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Women’s Bladesmith/Knifemaker Panel Saturday, June 4th, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room 113 With Grace Horne, Lora Schwarzer, Abie Lyons, and more to come. Join the industry’s leading female bladesmiths and knifemakers in a panel discussion format as they outline how to succeed as a woman in a male-dominated industry. See what obstacles they overcame…

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QSP stands for Quality, Service, Price. There are 2 series for choice: BUDGET FRIENDLY and PREMIUM SERIES. QSP Knives has adopted precision working procedures such as water jet, vacuum heat treatment, CNC machining, CNC grinding and more. Each QSP knife is closely inspected before shipping. The QSP team is committing to design and manufacture practical…

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Whether you’re an experienced knifemaker or just getting started with a new hobby, Jantz is your one-stop shop for everything knifemaking. Knifemaking Steel and Metals Craft your own knives with our wide selection of bar stock and blade steel. We offer high carbon steel perfect for forging, stainless and tool steel for stock removal, ready…

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Class: Linerlock/Framelock Design & Construction Geometry Saturday, 4:00-5:00 PM Room 104 David Carver of Carver Knife Company will teach basic design, steps to build, processes (detailed) needed, as well as flow, lock geometry and completion. Blade Show classes start at $25 each. Learn more about Blade University by clicking here.

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Class: How to Texture Titanium Knife Handles Saturday, 2:00-3:00 PM Room 104 The course will cover the mechanics and techniques of using a 2×72 grinder to sculpt various patterns and textures on materials such as titanium, steel and other common alloys. Shane Magnussen of Scorpion 6 will outline grinder selection as well as appropriate machine…

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