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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.932
EAN num: 9780811721752
ISBN number: 0811721752
Label: Brynmorgen Press
Manufacturer: Brynmorgen Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 224
Printing Date: 1985-10
Publishing house: Brynmorgen Press
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Spanning the gap between pre-cut and 'art' knives with step-by-step illustrated instructions for unique and beautiful knives. Learn how to make projects, or designs of your own: Kitchen paring knife; Full-tang all-purpose knife; Partial-tang carving knife; Through-tang skinner; Wilderness knife; Forged camp knife; Kitchen chopper; One-blade pocket knife; Lockback folding knife; Damascus steel dagger.
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Being a blacksmith wanting to break into bladesmithing, I bought this book, along with several others on the subject. I read it, along with all the others. I've had some time to work into the craft and I've come to a few conclusions. Tim McCreight is obviously a talented craftsman and knows how to manipulate metal. He's not a bladesmith, however. Most of the techniques provided will indeed produce a knife and practicing the techniques offered may very well help an aspiring bladesmith work his way into the craft. There are a few issues to watch out for, however. The most obvious of these is that in the heat-treating stage, McCreight advises that the blade be swirled around the quenching liquid in a stirring motion. This is very likely to cause warping. There's also very little discusion about the qualities of various types of steel, and the author generally refers to whatever "tool steel" you can get. The book might well have benefited from a short discusion about the various properties of common blade steels (o1, 5160, W2, etc) and pointed the reader to other sources where he could learn more.
At the end of the day, this is an alright book to have, but not one I'd recommend to a beginner. One of Wayne Goddard's books is probably the best start, and once the aspiring bladesmith has the physics of bladesmithing down, he can pick up a copy of this book on the cheap for the exploded diagrams of furniture and fittings, which were well done. Again, in short, this is a book for the beginner that has already spent some time with a hammer in his hands.
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This is my favorite of the 3 books I got on knifemaking....Well written......For the laymen....A lot of cool projects/knives...
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Ten projects from a master craftsman provide enlightening details on how to make a range of knives - and remain unique instructions, keeping Custom Knifemaking: 10 Projects From A Master Craftsman active on the list of recommended picks even years after publication. From kitchen paring knives and forged camp knives to pocket knives and wilderness skinning knives, Custom Knifemaking provides tempering, soldering, and fitting details available in few other references.
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This is a great book. I bought it because I had been interested in making knives for quite a while. It goes over how to plan them out, how to temper and harden them, and the overall process. The tools to make them can be expensive and big, but if you're really into knifemaking then this book is for you.
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If you want to be Bob Loveless, this isn't your book. If you want to make a decent knife but have no idea where to start, this is your book. If you want to make a few knives and use your hands for every step, start with McCreight's book. If you have already made a few knives and konw what you like, you might find useful information here, but it might not be the one to start with.
I started here. I now own almost all of the knifemaking books on the market and all of them have useful information. This is still the one I go to for inspiration when I want variety. The 10 different projects are presented from the viewpoint of a jeweler who wants to make a few knives with many techniques adapted from silversmithing, rather than the more usual machinist-knifemaker books that start by telling you to get a milling machine and a belt grinder. For beginners and people who want to use their hands, this book is very good.
The knives are a little rough (your very first few will be rough, no matter what book you use, so don't worry about that), but functional. The hollow-handle survival knife is probably the one that needs the most revision. I just don't trust the soldered attachment of tang to handle.
In all, I suggest this book to more people than any other. After this one, I would send folks to David Boye's book, then to Blackie Collins' (yes, I know it is out of print, but look for it). The Loveless book is the fourth on my personal list. It required a machine shop to make a knife like Bob Loveless and that is just out of the scope of a beginner. McCreight on the other hand, has a book that is specifically for beginners. Start here.
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