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Thank you to everyone who came by our stand at the Sydney SHOT show this last weekend!It was a great show and over 16,000 visitors came through over the two days.We were lucky enough to be get a visit from the SHOT Promo team, check out this clip from the axe throwing:

Wanted to share this great example of a Scandinavian blade and Australian handle material coming together. The below is Phillip F's Polar Long Hunter blade with handle in Brown Mallee Burl and brass fittings., and a custom leather sheath.  You may recognise the style as Phil is also the maker used to show how the Lauri Laplander kit might turn out.

Heat Treating RWL 34 In A Gas Forge:RWL 34 can be heat treated in a gas forge by using a thermocouple as temperature control.History:Swedish makers Damasteel are famous for their stainless steel damascus in amazing patterns. Central to their Damasteel products is the RWL 34 steel, by many considered to be one of the best knife steels on the market. This is due to high edge retention and sharpness, as well as ease of machining and polishing. RWL is named after R W Loveless (Bob Loveless) one …

On the facebook group Australian Beginner Knife Making we sent out some samples of Juma Gem. To makers wanting to help test a (to us) new handle material from Germany called Juma Gem. Originally made for smaller inserts, we thought it would look great also on it's own.Check out this gem from Ben C, using a blue Juma Gem as handle scales with a skinning blade made from an old Fork truck and matching steel pins. Love the clean shapes of the blade and the twirly, colourful handle.Ben is a tale …

Check out these stunning chef knife handles in Acrylic!Acrylic can be tricky to use, requiring a bit of planning to get the tang and pin to line up with the pattern of the acrylic and the wavy band inside the blocks. When done right like here, the result is pretty spectacular.The Man salmon one is done by Cade C:And this one with an Ice Blue Acrylic handle is by Nathan T: …