what books do you read, let's compare

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Hello: I was curious about what other folks read to improve their knife knowledge. This is my list

Knives 99 2000 (and a little farther back)
Survival knife reference guide
military knife fighting
the three Echanis books
Rex Applegate Stuff

Please post what you enjoy as well


Doug
 
  • Knives annuals
  • The Gun Digest Book of Knives
  • Levine's Guide To Knives and Their Values
  • Ed Fowler's Knife Talk
  • Loveless - Living On the Edge
  • Knives: Points Of Interest books I-V
  • Hand-Crafted Knives
  • The Jim Hrisoulas series - The Complete/Master Bladesmith and The Pattern-Welded Blade
  • The new Wayne Goddard book is on order


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Kelly

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All the knife books I can get my hands on!!!! Anyone have any they wanna sell or maybe do some swappin with???? Take care! Michael

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"Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!"
 
I read everything I can get my hands on; and I am always on the lookout for a good knife or history book.
 
Right now I'm reading:
"How The Mind Works" by Steven Pinker

Just finished reading:
Ed Fowler's "Knife Talk" &
Ken Warner's "Knives 2000"

Plus I read all the knife rags. My favorite rag is Tactical Knives, closely followed by Combat Knives. I usually buy anything I can find on knifemaking and knives in general.

Most of my reading is non-fiction of the educational type.

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If it's stupid but works, then it isn't stupid!
 
My Basic Texts for improving Knife Knowledge are as follows in order of usefulness to me:
01. Knife Fighting Encyclopedia
02. Military Knife Combat
03. Cold Steel
04. Applegate's various books
05. Blade Forums
06. Various knife magazines and misc. books I come across.
07. Other Internet web sites
(note, 06 and 07 should always be taken with a grain of salt unless you have personal experience with the topic)

I have found that the military's texts and training leave much to be desired and hand-to-hand combat/weapons training is not much better and probably a lot worse inside the military than outside. However, a few individuals and services are making efforts to change this, mainly the Marines who are working on a replacement for the notorious L.I.N.E. system.


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SFC

"Is it easier to fight them or to kill them?"
 
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