Suppliers & services for knifemakers
South African businesses — and makers with a trade on the side — supplying steel, machines, materials, engraving, scrimshaw and presentation cases.
Knifemaking supplies
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Andre. Erasmus
Klerksdorp, North West
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Eyrie Forge
KGSA associate member (supplies)
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Goldsmith & Jewellery Supplies
Pretoria, Gauteng
Jewellery-manufacturing tools and knifemaking supplies, established 1989
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Black Dragon Forge
Lanseria, Gauteng
Our range includes LPG forges, burners, smelting furnaces, forging hammers and tongs, specialist knifemaking tools,
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KMTS
Knifemaking tools and supplies, Pretoria shop
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Rausch Engineering
Derek Rausch — knifemaking materials; KGSA voting member
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Stefan Diedericks Knives & Supplies
Benoni, Gauteng
Knifemaking supplies including Damascus billets
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Zees Knife Supplies
Knifemaking supplies; also keeps a maker directory and club list
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Non-Ferrous Metal Works
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Brass, bronze, copper and silver solder for guards, bolsters and fittings
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Prosono Hardwoods
Hekpoort, Gauteng
Indigenous hardwoods, handle scales and blocks
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Rare Woods SA
Cape Town, Western Cape
Exotic timber and turning blanks
Steel & Damascus
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Andrew Bell
Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal
Co-founder of BalbachDamast South Africa (2017)
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Des Horn
Onrusrivier, Western Cape
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Ed Harker
Kibler Park, Gauteng
Specialise in kitchen knives
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Van van der Merwe
Pretoria, Gauteng
Making knives sins 84
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BalbachDamast South Africa
Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal
Official Southern African distributor of Balbach stainless and titanium Damascus
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Black Dragon Forge
Lanseria, Gauteng
Our range includes LPG forges, burners, smelting furnaces, forging hammers and tongs, specialist knifemaking tools,
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Stefan Diedericks Knives & Supplies
Benoni, Gauteng
Knifemaking supplies including Damascus billets
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Tiaan Groenewald
Bloemfontein, Free State
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voestalpine High Performance Metals Africa (Böhler)
Germiston, Gauteng
Knife steels and heat treatment
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Andre Kruger
Pretoria, Gauteng
Made my first knife in 1982
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Norman Brandon Hackney
PRETORIA, Gauteng
Blood, sweat & beers!!!
Grinders & machines
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Charles Swart
Kliprivier, Gauteng
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Gawie Herbst
Pretoria, Gauteng
Father-and-son team with Thinus Herbst, north of Pretoria
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Black Dragon Forge
Lanseria, Gauteng
Our range includes LPG forges, burners, smelting furnaces, forging hammers and tongs, specialist knifemaking tools,
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Vormac
Cape Town, Western Cape
South African-made belt grinders for knifemakers — the Blade, Curve and VM-1 — plus a disk grinder, contact wheels, motors, speed controls and belts
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Drakon Forge
Pretoria, Gauteng
Anvils, forging hammers, power hammers and belt grinders
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Norman Brandon Hackney
PRETORIA, Gauteng
Blood, sweat & beers!!!
Forges
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Sarel Venter
Pretoria, Gauteng
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Black Dragon Forge
Lanseria, Gauteng
Our range includes LPG forges, burners, smelting furnaces, forging hammers and tongs, specialist knifemaking tools,
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REFYRE Fire Products
Germiston, Gauteng
Refractories, ceramic fibre and fire bricks for forges and furnaces
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Jay Katz
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
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Drakon Forge
Pretoria, Gauteng
Anvils, forging hammers, power hammers and belt grinders
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Norman Brandon Hackney
PRETORIA, Gauteng
Blood, sweat & beers!!!
Etching, anodising & polishing machines
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Dries van Dyk
Builds electro-chemical etching, titanium anodising and mirror-polishing machines to order
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Norman Brandon Hackney
PRETORIA, Gauteng
Blood, sweat & beers!!!
Engraving
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Danie de Bruin
Rustenburg, North West
Part-time knife maker since 2024 - will be full time from 2029.
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Fanie Lombard
Musina, Limpopo
Handmade knives for collectors and hunters
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Jan Wahl
Secunda, Mpumalanga
Full-time knifemaker since 2008
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Niel van Heerden
Klerksdorp, North West
Frame-lock and liner-lock folders
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Sarel Venter
Pretoria, Gauteng
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Van van der Merwe
Pretoria, Gauteng
Making knives sins 84
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Bennie De Jongh
Centurion, Gauteng
Full Time Specialty Laser and Hand Engraving
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Kieran Tinsley
Hand engraving of lettering, logos and bolster patterns
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Julien Marchal — African Engraving
KGSA associate member (engraver)
Scrimshaw
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Nkosilathi (Nkosi) Jubane
Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng
Big-game scrimshaw artist; fixed blades and frame-lock folders
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Van van der Merwe
Pretoria, Gauteng
Making knives sins 84
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Christelle De Vries
Pretoria, Gauteng
Fine art Artist - specializing in charcoal and oil portraits, pen and ink drawings, from 2014.
Presentation cases
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Brian Coetzee
Hand-made presentation boxes in Kiaat, Red Milkwood and burls
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Norman Brandon Hackney
PRETORIA, Gauteng
Blood, sweat & beers!!!
Sheaths & leather
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Ed Harker
Kibler Park, Gauteng
Specialise in kitchen knives
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Phillip Verwey
Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng
Makes his own sheaths and does scrimshaw
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Sarel Venter
Pretoria, Gauteng
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Theunis Coetzee
Parow, Western Cape
Part time knife maker
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Theunis Greyling
Kaapstad, Western Cape
Since 2016
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Warren Smith
Palm Beach, KwaZulu-Natal
Making knives since 2007
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Pieter M Fourie
Boksburg, Gauteng
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Woodheads
Cape Town, Western Cape
Vegetable-tanned leather and leatherwork tools
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Mark Lewis
Cape Town, Western Cape
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Duane van der Sandt
Johannesburg, Gauteng
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Norman Brandon Hackney
PRETORIA, Gauteng
Blood, sweat & beers!!!
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Malcolm Watt
New Germany, KwaZulu-Natal
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Gielie Swart
Swellendam, Western Cape
Part time in 2012.
Knife photography
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Danie de Bruin
Rustenburg, North West
Part-time knife maker since 2024 - will be full time from 2029.
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Mark Lewis
Cape Town, Western Cape
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