Today I was lucky to be able to attend a knife making workshop with Grace Horne. She currently works in Sheffield making handmade knives and scissors, she has been making beautiful knives since her degree in 1992. Please have a look at some of her work at http://www.gracehorne.co.uk/.
There are quite a few elements to knife making and I was introduced to just the most simple parts today. There wasn’t enough time to be able to completely finish the knife but I just have some finishing touches before I can begin the final assembly of the knife. I am finding that knife making is about getting everything absolutely perfect, all of the pieces need to be made very precisely to enable it to work properly and visually it needs to be flawless. I like this because in this sense it is very much like weave, there is no leeway for imperfections.
I am looking forward to finishing my knife and very much hope to continue learning more craft skills.
