{"id":169,"date":"2012-06-22T13:45:56","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T11:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capeknifemakersguild.com\/dir\/?page_id=169"},"modified":"2021-11-08T22:07:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T20:07:33","slug":"geyer-brian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/capeknifemakersguild.com\/dir\/members\/geyer-brian\/","title":{"rendered":"Geyer, Brian"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brian passed away in January 2015.
This page stands as a memory to his skill and workmanship.
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Brian was in the engineering quality control environment most of his life. Together with Des Horn, he was involved in the designing and manufacturing of the Hawk pistol in 1972.<\/p>\n

Brian was always been interested in the outdoors and started making knives in 1975 as a hobby. He joined the South African Police in 1977 as a gunsmith. After attaining the rank of Colonel, he left the Force in 1998 and relocated to the Whale Capital, Hermanus, in Western Cape.<\/p>\n

He enjoyed spending time making different models of folding knives.<\/p>\n

Brian applied and was accepted as a member of the South African Knifemakers Guild in 2005.<\/p>\n

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