Step by Step Knifemaking Book

Step by Step Knifemaking You Can Do It!

By master knifemaker David Boye, this book is widely regarded as the classic on the art of handcrafted knives.

Thorough, clear, detailed instructions guide you through each step on how to make a knife. Generously illustrated with photos and drawings on most pages, this book reads like a one-on-one workshop with a thoughtful teacher.

Completely self-taught, David guides the beginning knifemaker through the thinking processes necessary to make a knife; inspires confidence in the reader to begin at his own skill level; and shows how it can be done on a financial shoestring.

Topics covered include tools, setting up a shop, knife design, grinding, heat treating, polishing, sharpening, blade etching, sheath making, and more.

Boye's outdoor knives, kitchen cutlery, and utility knives are functional and "peace-loving," and the chapter on etching designs into the blades is one of the few guides to this unique art in print.

With more than over 200,000 copies sold to date, Step by Step Knifemaking has deeply moved thousands to involve themselves in this craft, and they constitute a visible portion of today's knifemakers.

This book can impel the reader to a personally satisfying, alternative backyard career, making his own useful knife art.

It is an enjoyable, indispensable reference for those wanting to learn knifemaking, become more self-reliant, or for anyone with an interest in the ancient craft of blades.

"Handmade knives are unique," writes David Boye "reflecting the skills and personality of their maker. They impart a personal touch to what would be a cold impersonal item.