27 results for 'j-flex'

Ever Ready - By John J(Post)

John J from Taree South sent us a couple of photos of a pretty special knife.The blade is a Brisa Farmer with 80 mm blade length in carbon steel, polished to remove the heat treatment scale.Handle is ...

Beginners Guide to Grinder Belts: What belts to buy?(Post)

Abrasive belts can be a confusing topic, at least if you are not able to pop into a shop for some good advice.So here is a quick guide to get you going. This is not a long, exhaustive list covering l ...

Why Bed The Tang In Epoxy - Then Knock it OFF Again.(Post)

What is "Bedding the tang"? Bedding the tang means gluing a stick-tang blade into the handle block in such a way that it can come off again to be shaped without the blade in the way. The advantage i ...

Australian Damascus billets now on Creative Man!(Post)

The first batch of damascus steel from Odins arms are now available on Creative Man!Jay-J from Odins Arms hand-makes damascus in Donald, Victoria from 1084 and 15N20 steels.1084 is a popular high-car ...

Weekend away at Borenore(Post)

Weekend road trip with the guys to BorenoreBy Bjorn JLast weekend we got away to the first market in 2 years (!), going to the Caravan, Camping and Outdoors Expo in Borenore, NSW. Where is Borenore, ...

Building a French Laguiole Folding Knife: Instructions(Post)

Instructions for Laguiole French Folding Knife Kit Tools used:Ball Peen HammerSmall Phillips screwdriverBench viceFiles and/or dremelSandpaperLaguiole French Folder kit http://creativeman.com.

ApexUltra - how to heat treat the new carbon "super steel"(Post)

ApexUltra is a carbon "super steel" developed specifically for kitchen knives.Tests results are nothing short of impressive:High hardnessAmazing edge retentionHigh toughnessWhat makes the steel so sp ...

Meet The Maker #12: Luke Andrew Cole(Post)

Creative Man: Meet The Maker Series - Luke Andrew ColeBy Riley Burns, 11/11/2020Luke Cole is a Brisbane based maker in his late thirties who has been a trade qualified jeweller for twenty years but h ...

Road Trip Report: First Ever QLD Knife Show(Post)

Queensland Knife Show 16th & 17th of Feb 2019.Last weekend Jamie and I went to the first ever Queensland Knife Show.The Australian Knife Art Association together with the Queensland Met ...

BLADE Show 2022 in Atlanta, in photos(Post)

By Bjorn J, 13.06.2022BLADE show is the biggest knife show in the world, held each year in Atlanta, Georgia in the South of the USA.To give you a picture of how big it is, if you were to walk past ea ...

Meet The Maker #9: Pierre Mefflin(Post)

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 ...

Hofi Ergonomic Technique for Moving Metal - save your arm(Post)

Uri Hofi is a Master Blacksmith from Israel who became quite famous in the blacksmithing world when he travelled internationally and demonstrated his "Hofi Ergonomic Technique for Moving Metal".Hofi' ...