A Modern Guide to Knifemaking: Step-by-step instruction for forging your own knife from expert bladesmiths, including making your own handle, sheath and sharpening

its a great well written book. It teaches everything you need to know to make a knife. Including building the forge and basic metallurgy, She humbly interviews some top knife makers. Laura goes over design and gives really good advice on how to design a knife. Her story of her first knife is cool. She is a real adventurer! Great read and a text book on knife making rolled into one. This is a must buy.

Great book on the ins and outs of knifemaking!

I just got into knifemaking in the Fall of 22. This was one of a handful of books I purchased on knifemaking and has been a go-to resource for me so far. It has step by step details for each process along with an ample amount of photos to reference from. While there are alot of other books available on the market on the topic, for the price point, quality, and material presented, this book is a good purchase.

If you are looking for a book that has everything about making knives you should look elsewhere. If, however, you want a clear guide to making your first knife, this is the book you want. Laura gives you a little setup info including the kinds of tools you need and then goes through each step in making a knife from initial design all the way to making the sheath.

I'm new to knife making and this book is exactly what I needed. I love the step by step instructions, great photos, and the author's no-nonsense approach. I highly recommend it if you want all the steps for knife making in one well put-together book. You can always read and learn more about knife making, but this book gives you everything you need to make a knife from raw steel to sheath.

Well written. Clear, concise, great illustrations. She really knows what stalking about and more importantly, she can pass it on. I just wish she had other books I could get.

Some useful information for me being a beginner

If you know nothing about knives, metallurgy, knife making or leather work this book will be somewhat helpful. It is very basic as if written by someone who has made a few knives as a hobbyist using the tools found in a typical homeowner's garage. The tools and techniques are for someone who is on a tight budget. For example, the grinder is an inexpensive home shop grinder that is not remotely like a knife-making grinder. The advice is practical and I didn't notice any mistakes.

A well written and easy to follow guide I will have a lot of use for this and no doubt refer to it often.

Petit livre instructif intéressant pour débutants.

Trae diferentes modelos para la fabricación de cuchillos y muy buenas recomendaciones de los aceros y las temperaturas.

Very informative

tres decu , rien d interessant dans ce livre , beaucoup de bla bla , meme pour un debutant en coutellerie very disappointed, nothing of interest in this book, a lot of blah blah, even for a beginner in cutlery