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LIST OF SUPPLIERS.
Please visit our friends who run knifemaking supply companies:
Herbst www.herbst.co.za 082 254 8016
Johan Oosthuysen and team, Knife Machines Tools and Supplies, www.kmts.co.za.
Juan Bernard and team at The Knife Shop, www.theknifeshop.co.za
Gawie and Thinus Herbst at Herbst Knife-making Academy, www.herbst.co.za
Viljoen Knife Supplies 071 367 1828
North West Knives and Supplies www.nwknives.co.za 082 962 1416
Derek Rausch 012 811 0551
Heavin Forge cannot be held responsible for the service or products listed below. The following list is intended to be a service to knifemakers and not as an advert for those listed. If you have any contacts you would like to share with other South African knifemakers, please let us know.
KNIFE STEELS:
Stainless Steels:
Herbst 082 254 8016
Des Horn 028 316 1795 for (RWL 34)
Bohler Steel Africa 011 571 2300 for N690 (440C)
Thyssen Marathon Steels 011 626 3370 for 2136 (D3)
Derek Rausch: 012 811 0551 for 440B and C
Knife Machines & Tools 012 752 7760 (Panzer36, 12C27, 19C27, N690)
The Knife Shop 051 446 0736
CARBON STEELS:
Knife Machines and Tools 012 752 7760 (D2 (K110) 01 (K460), 5160 and EN42F.
Starco 011 493 6558 for thin spring steel
Aveng Trident Steel 011 861 7111 for 5160
Saw Specialists for 15n20 used in Damascus 031 461 1826
Neels van den Berg for 5160 083 451 3105TON
GAS FORGES
Neels van den Berg, Blackdragon Forge 083 451 3105
Herbst 082 254 8016
Habanero Forge, Herman 060 746 6653
Knife Machines & Tools 012 752 7760
KNIFEMAKING COURSES: Offered by Knifemakers’ Guild of Southern Africa Members
Herbst (stock removal and folders) 012 525 1295
Bertie Rietveld 083 232 8766
Rucus Coetzee 084 427 4242
Heavin Forge 013 253 0914
Jaco de Kock 082 962 1416
Neels van den Berg 083 451 3105
BOLSTER MATERIALS:
Metals Centre 011 493 4930
Derek Rausch 012 811 0551
Knife Machines & Tools 012 752 7760
Non-Ferrous Metal Works 011 626 3390 (branches in all major centres in South Africa)
PRECIOUS METALS:
Metal Concentrators 012 305 3562
ART CLAY METALS
Dragon Glass 082 457 2951
LEATHER:
S.A Leather 011 402 6696
Mendleson & Frost 011 444 2250
Knife Machines & Tools 012 752 7760
Leatherite 012 804 3520
Concept Shoe Material Centre - Pretoria 012 328 3290, 083 520 1189
CHEMICALS:
Protea Chemicals 011 821 3300
Chemical re-packs 011 828 7800
Knife Machines & Tools 012 752 7760 (Ferric Chloride and borax)
EMBELISHERS:
Skrimshaw 076 502 7267 Nkosi Jubane
Engraving 044 389 0148 Elke Henley
Engraving 082 707 5604 Helene van Wyk
Scrimshaw 03930 92316 Sharon Burger
Scrimshaw 017 634 6194 Melodie de Witt
Jeweller 00268 404 8631 Frances Farrell (Swaziland)
Jeweller, Nick Badenhorst 011 609 8405
Marli Blignaut 076 466 2416
KNIFE COLLECTORS
Harvey Silk, purchaser of estates and collections, info@beaverknives.se (Sweden)
PHOTOGRAPHERS;
Dewald Reiners 012 804 0334 083 600 0591
BELT GRINDERS AND DISC SANDERS:
Derek Raush 012 811 0551
Knife Machines & Tools 087 808 2400/1
Herbst 082 254 8016
The Knife Shop 051 446 0736
ABRASIVES:
General Abrasives 011 624 1037
Rebuff (Norton Agent) 011 974 8951
Pferd 011 394 3700
Derek Rausch (3-M Agent) 012 811 0551
Andre Thorburn 014 736 5748
Knife Machines & Tools 012 752 7760
Herbst 082 254 8016
The Knife Shop 051 446 0736
HEAT-TREATMENT FURNACES:
John Lee Custom Furnaces 016 365 5723
Knife Machines & Tools 012 752 7760
SPECIAL STEELS;
Titanium Industries 011 868 5611
Knife Machines & Tools 012 752 7760 (Titanium, rods, sheets and strips)
DAMASCUS STEEL;
Des Horn (Damasteel - imported stainless damascus) 028 316 1795
Bertie Rietveld 083 236 4860
Knife Machines & Tools 012 752 7760
De Wet Van Zyl 079 640 9867
HEAT-TREATMENT OF KNIVES:
Bohler Steel 011 974 2781
Broadway Heat Treatment 011 422 6211
GEMS AND MINERALS:
African gem and minerals 011 873 6303
ANIMAL PRODUCTS (IVORY) ETC.
