Hey All, I hope everyone is doing lekker,

My name is Erin and I'm a li’l ‘ol knifemaker based in Johannesburg, South Africa. I started bladesmithing when I did a “Basic course in Bladesmithing” course with Stuart Smith in 25/08/2009. Since then I have completed the “American Bladesmith Society’s Introduction to Bladesmithing” 2 week course at Heavinforge in Belfast, South Africa on 18/03/2016 and the “Puukko Course for experienced knife makers” 10/11/2017 by Stuart Smith.

The steels I use are mainly Bohler K460 (Newhall / O1 equivalent), Silver Steel and SAE5160. I prefer doing the smaller Hunters, Puukko’s and Deba style kitchen knives but do a few Kiridashi’s and Bowies along the way…

Looking forward to learning a lot on the forum and taking my knifemaking to the next level, hopefully one day being able to submit knives to the ABS for JS...