Global recognition
Brent Sandow has an international reputation for his knives, most of which are sold overseas. He’s a fixture at a couple of the world’s best knife shows and has been invited, all expenses paid, to exhibit at the new Shanghai knife show. He was one of the people behind the well-attended 2018 and 2019 Auckland Blade shows but, thanks to Covid-19, there won’t be a show this year.
Brent also visits other knife makers, such as American Jerry McClure, with whom he spends a week each year.
He reckons knife-making, and esteem for it, is taking off big time in New Zealand.
In a world of cheap tat, there’s a growing appreciation for something made with skill by hand — something that delights the eye, that is also…