Workshop knife sheath making
This 1 day workshop will teach you the basics of making a leather or Kydex knife sheath. You need to bring your own knife as the sheath will be custom fitted to it.
This 1 day workshop will teach you the basics of making a leather or Kydex knife sheath. You need to bring your own knife as the sheath will be custom fitted to it.
A Santoku is used as a general-purpose kitchen knife originating in Japan. “Santoku” in Japanese means knife “Three Virtues” as this knife is a true all rounder: vegetables, meat, fish, etc… The blade was cryo treated in liquid nitrogen to fully optimise the crystal structure to 62/63 HRC. This is much harder than regular knives so this knife should be treated as a high precision tool and not as a bone chopper.
I’m excited and honoured to be selected for the DAMASTEEL INVITATIONAL August 29, 2020. This event will be attended by world class knife makers that will show their unique culinary knives. I could use your support on this one. If you vote you get a chance to win a beautiful Damasteel® Chef knife from german WMF!
A knife is by far the most important tool to carry in the wild. However, a dull knife is useless and dangerous. Knifesharpening is an art and an exercise in Zen meditation. Wax on wax off! Take your time and control your breathing. Remember, practice...
Read MoreI was asked to make a custom chef knife for the owner of the restaurant L’ attrape Loup situated in Bailleux Belgium.
Her choices:
[gallery ids="51439,51440,51441,51442,51438"] I finished this set of knives. Ordered by a hunter for him and his father, who is a fanatic knife collector! I guess every man wants a son like that...
Read MoreIf you would like to check out my recent work come and say hello at my booth on this festival. I’ve made a few chef knives from Damasteel. Damasteel is a Swedisch company producing ultrahigh tech patterned quality steel.
Finally, I finished this 240 layer damascus steel dagger with an ebony handle. A few months ago a fanatic dagger collector made this custom order. He told me he was a big fan of the classic Fairbairn-Sykes dagger, so I based my design on that....
Read MoreEver wondered how it sounds when you are forging a blade? Well, last weekend some participants of the workshop "`MAKE YOUR OWN KNIFE" got the chance to experience just that! This is a 1 minute audio recording that takes you through several sounds inside the workplace. Recordings made...
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