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Ben McKenzie is the Design & Technology Coordinator with Emmanuel College Warrnambool in Victoria, and Ben has kindly sent us the link to his tutorial video on how his college runs knife making as a metal working project in high school."Finding challenging models that cover the curriculum and inspire the kids, gives me a lot of satisfaction.And bringing knife making to the classroom has been one of the most fulfilling projects to date." Ben in his Meet The Maker Interview back in 2019 ( …

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 …

By Bjorn Jacobsen, June 2024Blade Show is the world's largest knife show - by far! The first weekend in June every year knifemakers, collectors and others related to the knife making industry gather in Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, Georgia for 3 action-packed days. Here is our journey to Blade Show 2024 with some photos of people we met and things we saw on the way.Jamie "Sausage Man Forge" Bishop and I travelled together from Sydney, and Toby Murrill was meeting us there from the UK. Toby used to l …

The Australian Knife Making AWARDS 2024 concluded with the Winner Announcement Live Stream on Wed 29th of May 8 PM - here are the summary slides!Your hosts Riley Burns (Nordic Edge) and Kevin Room ( Australian Knifemakers Guild) together with guest judge Tony Earwaker (Tony's Bladesmithing) shared the winning knives with photos, judging feedback as well as their prizes.Link to live stream on Youtube: Slides from presentation:     …

Australian Knife Making Awards 2024 Live Stream summary slidesWed 22nd May 2024 at 8 PM AEST, your hosts Riley Burns (Nordic Edge) and Kevin Room (Australian Knifemakers Guild) had guest Jackson Rumble, Master Smith on the live stream.Link to live stream recording on Youtube: LINKTopics covered The 6 judging criteria your knife will be scored onThe scoring matrix 0-8The judging commentsJudging knives only by photos - limitationsCoaching - how to benefit from the judging commentsReachin …