Profile

First Name:
Hendrik
Surname:
Du Plessis
KGSA Number:
Member Type:
VOTING MEMBERS
Craft:
Telephone:
082 377 5965
Email:
hdplessi@gmail.com
Web Site:
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.

Knife: Liner-Lock
Category: General Knives
Status: Display Only
Notes: Blade: Damascus Bolster: Nebula Damascus (Bertie Rietveld) Handle: Desert Iron Wood Liner: Electroplated Titanium
Knife: Hunter Fixed Blade
Category: General Knives
Status: Display Only
Notes: Blade: Damascus Bolster: Damascus Handle: Woolly Rhinoceros bone
Knife: Bird & Trout
Category: General Knives
Status: Display Only
Notes: Blade: S/Steel Damascus with hand carved detail Bolster: Tiamascus Handle: Stabilized Giraffe bone
Knife: Liner-Lock
Category: General Knives
Status: Display Only
Notes: 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
Knife: Gentleman's Liner-Lock folder
Category: General Knives
Status: Display Only
Notes: Blade: Spirograph Damascus Bolster: Mosaic Damascus Handle: Mammoth Ivory Liner: Electroplated Titanium
Knife: Bird & Trout
Category: General Knives
Status: Display Only
Notes: Blade: S/Steel Damascus with hand carved detail Bolster: Tiamascus Handle: Electroplated Titamium
Knife: Bird & Trout
Category: General Knives
Status: Display Only
Notes: Blade: N690 Bolster: Mokume Handle: Warthog tooth
Knife: Gentleman's Liner-Lock folder
Category: General Knives
Status: Display Only
Notes: Blade: Spirograph Damascus Bolster: Gibeon Meteorite Handle: Mammoth Ivory Liner: Electroplated Titanium