Table of contents

Preface	2
Forward	3
Equipment needed	4
Types of knife steel	7
Heat treating	11
The gas forging & heat treat furnace	20
Getting started	24
Cutting out the blade	31
Finish grinding of the blade	37
Tempering springs	38
Fitting the folding knife	39
Fitting the scales to the bolster	48
Finishing the outside of the knife	51
Fitting the blade	52
Finishing the blade	55
Final finishing of the knife	57
Buffing and polishing	59
Making a work blade	60
Satin finish	61
Shaping the handle	62