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I grew up in Chrissiesmeer, in the lake district of Mpumalanga, where my parents had a small but successful business, manufacturing wool duvets and pillows. It was through marketing these products at craft markets that I first came into contact with knife makers like Gawie and Tinus Herbst and Kevin Harvey. At that time I was about eight years old, and could do no more than leave my fingerprints on their blades.<\/p>\n

It was about that time that my brother, who is five years older than me, decided that he wanted to make knives. So after some research, my father built him a hollow grinder similar to a Herbst ultimate grinder. My brother never made knives, and after eight years of using the hollow grinder for odd jobs, I, then sixteen, decided to have a go at knife making, after all, I always had a burning passion for knives.<\/p>\n

After doing a daylong \u201cLook and Learn\u201d course at Kevin Harvey, and grinding away several meters of mild steel, I made my first real knife in September 2012. I made some saw blade knives before that, but this was my first real knife with a hollow grind and bolster.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile I was working my way through school, and being home schooled, I used every opportunity to make knives, sometimes much to my mother\u2019s dismay. I matriculated in 2013, and, faced with the question of what to do with my life, I decided to become a fulltime knife maker, so I did a rather late knife making course at Herbst, and started working.\u00a0 In April 2014 we moved to Mosselbay, where I am fortunate enough to share a workshop with another knife maker, which is a great help. In the meantime I bought myself a Herbst grinder, but my father\u2019s machine is still serving me well.<\/p>\n

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