Small-group, hands-on knifemaking courses taught in a real working knife studio — not a video, not a kit. Grind, shape, heat-treat and finish your own fixed blade or liner-lock folder under direct instruction.
Every course is run in person, on real equipment, with an instructor beside you the whole way — not pre-recorded, not a take-home kit you assemble alone.
Build a hollow-ground hunting knife with a tapered tang, fitted bolsters and your own leather sheath, start to finish.
View the courseMachine and fit a liner-lock folder with a bearing pivot system — the most technical build we teach.
View the courseA one-day, guided build for groups, teams and gifting occasions — everyone leaves with a working knife.
View the experienceAndre builds and sells custom knives full-time at Andre Erasmus Knives. You’re learning the same process used on commissioned work, in the same workshop.
Andre and Miguel Hetzel run every course together, so no one is left waiting at the grinder while the class moves on.
Andre is a member of the Knifemakers Guild of South Africa (KGSA) — the course reflects real guild-level technique, not a simplified weekend hack.
Every course here is taught by the same maker behind Andre Erasmus Knives — custom fixed blades, folders and Damascus pieces built to order in this Klerksdorp studio. If you’d rather commission a knife than build one yourself, that’s where to look.
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