Table of contents

About making knives	3
Preface	4
Equipment needed	6
Handle material for knives	18
Exotic woods	19
Exotic handle materials	25
Jigging bone	27
Knife steel	28
Types of knife steel	31
Heat treating tool steel	38
Heat treating	46
Tempering springs	53
Making an electric heat-treat oven	54
The gas forging & heat treat furnace	64
Getting started making a knife	71
Fixed blade knives	84
Grinding the blades	89
Marking out the fix blade knife	93
Grinding the blade	96
Making a work blade	104
Hilts and pommels	105
Making the pommel	109
Installing the handles	110
Finishing the handle	117
Fitting the folding knife	119
Fitting the handles together	124
Finish grinding of the blade	133
Making a work blade	135
Shaping the handle	136
Riveting the knife together	140
Finishing	146
Buffing and polishing	148
Grit sizes	151
Practicing on an old knife	159
Forge setup	163
Forging steel	168
Finishing the blade	175
Repairing pocket knives	176
Casting parts	188
Pattern making	191
Crucible furnaces	196
Plaster casting	201
Rubber molds	210
Embedding objects	217
Casting parts	218
Wax patterns	219
Making a vacuum molder	227
Using the vacuum forming equipment	230
Etching on metal	231
Etching solutions	235
Sharpening knives	238
Knife patterns	241
Suppliers & manufactures	249