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LIST OF SUPPLIERS.
Please visit our friends, Johan Oosthuysen and team at Knife Machines and Tools for all your knife making requirements.
www.KMTs.co.za
Heavin Forge cannot be held responsible for the service or products listed below. The following list is intended to be a service to knifemakers and not as an advert for those listed. If you have any contacts you would like to share with other South African knifemakers, please let us know.
KNIFE STEELS:
Stainless Steels:
Des Horn 028 316 1795 for (RWL 34)
Bohler Steel Africa 011 571 2300 for N690 (440C)
Thyssen Marathon Steels 011 626 3370 for 2136 (D3)
Derek Rausch: 012 811 0551 for 440B and C
Knife Machines & Tools 087 808 2400/1 (Panzer36, 12C27, 19C27, N690)
Carbon Steels:
Knife Machines and Tools 087 808 2400/1 (D2 (K110) 01 (K460), 5160 and EN42F.
Starco 011 493 6558 for thin spring steel
Technical Springs 011 824 1167 for bar stock
BOLSTER MATERIALS:
Metals Centre 011 493 4930
Derek Rausch 012 811 0551
Knife Machines & Tools 087 808 2400/1
PRECIOUS METALS:
Metal Concentrators 012 305 3562
ART CLAY METALS
Dragon Glass 082 457 2951
LEATHER:
S.A Leather 011 402 6696
Mendleson & Frost 011 444 2250
Knife Machines & Tools 087 808 2400/1
CHEMICALS:
Protea Chemicals 011 821 3300
Chemical re-packs 011 828 7800
Knife Machines & Tools 087 808 2400/1 (Ferric Chloride and borax)
EMBELISHERS:
Skrimshaw 076 502 7267 Nkosi Jubane
Engraving 011 469 0422 Shelly Mason
Engraving 044 389 0148 Elke Henley
Engraving 082 707 5604 Helene van Wyk
Scrimshaw 03930 92316 Sharon Burger
Scrimshaw 011 849 5379 Bob Richardson
Scrimshaw 039 309 2537 Toi Skellern
Scrimshaw 021 789 1114 Hilton Purvis
Scrimshaw 017 634 6194 Melodie de Witt
Scrimshaw 078 235 2254 Yvonne
Jeweller 00268 404 8631 Frances Farrell
PHOTOGRAPHERS;
Dewald Reiners 012 804 0334 083 600 0591
BELT GRINDERS AND DISC SANDERS:
DKD Grinders 082 891 4315
Derek Raush 012 811 0551
Knife Machines & Tools 087 808 2400/1
Herbst 082 254 8016
ABRASIVES:
General Abrasives 011 624 1037
Rebuff (Norton Agent) 011 974 8951
Pferd 011 394 3700
Derek Rausch (3-M Agent) 012 811 0551
Andre Thorburn 014 736 5748
Knife Machines & Tools 087 808 2400/1
Herbst 082 254 8016
HEAT-TREATMENT FURNACES:
John Lee Custom Furnaces 016 365 5723
Knife Machines & Tools 087 808 2400/1
SPECIAL STEELS;
Titanium Industries 011 868 5611
LynRae 011 452 2152
Knife Machines & Tools 087 808 2400/1 (Titanium, rods, sheets and strips)
DAMASCUS STEEL;
Des Horn (Damasteel - imported stainless damascus) 028 316 1795
Bertie Rietveld 083 236 4860
Knife Machines & Tools 087 808 2400/1
Damsel Damascus - Heather Harvey 087 808 4413
HEAT-TREATMENT OF KNIVES:
Bohler Steel 011 974 2781
Heavin Forge 087 808 4413
GEMS AND MINERALS:
African gem and minerals 011 873 6303
ANIMAL PRODUCTS (IVORY) ETC.
Bushcraft Trading 011 403 2744
National Parks Board, Dries Pienaar 013 759 5300 (legal elephant ivory)
Knife Machines and Tools 087 808 2400/1 (buffalo horn, scales, stabilized giraffe and buffalo bone, jigged bone and warthog tusks)
FANS, BLOWERS AND MOTORS:
Chazens motors 011 614 1077.
Knife Machines and Tools 087 808 2400/1 (Le Roy Somer agency)
CABLE (WIRE ROPE).
Wesley Muller 072 729 5323
ENGRAVING EQUIPMENT
Maizey Plastics 012 327 2000
Melco Engraving Supplies 011 873 1301
Knife Machines and Tools 087 808 2400/1
SPECIALISED WELDING RODS AND SOLDERS:
Eutectic 011 708 1042
Metal Mend 012 804 9118
Afrisol 011 865 4141 (for 97/3 low temperature lead free capillary solder)
Knife Machines and Tools 087 808 2400/1
LOGO PHOTO NEGATIVES AND POSITIVES:
Any photographic houses or Litho printers.
For Positive 20 photo resist spray, electronic component supplies.
Knife Machines & Tools 087 808 2400/1
BANDSAW BLADES:
Knife Machines and Tools 087 808 2400/1
First Cut 011 872 1138
Bandsaw services 011 827 9140
Gammies Sharpening 011 887 3128
JEWELLERY SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT:
Millers Dental 011 549 9600
Goldsmith & Jewellery Supplies 011 334 0015/012 323 1178
Unitools 011 837 8071
LASER CUTTING:
Knife Machines and Tools 087 808 2400/1
Lasercut Varios 011 622 6675
FOLDER AND GENERAL KNIFE SUPPLIES AND BOOKS
Derek Rausch 012 811 0551 - Books
Knife Machines & Tools 087 808 2400/1
Herbst 082 254 8016
MACHINING AND ENGINEERING SUPPLIES:
Knife Machines & Tools 087 808 2400/1 (ToolQuip agency)
HANDLE MATERIALS:
Rare Woods 011 394 7945
F.G Hoffmann 011 873 0247
Indian Harbour Lumber Co. 011 786 3138
Knife Machines & Tools 087 808 2400/1
Prosono Timbers 082 325 8425
Herbst 082 254 8016
ANVILS, TONGS, POST VICES ETC.
Knife Machines and Tools 087 808 2400/1 (Tongs, anvils, hammers and borax)
De Kraal 016 556 3729
Gold Anvil 011 314 2054
REFRACTORIES
Durocast for Theremocrete 1500 016 454 0404
Keramicalia for Keralite 2 011 412 3261
Vereeniging Refractories for Verocast 1600 011 813 1150 (Springs)
SHARPENING DEVICES
Knives-on-Line 087 808 4413
Sharp Edge 011 883 3059/1856
Knife Machines and Tools 087 808 2400/1 (Tormek water stone system ad Eze Lap diamond rods and stones)
GAS FORGES
Knife Machines and Tools 087 808 2400/1
Black Dragon Forges 083 451 3105
LOGO PUNCHES
Advano Marking Systems 011 794 7808
H. Norris 011 908 3620
Masvil Engravers 011 334 2264
KNIFE CASES
Knife Machines and Tools 087 808 2400/1
Brian Coetzee 083 372 8784
LEATHER SHEATHS
Herbst 082 254 8016
MICROSCOPES
Micromet Scientific 011 886 3345
Electric Industry Supplies 011 726 6758
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