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On Wed 15th of May 2024 the live stream was on "How to Enter" and "What Photos to Take" or more importantly, how to take photos to score well.Riley Burns from Nordic Edge and Kevin Room from the Australian Knifemakers Guild hosted the stream, with Rod from Rod Hoare Knife Images as expert guest on to help with tips on how to take better knife photos.Stream split into twoShortly into the stream facebook and the streaming software had a bit of a glitch and the stream had to be restarted, this resu …

Want to improve your knife making?Want to spend 2 days at Tharwa Valley Forge with hands-on lessons?Want some time with high-level makers talking through your knives with tailored help for your knives on what to focus on next?Then read on..What is Knife Camp?The Australian Knifemakers Guild again this year held a very succesful Guild Knife Camp at Tharwa Valley Forge the first weekend of December.Knife Camp is one of the main ways the Guild work to help makers improve their knifemaking …

The team at Tharwa Valley Forge held the 2023 Canberra Knife Show on Sunday 3rd December 2023.The show itself is held at the Cuppacumbalong Homestead part of TVF, a historic homestead in beautiful settings by the Murrumbidgee River, just outside of Canberra. The weather was a bit mixed this year with some short showers during the day but mostly it was a sunny, pleasent day for all. The makers on the lawn were in the shade - and dry - under a big gazebo while talking to the crowds and s …

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 …

By Bjorn Jacobsen, April 2023I met Billy during the Master Class of the 2022 Blade Symposium. What a guy! Going with Jamie and Pierre to the master class I knew it would be fun already, but Billy certainly added to the group laughs! From what I picked up during the week, I knew Billy had quite the story. Working through a difficult period of his life and using his passion for making to find both new energy, and new people to call friends. We are grateful to Billy for wanting to share his s …

By Bjorn Jacobsen, March 2022Before the 2022 Blade Symposium the Australian Knife Art Association (KAA) held a Master Class at Tharwa Valley Forge. The "master class" is held as a higher-level course where the students make a signature style knife and previous teachers have been makers like Kyle Royers and Rodrigo Sfreddo.2022 Bowie Master Class:The master class this year was taught by Jackson Rumble, Journeyman Smith and would take the students through making one of his signature style big …