Blade Grinding Super Saver #2 (3 Knifemaking DVD set)

Description

Blade Grinding Super Saver #2 (3 Knifemaking DVD set) includes:

The Fine Art of Hollow Grinding with Johnny Stout

Watch as legendary Texas Knifemaker Johnny Stout walks you through the finer points of hollow grinding.  Get an over the shoulder view of Johnny teaching you his techniques and secrets on one of the most important aspects of knifemaking.

Enjoy multiple camera angles, split scenes, and extreme close-ups as Johnny grinds both fixed blades and folders in this spectacular video.  This video is a “must have” for both the beginner and the professional knifemaker!
89 minutes.

JOHNNY STOUT

Johnny Stout recently celebrated his 20th year as a knifemaker, fulltime for the last 12 years.  Johnny is the co-founder of the Guadalupe Forge School of Knifemaking & Bladesmithing at his shop in New Braunfels. He also hosts the biannual Guadalupe Forge Hammer-In & Knifemakers Rendezvous held in the Winter and Fall each year, and teaches personal knifemaking classes several times a year. He was instrumental and a founding member of the Texas Knifemakers & Collectors Association. He is also a member of the Knifemakers Guild, and an Apprentice Bladesmith in the American Bladesmith Society. Johnny takes every opportunity to advance and promote handmade knives.

Blade Grinding with Tim Hancock

(NOTE: American Bladesmith Society DVDs are NOT Hollywood productions and some titles do not have DVD case art. They do offer the highest level of instruction by ABS Mastersmiths for serious knifemakers and bladesmiths)

Master Smith Tim Hancock demonstrates his techniques for blade grinding and provides guidance for many areas from tooling to the final finish.

The DVD contains the following chapters:

1. Introduction and Tooling
2. Special Blade Grinding Tools
3. Blade Grinding Considerations
4. Grinding Blade Chamfer
5. “Hollow Grind”
6. “Flat Grind”
7. Shaping the Blade Tip
8. Blade Ready for Heat Treat
9. Inserting Blade’s Plunge Cut
10. The Disk Grinder
11. Final Grinding Using Finer Grits
12. Hand Finishing Jigs

Blade Grinding by Jim Crowell

(NOTE: American Bladesmith Society DVDs are NOT Hollywood productions and some titles do not have DVD case art. They do offer the highest level of instruction by ABS Mastersmiths for serious knifemakers and bladesmiths).

ABS Master Smith Jim Crowell demonstrates grinding techniques and explains how to grind the choil, ricasso, tang, and plunge cut in a drop point hunter blade.

This step-by-step DVD was filmed during the Fifth Mid America Bladesmithing Exposition held in Troy, Ohio which was sponsored by the American Bladesmith Society, Inc and hosted by the Southern Ohio Forge and Anvil.

Chapters:

1)  Removing Scale & Profiling a Drop Point

2)  X Weight Belt for Rough Grinding

3)  Grinding Choil, Ricasso & Tang Region

4)  Intermediate Grinding on Drop Point

5)  Grinding the “Plunge Cut”

6)  De-Scaling & Profiling a Clip Point

7)  Grinding Clip Point Blade’s Bevels

8)  Profiling a Drop Point Full Tang Blade