Bushcraft Trading 011 403 2744
National Parks Board, Marius Gie 083 555 4398 013 759 5300 (legal elephant ivory)
Knife Machines and Tools 012 752 7760 (buffalo horn, scales, stabilized giraffe and buffalo bone, jigged bone and warthog tusks)
The Knife Shop 051 446 0736
FANS, BLOWERS AND MOTORS:
Chazens motors 011 614 1077.
Knife Machines and Tools 012 752 7760 (Le Roy Somer agency)
CABLE (WIRE ROPE).
Wesley Muller 072 729 5323
ENGRAVING EQUIPMENT
Maizey Plastics 012 327 2000
Melco Engraving Supplies 011 873 1301
Knife Machines and Tools 012 752 7760
SPECIALISED WELDING RODS AND SOLDERS:
Eutectic 011 708 1042
Metal Mend 012 804 9118
Afrisol 011 865 4141 (for 97/3 low temperature lead free capillary solder)
Knife Machines and Tools 012 752 7760
LOGO PHOTO NEGATIVES AND POSITIVES:
Any photographic houses or Litho printers.
For Positive 20 photo resist spray, electronic component supplies.
Knife Machines & Tools 012 752 7760
BANDSAW BLADES:
Knife Machines and Tools 012 752 7760
First Cut 011 872 1138
Bandsaw services 011 827 9140
Gammies Sharpening 011 887 3128
JEWELLERY SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT:
Millers Dental 011 549 9600
Goldsmith & Jewellery Supplies 011 334 0015/012 323 1178
Unitools 011 837 8071
LASER CUTTING:
Knife Machines and Tools 012 752 7760
Lasercut Varios 011 622 6675
FOLDER AND GENERAL KNIFE SUPPLIES AND BOOKS
Derek Rausch 012 811 0551 - Books
Knife Machines & Tools 012 752 7760
Herbst 082 254 8016
The Knife Shop 051 446 0736
Viljoen Knife Supplies 071 367 1828
North West Knives & Supplies 082 962 1416
MACHINING AND ENGINEERING SUPPLIES:
Knife Machines & Tools 012 752 7760 (ToolQuip agency)
HANDLE MATERIALS:
Rare Woods 011 394 7945
F.G Hoffmann 011 873 0247
Indian Harbour Lumber Co. 011 786 3138
Knife Machines & Tools 012 752 7760
Prosono Timbers 082 325 8425
Herbst 082 254 8016
The Knife Shop 015 446 0736
Bez Blocks 072 453 5662
ANVILS, TONGS, POST VICES ETC.
Knife Machines and Tools 012 752 7760 (Tongs, anvils, hammers and borax)
De Kraal 016 556 3729
Gold Anvil 011 314 2054
Anvils SA 083 775 0975
Romantiques, Hermanus 028 312 4226
Ridgid for Peddinghaus anvils 011 824 2534
Dennis Kriel 079 309 3651 Anvils and hammers
REFRACTORIES
Durocast for Theremocrete 1500 016 454 0404
Keramicalia for Keralite 2 011 412 3261
Vereeniging Refractories for Verocast 1600 011 813 1150 (Springs)
GH Kruger Refractories 011 609 5318
SHARPENING DEVICES
Sharp Edge 011 883 3059/1856
Knife Machines and Tools 012 752 7760 (Tormek water stone system ad Eze Lap diamond rods and stones)
LOGO PUNCHES
Logo Punches and Die 012 379 6438
Advano Marking Systems 011 794 7808
H. Norris 011 908 3620
Masvil Engravers 011 334 2264
KNIFE CASES
Knife Machines and Tools 012 752 7760
Brian Coetzee 083 372 8784
LEATHER SHEATHS
Herbst 082 254 8016
MICROSCOPES
Micromet Scientific 011 486 2244
Electric Industry Supplies 011 726 6758
SPEED CONTROLERS
Neels van den Berg 082 857 0324
STEEL ANALYSIS
Broadway Heat Treatment 011 422 6211
JEWELLERY SUPPLIES
South African Institute for Heritage Science and Conservation www.sainst.org
042 273 1567 Conservation materials, supplies and equipment
TONGS
Neels van den Berg, Blackdragon Forge 083 451 3105
STEEL ANALYSIS
Broadway Heat Treatment 011 422 6211
Scrooby’s Laboratory Service 011 425 1074
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