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We love getting photos from completed knives and today we wanted to share one of them.The blade is the EnZo Chef 160 and the scales are from Red Mallee Burl, with mosaic pins and red spacers.Jon Day has done a really good job on this one, looks like it will be a kitchen favourite.

Another beautiful piece by full-time French maker Paul E Arestan, based outside Brisbane.Handle is in figured York Gum Burl and blade in stainless steel damascus Paul also holds practical workshops with small class-sizes, if wanting to make your own version, contact him on pearestan@hotmail.com …

Scott Foskett is a custom knifemaker from QLD, doing both bespoke work to customer's drawings as well as delivering his own designs for kitchen and outdoor style knives.Scott has sent us a couple of photos showing what he is doing with his supplies from CreativeMan.com.au, and we wanted to share the photos!Here is a Brisket Boss set in High Carbon 1084 steel and Green Mamba Juma handle scales and carbon fiber pins;And this Japanese style 8" Santoku knife has a blade in Stainless Steel Damascus a …

Next up in our Meet The Maker Series is David Talko-Nicholas. We're big fans of David's work and his simple approach to knife making, so have a read of his own relatively new journey...Age: 43 I grew up fishing and diving and then worked as a commercial diver and dive instructor for years. I’ve always had a knife close to hand and on one or two occasions saved my own life with one. I also love to cook so I appreciate a decent chefs knife. These things coupled with a love for making pretty …

2019 Blade Symposium - A Noob's Journey My first blade symposium began with leaving home at 2pm, collecting Bjorn from the city at 3pm, and sitting in traffic for more or less the next 5 hours. We arrived at Cuppacumbalong Homestead in the ACT in the dark, during the trailing end of a Q&A session after Rodrigo Sfreddo’s Opening Address of the symposium.  It was mildly disappointing to have missed the actual talk, but we were glad to be able to open a beer neverthe …