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This is a few photos from the knife making course I did in September, 2016, following on from the billet making course I did in August, and I talked about in a previous post. I will try and tidy this up, order the photos, and discuss it a bit more Read more…

By benjeffares, 9 yearsSeptember 18, 2016 ago
Craft Knife-making

Knife Making: Making a billet

The knife making course I did was through the Learning Connexion, which is a private art school based in Upper Hutt. I ended up doing two courses; the first was three days making a piece of “Damascus Steel”, the second was three days making a knife, using the piece of Read more…

By benjeffares, 9 yearsAugust 28, 2016 ago

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