How to Make Knives [Paperback]

Richard W. Barney (Author), Robert W. Loveless (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1994

A History of Handmade Knives

Safety Starts with your State of Mind

How to Make a Knife by the Stock Removal Method

Making a Sheath

Making a Knife at the Moran Forge

Alternative Sheath-Making Method

How to Make a Knife with Hand Tools

Flat Grinding

Soldering the Guard

Solderless Guard

Hidden Tang

Applying Scale Handles

Mirror Polishing

Tools

Materials

Knife Design

Source of Services and Materials

Product Details

• Paperback: 182 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications; 2 edition (September 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087341389X
• ISBN-13: 978-0873413893
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #316,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars How to Make Knives, October 3, 2001

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"mudbug007" (Conroe, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Make Knives (Paperback)

This could have been a great book except for one thing. Obviously the publishers did not care enough when updating this book to update or even take the time to use quality photo's in their book. I would like to see what is going on in the book but most of the photo's are so awful you can only see shades of grey and black. To let all this effort by Loveless go to waste is a shame!
Save your money and buy an older version, one that hopefully has clear and quality photo's so you will know what R.W.Loveless is building or what step he is using.
The book itself is a great instructional tool. However you just can't get all that Loveless has to offer in this new version because you can not make out many of the photo's.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A golden oldie!, November 15, 2000

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Kallisti (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Make Knives (Paperback)

I have to agree with the other reviews of this book that it is a total classic, and an excellent primer/guide to the craft of knifemaking. I don't have anything to add on that score. There were just a couple of things I was surprised at when I saw it in hard copy - firstly, that it was first printed in 1977. This dates it a bit, although obviously it all still stands (Loveless' stock removal method and Moran's forging still being better than first class). Secondly, the "explicit and detailed photographs" (from the preface) are mared by poor reproduction. It looks like Krause Publications have simply photocopied the original. For example, a picture on page 50 captioned "Now it looks right" is indecipherable. For the most part this is not a problem, however. It is well to be aware of these issues. However, it remains a text book from masters of the art.

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It was good for a blindman..., October 3, 2003

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"luke63" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Make Knives (Paperback)

The photo's was so bad that I am sending this book back to Amazon. What a rip-off, I got this book without thinking...it did not help me in any way, it is not for the beginner, it has no value for the novice knife maker out there.