Kyle Royer who is a master smith from America came over to Australia to the Blade Symposium to teach his skills to the Australian knife makers. He also ran a masterclass on mosaic Damascus for 4 days after the Symposium. Having tasted what Australia has to offer food, views, animals, the bush and of course knives. Jamie Bishop from Sausage Man Forge has a walk around and chats to some of the makers who attended the Blade symposium to see what they thought.

• How he has found his trip in Australia. Bushwalks and tourist areas in Sydney.
• How he found teaching live as opposed to online teaching and online courses.
• Getting to see the knife that someone made from his takedown bowie course.
• How Josh Royer is very responsible for masking the video and online stuff happen.
• Josh filming and having his camera tethered to a projector screen so over 70 people could watch like they were next to him.
• He enjoyed the knife sharpening competition and thinks that people should do at things like hammer ins.
• He talks about the work he will be doing when he gets home involving the other half of the mosaic billet he made for the show.
• Potentially making another sword after he's back to America.
• Chats about why he likes the show at Little Rock Arkansas.
• What it's like to have people come and show him their knives everywhere he goes.
• Tells us what he learned from knife makers specifically Jackson Rumble.
• We discuss the ABS and passing on tradition and skills from one maker to another.
• The time it took for him to go through the ABS system.
• He says he's very humbled to have been asked to com
• Kyles Master Yoda ending. Make your metal flat and keep your forge hot.

Jamie Bishop had a chat with some of the makers from the Symposium and then did a bit of a run down for the symposium.

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