Herbst Knife-making Academy

We wish all your knifemakers a good and profitable guild show this weekend, may it be one of your best.
We post this photo in memory of Thinus, the man who build the machines on which you build you dreams.

Thanks Les Dicks, Sean Marchesi, Pieter Meyer and Creswell for a wonderful weekend of knife-making. Well done!

HERBST folder with Dama steel blade and animal scenes on titanium handle slabs.

HERBST Folder with Big 5 on titanium bolsters.

Congratulations Timothy Steyn and Henning Olivier for successfully completed our fixed blade knife making course.

Cheers to you for a job well done! Aidan Middlemiss and Dustin Middlemiss for successfully completed our fixed blade knife-making course.

Well done! Anton Wait and Stephan du Toit for completing our fixed blade knife-making course.

Congratulations Ian Buchanan, Rick Theron, Johann Weideman and Renier Snyman for completing our slip-back folding knife-making course.

A couple of unique knives made by HERBST for a friend.

Well done! Coenie Powell, Frans Kruger and Albert van Wyk for successfully completed our fixed blade knife-making course.

Cheers to you for a job well done! Thanks Stephan de Wet, Paul Botha, Tiaan Erasmus, Theunis Duvenage and Ian Cavanagh for completing our fixed blade knife-making course.

Thanks Chad Franklin and Tom Barkhuizen we hope that you enjoyed your time at Herbst Knife-making Academy and we wish you all the best for the future.

Great start for the year, having you guys on our fixed blade knife-making course. Well done! PR Schalekamp, Diederik Beyers, Emil Bloemhof, Palm Beyers and Xander Yssel.

Hats off to you for completing our Slip-back folding knife-making course. Daryl Bensch, JH Bensch, Philip Kotze, Philip Kotze(Jnr) and Christo Kotze well done!

Herbst Knife-making Academy would like to thank Henk Swanepoel, Danie Visagie, Christo Visagie, Wietsche Hoek and Werner Hoek for successfully completed our fixed blade knife-making course.

Congratulations Carl Horn, Danelo de K**k and Johandre de Vries for successfully completed our fixed blade knife-making course. Well done!

It's a privilege making knives with new friends every weekend. Thanks Cornell Grewar, Steve Dalgarno, Sean Crossland and Raymond Baard.

Cheers to you guys for a job well done! Congratulations Pieter Nienaber, Kyle Shering and Arno Visagie for completing our fixed blade knife-making course.

Special moments in the workshop with new friends. Congratulations Gabri Jordaan, Tom Barkhuizen, Rikus Terblanche and Daniel Jordaan for completing our fixed blade course.

Well done! Pieter du Bruyn, Johan Wiese, Joy Wiese and Rick Theron wishing you nothing but the best as you embark on this new Journey.

Congratulations Rudie van den Berg, Johan Roux, Petrus Roux, Gerrie Ludick, Jacques van der Merwe and CP Scheepers for completing our fixed blade course. Well done!

Well done! Dia van Staden, Chris Joubert and Marthinus Steyn for successfully completed our slip-back folding knife-making course.

HERBST would like to thank Titus van Aswegen, Manus van Aswegen, Morne Strydom and Johan-Simeon Knoetze for successfully attending our fixed blade knife-making course. Well done!

We are blessed to make knives every weekend with new friends. Well done! Schalk Prinsloo and Joshua Myers.

Knives made by our students on our fixed blade knife-making course. Congratulations! you totally nailed it! Super job.

Congratulations Deon Esterhuizen, Frank Travers, Justin Chiang and Deon Erasmus for completing our Slip-back folding knife course. Well done!

HERBST would like to thank Flip Steenkamp, Jacques Conradie, Erik Conradie, Henk van der Merwe, Pieter van Schalkwyk and Mario van der Merwe for successfully attending our Fixed blade knife-making course. Well done!

Cheers to you guys for a job well done. Congratulations Thomas Vorster, Arnold Retief, Karel Jan Coetzee, Werner Erasmus and Nico van Zyl.