South African Guild Show

[marthinus]

The Knife Makers Guild of South Africa show was over the weekend and here are some highlights for those interested.


I could not take photos of every table and mainly focused on folders. Even those I could not get photos of everything before they where grabbed by collectors.


Some of the knives were orders being filled and showcasing a makers work and not for sale.

The empty hall.

Some stunning boxes.

My future grinder and disc grinder.

TW90 variant.

Andre Thorburn. Some were orders being filled at the show as well.

A Harpoon blade!

A2 Knives (Andre Thorburn and Andre van Heerden)

Neels Roos

Neill Schutte. His two years winning Blade's best fighting bowie says enough about his quality. Immaculate.

 

[marthinus]

Herucus Blomerus

John Arnold

One of the most stunning pieces I have ever seen.


This thing has everything. Zirconium, mammoth, engraving, Rob Thomas Damascus....just all out drool quality, front flipper IKBS.

Rob Brown. His work is always superb.

Des Horn. He has been working on some new handle textures and by far one one of my favorite working folders remains his Imvubu.

Stuart Smith

Trevor Burger

Some blades present over coffee and fellow friends.

 

[vilePossum]

wpw, thanks for sharing! some really awesome knives there!

 

[grouse]

Thank you for the great photos.

 

[Topcatpt]

Nice pics thanks for sharing

 

[RL]

Awesome knives..thanks for the post

was Andre devilliers there?

 

[mknife]

Great photos, great knives.
Thanks for sharing

 

[WCC]

Some real nice talent there.
Any Bauchops on display?

 

[Doug C]

Marthinus,

:thumbup:Thank you for the nice images and maker names, coffee & knives always sounds like a pleasant time.
Some amazing craftsmanship here.

Doug

 

[marthinus]

Thank you all for the kind words and glad you enjoy the quick tour.

Awesome knives..thanks for the post

was Andre devilliers there?

Thank you for the kind words. I really enjoy your photography of the shows you go to.

Andre Devilliers was not there.

Some real nice talent there.
Any Bauchops on display?

Yes there were. He made a few swords and had a set of the ones in the picture below with the dark finish. One large and small. Picture is not mine.

 

[boshi74]

Great pics thanks for sharing

 

[thales2015]

Thanks for posting these - there's some spectacular looking stuff there!

 

[vanschalkwykstephen]

Great post, love those Thornburns and Burgers ... and of course the Warlock!

 

[Grucha2004]

a piece of ART !

 

[brownshoe]

Thanks a lot!

 

[LX_Emergency]

That was great. Die afrikanen doen het geweldig (Those africans do an amazing job!)

 

[Bob Leedy]

A lot of fine work shown here that I'd otherwise never see. Thank you very much.

 

[marthinus]

Thanks for all the kind words everyone.

Great post, love those Thornburns and Burgers ... and of course the Warlock!

Sorry but there is no Warlock in those photos.

 

[RogerP]

Thanks for taking the time to post all of these great pics. It's been a while since I've seen Rob Brown's work posted on the forums, so I particularly enjoyed seeing those.

 

[vanschalkwykstephen]

In the pair of Bauchops's you posted (originally from the sablade post), the blacked-out FS is a Warlock, Peter used to make a smaller one too called the Witch- both are still incredibly effective[emoji106]