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Step-by-Step Knifemaking

You Can Do It!

by David Boye

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

1. Starting Out

2. Tools

3. Different Kinds of Knives

4. Cutting Out the Blade

5. Grinding the Blade

6. Building the Bolster, Finger Guard and Butt Plate

7. Heat-Treating the Carbon Steel Blade

8. Trueing Up the Blade

9. Regrinding and Polishing the Blade

10. Drilling Rivet Holes

11. Rivets and Pins, Pins and Rivets

12. Handle Material

13. Making a Full-Tang Scale Handle

14. The Partial-Tang One-Piece Handle

15. Buffing the Knife

16. Sharpening and Maintenance

17. Step-by-Step Checklist

18. Production Notes

19. Etching Designs Into the Steel

20. Sheathmaking

Appendix: Introduction to Alloy Steels

Index