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I was born in 1958 in Uptington, and grew up in Pretoria. From an early age I have always been interested in knives, and as a young boy my pocket money used to go towards buying knives, to the extent that my collection grew to over three hundred knives.
In 2000 I made my first knife together with my nephew Burt Maree and it was not long before this interest in handmaking knives, and the building of my own knifemaking machinery, was taking up all of my free time. In 2001 I attended my first knifemaking course with Freek Morsner, and then in 2002 participated in Andre Thorburn's courses on both fixed blade, and folding, knife making. During that time I developed my own designs of biltong, hunting and pocket knives, and enjoyed success in marketing them. I also became a member of the "Sharp Shapes Knife Club".
In 2005 I made it a goal of mine to become a member of the Knifemakers Guild of SA, an achievement of which I am very proud. |
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