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Making Integral Knives by Peter Fronteddu & Stefan Steigerwald
0Through step-by-step instructions and images, three integral knife projects with varying levels of difficulty are explained. Learn how to make a hand-filed knife that doesn’t require much equipment, a knife made using a milling machine, and a knife made with a piece of steel that has been professionally prepared with a wire-erosion process.
Softcover, spiral bound, 144 pages, 350 illustrations!
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Making Hidden Tang Knives by Heinrich Schmidbauer & Hans Joachim Wieland
0This beginner-level guide explains, step-by-step, how to make a fixed-blade hidden tang knife and a matching leather scabbard. The guide requires minimal use of power tools and equipment and also provides knifemakers with an understanding of various types of steels and handle materials for subsequent knife projects.
Spiral-Bound, 108 pages, 200+ photos & diagrams, 6″ x 9″.
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Making Full Tang Knives For Beginners: Step-by-Step Manual from Design to the Finished Knife
0From drawing the initial sketches of a design to etching your initials into the handle, Steigerwald and Fronteddu expertly demonstrate how to build a fixed-blade, full tang knife with detailed, step-by-step instructions and illustrations. These widely used knives are robust implements and are relatively easy to create, making this form an ideal choice for the beginning knife maker.
Spiral-bound, 132 pages, 186 color photos
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Japanese Knife Sharpening: With Traditional Waterstones
0This is the ultimate guide to sharpening with traditional waterstones for all owners of Japanese knives. Provided are step-by-step instructions on proper knife sharpening accompanied by over 120 color photos, plus black and white graphics for clarity. Details on the care for all major blade types are also provided, along with expert advice on the use of solid, abrasive materials, and steel.
Softcover, 128 pages
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Knife Design with Dan Peterson (an American Bladesmith Society DVD)
0ABS Mastersmith Dan Peterson delivered a lecture on knife design concepts at the Silver Anniversary of the First American Bladesmith Society Hammer In held in Dubois, Wyoming.
Universal DVD, Color
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Integral Forging with Christoph Deringer (an American Bladesmith Society DVD) 2 DVDs
0Integral Blade forging of both a drop point full tang hunter and a full tang dagger. Master Smith Deringer forges the dagger blade, guard and tang from a single 52100 steel ball bearing.
Universal DVD, Color
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Hand Finishing with Russ Andrews (an American Bladesmith Society DVD)
0Master Smith Russ Andrews demonstrated the techniques for the fine art of hand finishing a knife blade at the ABS Mid-America Bladesmithing Symposium in Troy, Ohio.
Universal DVD, Color
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From the Past: The First 5 American Bladesmith Society’s Newsletters on Forging, Heat Treating, & Finishing by W. Moran
0This book is a reprint of the first five ABS Newsletters, 1978-1980 on Knife Blade Forging, Heat Treating & Finishing.
Softcover, 43 pages, illustrated
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Finishing Damascus with Greg Neely (An American Bladesmith Society DVD)
0Master Smith Greg Neely gave a demonstration on the techniques for finishing Damascus steel at Haywood Community College in Clyde, North Carolina during the March 2012 Smoky Mountain Symposium which was presented by the American Bladesmith Society.
Universal DVD, Color
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Elements of Knife Design Form and Function, by Kevin Cashen (DVD)
0“Elements of Knife Design Form and Function”
Universal DVD
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Damascus with Bill Moran (an American Bladesmith Society DVD)
0Bill explains and demonstrates how to make a Damascus blade. Watch and learn as he takes you through the forging process to the final stages of grinding and etching. The Damascus DVD provides information on maintaining the correct fire temperature, forge welding and creating different Damascus patterns.
Universal DVD, Color
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Damascus Steel with J.W. Randall (an American Bladesmith Society DVD) 3 DVDs
0This is a three (3) DVD set of ABS Master Smith J.W. Randall demonstrating the making of several Damascus steel patterns including Mosaic Damascus patterns.
Universal DVD, Color