In easy-to-understand terms, White shows how to make a knife from a piece of flat stock steel, like an old car leaf spring, using basic tools like a bench grinder and electric drill. He covers heating and shaping the blade with a forge, hammer, and anvil, and then finishing it with files and sandpaper.

Universal DVD, 90 minutes

Through 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!

This 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

Written by ABS Mastersmith Joe Keeslar and published by the American Bladesmith Society, this instructional book provides everything a knifemaker needs to know about making, fitting, and finishing handles and guards for fixed blade knives. Included are aspects such as design theory, materials, jigs, tools, and techniques all the way up through decorative methods such as silver wire inlay and fancy filework.

Spiral Bound, 127 pages, illustrated