Refined By James

Refined By James A collection of handmade knives, stabilised timber and timber handle materias for knife makers, leat

Registered a table for the and a little bit excited about it. Who's planning on going? What stuff do you want to see on...
18/02/2023

Registered a table for the and a little bit excited about it. Who's planning on going? What stuff do you want to see on my table? I got a lot of work to do and I feel August is going to sneak up real fast 🤣

It's been a busy week in the workshop as Ive spent time having to work from home this week as well as finish off 2 chef/...
01/05/2022

It's been a busy week in the workshop as Ive spent time having to work from home this week as well as finish off 2 chef/paring knife sets so it literally looks like a bomb had gone off in here 🤣. Unfortunately no blocks for sale today but after cleaning up a little I did spend the rest of the day sanding and curing quite a few blocks and there some cracker pieces in there as well as some quite rare bits too 😁. I will get at least a few final sanded, polished and up for sale tomorrow afternoon so if you don't want to miss out get the notifications turned on Instagram


4mm Nitro V stainless camp knife with blue and black G10 liners and resin handle. Needs a sheath and sharpen and it's go...
09/04/2022

4mm Nitro V stainless camp knife with blue and black G10 liners and resin handle. Needs a sheath and sharpen and it's good to go to its new home.

My real job has been taking up most of my time lately along with a few weekends away with the family so this knife has been sitting on the workbench for a while. The knife is a new shape that I drew up a long time ago and finally got to test it out. Likewise the resin block was an experiment playing around with a different pouring technique and colour ratios. Like always there's plenty of room for improvement and tweaking of things but all in all I love how it turned out 😁


has only been waiting a year or three for me to come up with a way to store some of the knives I have made. A beautiful...
15/01/2022

has only been waiting a year or three for me to come up with a way to store some of the knives I have made. A beautiful piece of figured blackwood with rows of neodymium magnets embedded in the back. Also the photo totally wasn't to show off some of the tomato's and basil I picked from my vege garden today 😁

The 'James spent too much on timber over Christmas' sale going up on Instagram now 👍
08/01/2022

The 'James spent too much on timber over Christmas' sale going up on Instagram now 👍

The pile of sanding dust under my grinder giving a hint of some woods available tomorrow morning 😍 Reminds me of a gobst...
08/01/2022

The pile of sanding dust under my grinder giving a hint of some woods available tomorrow morning 😍 Reminds me of a gobstopper


Some maker related holiday reading from my beautiful wife
26/12/2021

Some maker related holiday reading from my beautiful wife

Last knives for the year finished and off to their new owner. I was asked to make a camp knife but they couldn't decide ...
22/12/2021

Last knives for the year finished and off to their new owner.
I was asked to make a camp knife but they couldn't decide which style they liked best. "Look I'll just make one of each and you can decide when they are finished". Showed him the knives and he's taking them both 😁

Both Nitro V stainless steel blades.
First with 416 stainless guard, black G10 and nickel spacers. Handle is stabilised myrtle burl with carbon fibre pin.
2nd knife is stabilised sassafras handle with blue and while G10 liners, carbon fibre pins and lanyard tube.


Cured up a few more batches of wood as I gradually shut down all my chambers for the Christmas break. Some awesome piece...
12/12/2021

Cured up a few more batches of wood as I gradually shut down all my chambers for the Christmas break. Some awesome pieces in there and some new wood for me too but all I see is sooo much sanding to do 😭.
If anyone is chasing blocks of wood to make last minute Christmas gifts etc let me know asap and I'll send through some pics of what's left

I've spent the day catching up on a bunch of sanding and buffing wood blocks today. Will be putting all these up for sal...
05/12/2021

I've spent the day catching up on a bunch of sanding and buffing wood blocks today. Will be putting all these up for sale over the next hour or so. Some really unique and cool figured pieces amongst then 😁

As part of a Christmas makers gift exchange on the Aussie Maker Collective Facebook group I thought I would move out of ...
30/11/2021

As part of a Christmas makers gift exchange on the Aussie Maker Collective Facebook group I thought I would move out of my comfort zone a little and turn my first pen to add to my gift. I've only used a wood lathe a handful of times but it turned out pretty well for my first attempt and a great way to use up some of the knife handle offcuts I have pilling up in my 'too good to throw out' pile 😁 will definitely be making a few more as a great low cost handmade gifts.

A couple of sets of hybrid scales for a top bloke who makes brilliant hunting knives and gives away more knives than he ...
25/11/2021

A couple of sets of hybrid scales for a top bloke who makes brilliant hunting knives and gives away more knives than he sells.

Address

Newcastle, NSW

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Refined By James posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Refined By James:

Shortcuts

Share