Damascus Bracelet
Original price $95.00
Price $85.00
Product Details
Overall Length 2.5
Weight (oz) 0.8
Source From maker
Additional Specs
About the Maker
Rietveld, Bertie
Bertie is a South African knifemaker who started making knives as a hobby in 1979. He is a member of the Knife-makers Guild of Southern Africa, since 1982 and served as Chairman (1997 to 1999.) Member of the Italian Knife Guild. (Corporazione Italiana Coltellinai) since 2000. He started forging his own Damascus in 1991 and is the first producer of Stainless Steel damascus in South Africa, having made his first stainless steel Damascus in 1997. Voted in as a full member of the AKI in 2019. He established an engineering company, Batavia Engineering in 1988, (having studied mechanical engineering), manufacturing belt grinders and contact wheels. This business was downsized in 2000 so that Bertie could spend more time on his passion for knifemaking.