, I have been making knives for years and wanted to have another go at a sword so here we go!Not quite my first rodeo This was not my first viking sword attempt but my first “p …

-- or "no samurais allowed in Melbourne? "-- By Bjorn J, May 2023Going to my first ever knife showThe Melbourne Knife Show 2023 was my first ever show as a maker. I have been to many shows with Nordic Edge but this was the first time I got a table and had things I had made myself on the table. The Melbourne show is the only Guild show in Australia, having run for over 30 years. This is the story of a short sword that was going to be the "centre piece" on my table. But it …