Get Started Making Knives (5-Book Collection)

Wayne Goddard’s classic knifemaking book, now revised with even better instructions, shows how to make a knife for $50 or less in tools and materials.

This indispensable and updated guide gives step-by-step instruction on making some of the most popular knives around. You’ll learn to create your perfect blade, whether it is a folding knife, dagger, bowie or anything in between. And the reference’s vivid illustrations make certain expert and novice knife craftsmen get the point of every tip and technique presented.

101 Knife Designs by Murray Carter provides an array of knife designs for knifemakers everywhere looking for inspiration for creating their own knives.

This book provides the reader with an in-depth look into traditional Japanese cutlery forging techniques and their modern applications.

Blade aficionados will revel in color photos from inside the late Bob Loveless’ knife shop, and of his knives, as author Durwood Hollis details Loveless’ stock-removal method of knife making, tools of the trade, designs, heat treating and tempering of blade steel, handles, sheaths, knife care and maintenance, and tips for the field.