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Matt L-S recently posted a photo of a blade he was making on his 1x30" belt sander and wanted to share this with the group. A bigger article might come later with more details but here at least is a quick look;A common question we see on the Australian Beginner Knifemaking Group on Facebook, is:What equipment is required to start making knives?The answer is "not a lot" and most of us start out with just hand files and possibly a belt sander for the handle.While a 1 x 30" sander/grinder is genera …

Meet The Maker: Riley BurnsMy name is Riley Burns and I run Burns Bespoke Crafts, Bespoke Crafts Photography and with the help of Jamie “Sausageman” Bishop and Toby “Fire and Steel” Murrill the Hunter Valley Hammer-In. You may have also seen me in the blue shirt behind a table at a show working for Creative Man.Riley at Iron Fest 2019, here helping a bloke who had come all the way from Canberra with some tips on how to get into knife making.I’ve also been lucky enough to attend, teach …

Took some better photos of the Polar 95 Stainless Puukos last week, these are a good all-around knife for when out and about, camping or fishing. The blade is in X55 Stainless steel, the handle in curly birch and heat treated birch finished with linseed oil and brass fittings. The sheath is either natural like in this photo, or brown in colour.

Spoon Carving Jam at the DenBy Bjorn Jacobsen 18/10/2019.Early October we had a little spoon carving workshop at the Creative Man warehouse in Brookvale, or the "Den" as we call it. Jesse, Riley, Jamie and myself from Creative Man and Rowland from Skateshank all made a spoon or ladle each, with a short and sharp 90 min lunch break at Nomad, the local brewery. (hard work this spoon carving).We used a combination of dry birch wood (Thanks Kev Slattery!), green stringy bark (Thanks Keith …

Riley Burns is a man of many strengths. He has an incredible amount of energy, being involved in the Australian knife making industry both behind and in front of the camera. Speaking of behind the camera, Riley sent us a couple of photos of his BigMert file guide.How awesome are these!Check out Riley's work on Facebook here: Bespoke Crafts PhotographyThe BigMert is our biggest file guide ever, a collaboration with Mert Tansu, you can check that out here: BigMert …