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A Modern Guide to Knifemaking

Author Laura Zerra
Release Date: 2018/07/01
ISBN: 9781631595066
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Celebrated survivalist Laura Zerra provides you with step-by-step instructions on making your own knives in A Modern Guide to Knifemaking. 

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter 1. Tools of the Trade
    1. SETTING UP A SHOP
    2. SAFETY EQUIPMENT
    3. TOOLS
    4. FORGING VS. STOCK REMOVAL
    5. BLACKSMITHING TOOLS
    6. BUILDING A TWO-BRICK FORGE
  3. Chapter 2. Designing a Knife
    1. KNIFE ANATOMY
    2. TANG
    3. BLADE PROFILES
    4. DESIGNING YOUR KNIFE
    5. MAKING A TEMPLATE
  4. Chapter 3. Understanding Steel
    1. WHAT IS STEEL?
    2. HEAT AND STEEL
    3. SELECTING STEEL
    4. CUTTING OUT A BLANK
  5. Chapter 4. Blacksmithing
    1. HEATING THE STEEL
    2. MAKING A GAME PLAN
    3. HAMMERING
    4. MOVING STEEL
    5. MAKING A HOT CUT
    6. KNIFE FORGING 101
    7. NORMALIZING
    8. ANNEALING
  6. Chapter 5. Grinding
    1. BLADE PROFILING
    2. GRINDS
    3. BLADE GEOMETRY
    4. LEARNING TO GRIND
    5. MAKING A SCANDINAVIAN GRIND
  7. Chapter 6. Heat Treating and Finishing
    1. FINAL TOOLING OF THE STEEL
    2. HARDENING
    3. QUENCHING
    4. HARDENING IN A PIT FIRE
    5. TEMPERING
    6. TEMPERING 1080 STEEL
    7. GRINDING THE SURFACE
    8. POLISHING
  8. Chapter 7. Making a Handle
    1. SCALE MATERIALS
    2. PINS
    3. HANDLE ERGONOMICS
    4. MAKING A WOODEN HANDLE
  9. Chapter 8. Making a Sheath
    1. SHEATH STYLES
    2. SHEATH MATERIALS
    3. LEATHERWORKING TOOLS
    4. MAKING A LEATHER SHEATH
  10. Chapter 9. Sharpening and Knife Care
    1. SHARPENING TOOLS
    2. MECHANICS OF SHARPENING
    3. SHARPENING A BLADE
    4. KEEPING AN EDGE
  11. GLOSSARY
  12. RESOURCES
  13. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  14. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  15. INDEX