Fredrik Spåre

This week on The High Carbon Podcast we talk with Swedish knifemaker Fredrik Spare, who made a serrated Damasteel bread sword for The Edge of Hope charity project. Fredrik walks us through grinding bread knife serrations one tooth at a time, by eye, and how his background as a chef shaped the one day classes he teaches. He explains why customers so often order knives that are too long and how he steers them toward the one they will actually reach for. We also dig into forging, heat treating and etching Damasteel, and why he thinks you shouldn’t be afraid of it, before moving on to kiln disasters, patina, and why you can’t gift a knife in Sweden. Fredrik also tells us how moving his shop from Big Cartel to a new website has simplified his orders, classes and bookings. Find Fredrik at SpareKnives.se, and on Instagram as Fredrikspare. Follow the charity project at theedgeofhope.eu. Help support us on Patreon! Members get access to our "Low Carbon episodes" Raw, uncut, and full of behind the scene conversations about anything and everything under the sun. https://www.patreon.com/c/HighCarbon Get all your heat treating supplies and even a custom oven at MiniHell.eu, Europe’s number one shop for all your heat treating needs! Special thanks to all our paid Patreon members: Alex Greenaway → https://www.instagram.com/tretten_knive/ Baker Forge & Tool → https://www.instagram.com/bakerforge/ Benjamin Kamon → https://www.instagram.com/kamon_knives/ BryanHunt.hiddenroseforge → https://www.instagram.com/bryanhunt.hiddenroseforge/ Chee d'Argent → https://www.instagram.com/chee.dargent/ christoph stiegler → https://www.instagram.com/kanjiknives/ Cochrane_knives → https://www.instagram.com/cochrane.knives/ Danielius Seibakas → https://www.instagram.com/daniseimadeknives/ Dominic Binkert → https://www.instagram.com/db__blades/ Erlundamboss → https://www.instagram.com/erlundamboss/ Fabian Scherl → https://www.instagram.com/scherlfirearts/ Fagerlund.Bladesmith → https://www.instagram.com/fagerlund.bladesmith/ Fingal Ferguson → https://www.instagram.com/fingalferguson/ Friedrich Flaig Gabe Fletcher → https://www.instagram.com/anchorageforge/ Jan Bikker → https://www.instagram.com/jan_bikker/ Johannes Hecker → https://www.instagram.com/jo__hecker/ Johannes Hofegger Jeroen Knippenberg → https://www.instagram.com/knippenbergknives/ KraftyMan Forge → https://www.instagram.com/kraftymanforge/ Kurt Glatt → https://www.instagram.com/glatt_knives/ Njord Artisan → https://www.instagram.com/njord.artisan/ Oliver Tobin → https://www.instagram.com/tobinmachines/ Paul Baleta → https://www.instagram.com/baletahandmade/ Richard Schultz → https://www.instagram.com/richardschultz_knives/ Roy Rutten → https://www.instagram.com/royrutten87/ The hustle and grind podcast → https://www.instagram.com/hustleandgrindpodcast/ Travis Haines → https://www.instagram.com/birdforge/ Viperhunter → https://www.instagram.com/viperhunter86/ Jonas Thorsson → https://www.instagram.com/jonasthorsson/ Ian Walker → https://www.instagram.com/walkerknives/ Jonas Johnsson → https://www.instagram.com/isasmedjan/ Jeremy Balbaugh → https://www.instagram.com/419forging/ Todd Harrington → https://www.instagram.com/thblades/ Adam Erickson → https://www.instagram.com/driftlessforge/