Profile
First Name: |
Jaco |
Surname: |
DE KOCK |
KGSA Number: |
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Member Type: |
VOTING MEMBERS |
Craft: |
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Telephone: |
082 962 1416 |
Email: |
bonus@lantic.net |
Web Site: |
www.nwknives.co.za |
Facebook: |
NW Knives |
Instagram: |
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Does Courses: |
Yes |
Course Info: |
Fixed blade and linerlock. |
Profile: |
I was born in November 1967 in Kleksdorp and grew up in the old Western Transvaal and Cape province. Like all young men from that generation I played with knives, catapults, slingshots and the occational blackpowder bomb. That is where my love for blades was born. After my two years in the old S.A. defense force, I went to study engineering. I started making knives somewhere in the 2000's. I did some courses in the making of fixed blade and linerlock knives aswell as in the making of damascus steel. In 2013 I build a beltsander for myself to speed up the knifemaking process. I immediatelly got requests from other knifemakers to build the machines for them aswell. I started NW Knives early 2014 and I am a full time knife maker and machine builder since then. I occasionally present courses for new knife makers. I stay in Potchefstroom in the NW province. |
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