Are you thinking of getting into the age-old skill of crafting your own knife from scratch? Where do you start?

Here, your comprehensive knifemaking book.

Knifemaking for Beginners is your opportunity to learn how to make one of these essential tools without any unreasonably expensive blacksmith equipment by following the advice of a very experienced knife geek.

Nearly every adult uses a knife almost every day. If not at work, then in gatherings and preparation of food. But how many knives does one see that are genuine works of loving craftsmanship?

Very few I must say, if any.

Knife-making may strike you as a curious endeavor. With so many good knives available, you might ask yourself, why would anyone want to make one by hand? This question struck my mind when a close friend who worked in the office next to mine began talking to me about the knives he was making.

Don't miss this first-ever knife maintenance, sharpening and care eBook from BLADE Magazine and BladeMag.com. Researched and extensive feature articles cover how to sharpen a knife, as well as the full range of knife sharpeners, rust preventatives, lubricants, storage, display and much more. 

The world's best knife writers were assigned to the task of educating readers on how to maintain, hone and care for their knives.

Anyone who has ever searched for good custom blades knows that they are hard to find. Stop wasting time looking for that perfect blade and The Complete Bladesmith will show you how to take a bar of steel and forge it into the blade of your dreams. This guide to smithing world-class blades is for the novice and experienced bladesmith alike. With this book you will be able to build your own forge, equip your workshop, choose your materials from the exotic to the mundane, and get to work.

A knife is the most basic tool, and the average adult uses a knife almost every day. Yet there are very few individually made knives in existence, and few people who know how to make knives. Step by Step Knifemaking, by master knifemaker David Boye, is widely regarded as the classic on the art of handcrafted knives. 

Artists share the step-by-step techniques of their knifemaking specialties using wood, steel, ivory and silver, with topics ranging from simple knife to sheathmaking to knife decor.

Hone your knifemaking skills to perfection!

Nine of the world's most skilled bladesmiths have brought together the expertise gained from decades of perfecting the craft into this book--all to give you the best resource available on how to create edged masterpieces of your own.

"Gas Burners for Forges, Furnaces, & Kilns" is a do-it-yourselfers dream book, showing beginners how to make highly efficient gas burners inexpensively. These burners use simple gas accelerators as their central operating principle. All that is needed is a $2 MIG tip and some plumbing parts. 

Are you interested in blacksmithing as a hobby or even a career but are not quite sure where to begin because you are a complete novice?

And are you looking for a blueprint that simplifies everything there is about blacksmithing in a language that a complete beginner can digest and apply to get started and even make simple blacksmithing items with a wow factor?

If you have answered YES, then

Bladesmithing with Murray Carter provides the reader with an in-depth look into traditional Japanese Cutlery forging techniques and their modern applications. 

A non-stop flow of inquiries to Murray has prompted him to reveal the secret techniques learned during 18 years in Japan, where he lived and worked as a village bladesmith. He now shares this wealth of information for the benefit of the curious reader and Japanese knife enthusiast alike. Owners of nearly 15,000 of Murray's knives will be delighted to see a comprehensive book written by the knives' creator.