Recommended Reading - Books

[fishmagician]

As I gather research and reading material I find I'm still lacking something for this knife maker or that one. There is a more reading material on Case than most of the others. I'd like a wider variety of material on folding knives. The well read who visit this site might be kind enough to make some suggestions.
Thanks. Mike

 

[knarfeng]

Professor John D. Verhoven wrote Metallurgy of Steel for Bladesmiths & Others who Heat Treat and Forge Steel

He set it up as a free download. Here is an excerpt from the Forward:

My professional career has been supported by publicly funded institutions. Therefore, I grant any user copyright permission to download and print a copy of this book for personal use or any teacher to do the same for their students. I do not grant rights to the text for commercial uses. The copyrights to all figures with citations belong to the original publishers. Copyright permissions were obtained for inclusion of these
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You can Google the title and find a number of download sites. I did it a couple of years ago, printed out the book and had it bound at Office Depot.

 

[fishmagician]

Knarfeng, I appreciate the information your passing along. I know there are books out there it's just cutting it down which are the best. Thanks Mike