Tag: Knifemaking
How Individual Makers Can Tap New Markets
In the November BLADE®, “Unsheathed” outlined the Custom Knife Collectors Association/Jerry Fisk Cutlery Challenge and its potential for tapping new knife markets. Since then,...
How to Make a Sword
by Don Fogg
The time is right for a new age of swords. It is not the need for weapons that stimulates this resurgence, but...
How to Forge Damascus
Today there seems to be a damascus maker on every corner, and the opportunity to learn to forge damascus is available to almost anyone....
How to Create Damascus Patterns
How to Make Basic Patterns
The layer counts are only a starting point and you may find that you prefer more or less. In specialized...
How to Make a Basic EDC Knife – From Start to Finish
by Wayne Goddard
The One-Brick Forge
The one-brick forge I created started out with one brick and proved to be incredibly useful. As I learned more...
How to Make Better Bolsters
by John Lewis Jensen
First Steps Toward a Beauty of a Bolster
Because my work is so complicated, my first step is to draw and refine...
How to Make a High-Tech Folder
by Allen Elishewitz
There are many methods to build a knife and there is no wrong way to do it. You can use anything from...
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Knifemaking 101 – Read This Before You Make a Knife
by Wayne Goddard
My experience has taught me that there's nothing like digging in and getting started. I've often said the hardest part of the...
