Who is Kev Slattery?

<p>Who is Kev Slattery? </p> <p> </p> <p> A knife maker, teacher and the president of the Knife Art Association. Since leaving the IT industry, Kev Slattery has become a well-recognized part of the Australian knife making community. This throwback interview was recorded at last year’s symposium for YouTube, so I thought it fitting to share it for the first time with this amazing podcast community.  </p> <p> </p> <p>What we spoke about  </p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Kev has been a full-time knifemaker since leaving his job as a systems administrator approximately 7/8 years ago. </li> <li>Behind every fulltime knifemaker is a partner with a well-paid job.  </li> <li>He got into knife making when he asked his wife for a knife course for his birthday instead of the usual car parts.  </li> <li>When teaching knifemaking courses, he does 2 knives so students can learn and then reinforce their learnings. </li> <li>He talks about a way he has chosen to teach his students.  </li> <li>Knifemakers don’t make mistakes we just make smaller knives. </li> <li>How to set out his workshop instead of just putting the most recent tool in next. </li> <li>His favourite knives to make are hunting knives, but also makes others like kitchen knives.  </li> <li>Getting tips from master smiths at Blade Show and making changes to your knives.  </li> <li>Disk grinders.  </li> <li>Started out grinding knives on a belt sander.  </li> <li>Grinding belt use rotation. </li> <li>How Kev’s pricing structure works.  </li> <li>Knife show etiquette and what to expect. </li> <li>When a show spectator uses you Australian Knife Makers Guild Patch as a coffee coaster. </li> <li>Acidic fingerprints on a carbon steel knife. </li> <li>Being a full-time knifemaker, how he manages to get out and keep sane.  </li> <li>You start making knives out of scrap steel, people start dumping scrap steel on your driveway. </li> <li>Buy steel, buy a grinder and make knives.  </li> <li>You can get a false perception of how good your knives are when you have nice friends.  </li> <li