AREAS OF SERVICE

CUSTOM BLADES

Knives completely customized by you. Length, material, handle, engraving. Everything.

KNIFE MAKING RETREATS

Spend the day (or a few!) up north making the knife of your dreams

ABOUT ME

Craig Henshaw is a Muskoka craftsman in the heart of cottage country. He hand-makes Damascus knives in the traditional manner as a way to slow down and connect with the natural world.

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Craig is a professionally trained teacher in current good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers. He has 20 yrs experience as a teacher with a focus both in a Academic and in Technological studies at the highschool and university level. Craig also currently holds an Apprentice rating with the American Bladesmith Association while awaiting the test for his Journeyman Smith designation.

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Craig Henshaw: 

Honours Visual Arts, English Minor 1999

Bachelor of Education 2000

Both from the University of Western Ontario

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BOOK A CLASS, YOUR NEXT BLADE IS CALLING

Henshaw Blades maintains a fully-equipped workshop in a luxurious Muskoka setting on the water. We offer a variety of classes through partner schools to help students along their knifemaking journeys. 

No matter your skill level, let us take you further into knifemaking.

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Craig will be teaching a week long course at Fleming College in Haliburton, July 2023.

Come learn how to forge your own knife with me in a smaller class environment where every student gets their own workstation!
Registration will be announced when it becomes available.

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