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Best knife making books?
- Thread starter MimiShing
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Amazon it:
- 50 dollar knife shop (?) Goddard
- Step by Step Knifemaking , Boye
- there's a book by Loveless et al ... "Knife making" or something like that
I'd stop @ these 3. Most of the books are 20+ YO, so some techniques are rather outdated.
I most highly recommend renting a few DVDs from
techicalvideorental.com
http://technicalvideorental.com/ind...Path=9&zenid=b9ba94b780b9ad2d47b79e8eca63c64e
Rashid
- 50 dollar knife shop (?) Goddard
- Step by Step Knifemaking , Boye
- there's a book by Loveless et al ... "Knife making" or something like that
I'd stop @ these 3. Most of the books are 20+ YO, so some techniques are rather outdated.
I most highly recommend renting a few DVDs from
techicalvideorental.com
http://technicalvideorental.com/ind...Path=9&zenid=b9ba94b780b9ad2d47b79e8eca63c64e
Rashid
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Get three books before you buy anything else, "The $50 Knife shop",by Wayne Goddard; "Step-by-Step Knifemaking",by David Boye; "The Complete Bladesmith",by Jim Hrusoulas.
Check out the knifehow site, www.knifehow.com , lots of info there.
Stacy
PS: Try a search for FAQ like this one.Also check the sticky at the top of the forum. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=387503
Check out the knifehow site, www.knifehow.com , lots of info there.
Stacy
PS: Try a search for FAQ like this one.Also check the sticky at the top of the forum. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=387503
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I started with "Step-by-Step Knifemaking",by David Boye; and the help of my Dad 25 years ago. This is a great book.
The $50 Knife shop by Wayne Goddard is what got me started.
"How To Make Knives" by Bob Loveless and Richard Barney is a good book, but I believe that some of the information (and the supplies he tells you to use) is kinda dated and there are better methods and supplies now. Theres a section with Bill Moran that is pretty good, but not extensive enough. The book sometimes isnt really extensive or simple enough for me. "Now to shape the handle we're gonna use the clausen vertical milling machine. Every knifemaker should have one." uh...okay?:jerkit:
David Boye's book has some great stuff in it, but is also very dated, and I believe some of his methods to be sloppy and uneccessary.
I'd stick with Wayne Goddard's books, and the tutorials and advice given here on the forums.
"How To Make Knives" by Bob Loveless and Richard Barney is a good book, but I believe that some of the information (and the supplies he tells you to use) is kinda dated and there are better methods and supplies now. Theres a section with Bill Moran that is pretty good, but not extensive enough. The book sometimes isnt really extensive or simple enough for me. "Now to shape the handle we're gonna use the clausen vertical milling machine. Every knifemaker should have one." uh...okay?:jerkit:
David Boye's book has some great stuff in it, but is also very dated, and I believe some of his methods to be sloppy and uneccessary.
I'd stick with Wayne Goddard's books, and the tutorials and advice given here on the forums.
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Another good one metal working/metal finishing
is "Gunsmith Kinks" , available from Brownell's.
is "Gunsmith Kinks" , available from Brownell's.
How to make knives by Loveless and Barney is on ebay for about 12.00. I paid a lot more back in the early 70's. Mike http://www.lovettknives.com/
Most of the ones recommended above but also - a strong also - Custom Knifemaking by Tim McCreight.
It too is a bit ated but starts by presuming only hand tools and equipment - discusses more avance tools - and takes you through ten projects, including a couple folders, to develop your skills. This book would be number one on my list. :thumbup:
Rob!
It too is a bit ated but starts by presuming only hand tools and equipment - discusses more avance tools - and takes you through ten projects, including a couple folders, to develop your skills. This book would be number one on my list. :thumbup:
Rob!