Profile

First Name: Hendrik
Surname: Du Plessis
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Member Type: VOTING MEMBERS
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Telephone: 082 377 5965
Email: hdplessi@gmail.com
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hdplessi
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billet2blade
Does Courses: No
Course Info:
Profile: My love for knife-making started in December 2014 with my first fixed blade beginner course. Thereafter I was hooked and dedicated all my free time (and money) in honing my skill and making knives. A highlight in my knife-making career is when I won the 2017 Non-Guild Knife-Making Competition. In 2019 I became a member of The Knifemakers’ Guild of Southern Africa.

I always strive to produce high quality fit and finish on my knives, and I challenge myself with new designs. The knives I enjoy making most are Bird & Trout, Liner-Lock folders and hunter or Persian style fixed blades.

Gentleman's Liner-Lock folder
Blade: Spirograph Damascus
Bolster: Gibeon Meteorite
Handle: Mammoth Ivory
Liner: Electroplated Titanium
Bird & Trout
Blade: N690
Bolster: Mokume
Handle: Warthog tooth
Bird & Trout
Blade: S/Steel Damascus with hand carved detail
Bolster: Tiamascus
Handle: Electroplated Titamium
Gentleman's Liner-Lock folder
Blade: Spirograph Damascus
Bolster: Mosaic Damascus
Handle: Mammoth Ivory
Liner: Electroplated Titanium
Liner-Lock
Blade: S/Steel Damascus with hand carved detail and 24K pins
Bolster: N690, Engraved with 24K gold inlay by Jan Hendrik Viljoen
Handle: Warthog tooth
Liner: Electroplated Titanium
Hunter Fixed Blade
Blade: Damascus
Bolster: Damascus
Handle: Woolly Rhinoceros bone
Liner-Lock
Blade: Damascus
Bolster: Nebula Damascus (Bertie Rietveld)
Handle: Desert Iron Wood
Liner: Electroplated Titanium
Bird & Trout
Blade: S/Steel Damascus with hand carved detail
Bolster: Tiamascus
Handle: Stabilized Giraffe bone