Knives cut, loosen, separate… the essentials from the rest. They are part of the culture and in their potential danger they always require respect when dealing with them.

The Salzburg knife forge is located just a few kilometers north-east of the city of Salzburg in Perwang am Grabensee. It is one of the best-equipped knife forges in Austria and is run jointly as OG by the two knife smiths Albert Anglberger and Andreas Fellner.

My passion for metals began more than three decades ago when I studied materials' science at the Montanuniversität Leoben and did my doctorate in the field of forming technology.

I forged my first knife 10 years ago when I was pregnant with my second child. I have now completed training as a knife maker in Thiers – the knife capital of France.

My name is Olaf Fiedler, I run a small knife workshop in the Tyrolean Oberland. I making hunting, outdoor and everyday use knives.

Ever since my apprenticeship at the Eisenerz mining school, where I learned a solid basic training in forging, I couldn't stop the fascination with "knives".

Hammer and anvil, fire and steel are my great passions. The finest blades for kitchen, nature and hunting are created under the label "SUN EYE KNIVES".

Even as a boy i was "knife-mad". That is exactly the reason why forging, working with red-hot steel, fascinates me so much. I went to “apprenticeship” with masters in Styria and in Japan.