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By Bjorn Jacobsen, March 2024"A Sharp Knife is a Safe Knife"Knife sharpening is part of using knives - or at least it should be. Most people use knives all their lives in the kitchen, when going fishing or camping and never think too much about sharpening them. Most all knives start out sharp and then quickly loses that initial “razor sharp” edge before hitting the main usable “generally sharp” period of use.Eventually all knives end up dull, and should be resharpened. The actual cutting e …

What is san mai?San Mai is a term used to describe laminated steel, a sandwich of blade steel in the middle and cladding of some sort on the sides. The cladding can be another blade steel or something that will not harden, the point is more that when the finished blade is etched, the different materials will contrast. The difference when working with San Mai is mostly about making sure you expose a similar amount of core steel on each side when grinding, and that final step of etching the …

Or how to get into leather working with a simple leather knife sheath.How to make a knife sheath is another whole area of knife making with tools, techniques and ways to make it as simple or as advanced as you want to. Leatherworking is a whole craft in itself, and there is lots to learn if wanting to make high end leatherwork - but it does not have to be all that complicated.Here we are going to make a simple "slip sheath" for a chef knife, showing the tools and supplies used in the process. Th …

Australian Knife Making Awards 2024: Join us!Beginner-friendly knife making competition Held each year in MayFree to enterGet feedback on your knife - become a better makerLive streams with more detail + Q&A + GIVEAWAYSPrizes and trophies to be wonWhen is the AWARDS held?The AWARDS are held in May each year. The knife can be started any time but has to be completed in the month of May. Beginner-friendly?This is for all makers wanting to take part.The Best Knife From Kit catego …

MTM #27 Stacy Hall, SLH BladesBorn in Shepparton, Victoria 51 years ago, I enjoyed living in a small country town with plenty of space to run around. Or at least Shepparton used to be a small town, it has gotten a bit bigger over the years since back then. Today we live in Mooroopna which is not far off “Shepp” and maybe 180 km north-west of Melbourne. One of the perks of living in a smaller town is having a shed at home for knife making so my commute is pretty good these days.Metal w …