Australian Blade Ed 2 Sep 2017
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Damascus Magic!<br />
Steve Filicietti is a man of few words. He doesn’t need to say much, because his knives speak volumes for him.<br />
Artistic, integral, forged, masterpiece and art are all words that spring to mind, yet fall just short of doing justice<br />
to the blades that leave Steve’s workshop.<br />
Steve scooped the awards at the <strong>2017</strong> Sydney<br />
Knife Show and walked away with Best<br />
Damascus Knife, Best Forged Knife, Best Art<br />
Knife and Best in Show. That’s an outstanding<br />
effort and is testament to the number of years<br />
and effort Steve has devoted to knife<br />
making. Steve's a humble bloke who regularly<br />
donates his time to drive from his home in<br />
northern New South Wales up to Ipswich in<br />
Queensland to conduct forging workshops,<br />
such is his generosity. His willingness to share<br />
and teach is greatly appreciated.<br />
Bill Burke, American <strong>Blade</strong> Society Master<br />
Smith was recently moved to comment:<br />
"Of the Aussie knifemakers who's (sic) work I<br />
have seen, only Steve Filicietti's is consistently<br />
good enough to be of "master smith" quality.”<br />
Bill went on to contextualise his comments<br />
with: “This is not to say that others work is not<br />
(as good) just that I haven't seen any others<br />
who are. I am sure there are others."<br />
13'' sanmai blade and black palm handle
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