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Forged: Making a Knife with Traditional Blacksmith Skills
This book will teach you to hand build a knife using the traditional method of blacksmiths of old — FORGING.
Traditional forging of a knife blade is a process which uses the ancient techniques of moving hot steel with hammer and anvil alone into a knife-form that is ready for filing, heat treating and sharpening with no or very minimal electric grinding.
This book also teaches traditional fit-and-finish skills using only hand tools. It explains an ancient riveted full-tang handle construction system that surpasses modern methods.
In the author's words; "In my early blacksmithing years, I was lucky to get to know some old smiths who wrangled hot iron every day just to make a living. They unselfishly taught me traditional blacksmithing skills and knife forging methods. Every time I use those skills and methods, I honor their friendships, and by teaching you, the reader, we keep alive the memory of those old-time iron pounders."
Hardcover, 132 pages, 150 photos and illustrations, $29.95.
Traditional forging of a knife blade is a process which uses the ancient techniques of moving hot steel with hammer and anvil alone into a knife-form that is ready for filing, heat treating and sharpening with no or very minimal electric grinding.
This book also teaches traditional fit-and-finish skills using only hand tools. It explains an ancient riveted full-tang handle construction system that surpasses modern methods.
In the author's words; "In my early blacksmithing years, I was lucky to get to know some old smiths who wrangled hot iron every day just to make a living. They unselfishly taught me traditional blacksmithing skills and knife forging methods. Every time I use those skills and methods, I honor their friendships, and by teaching you, the reader, we keep alive the memory of those old-time iron pounders."
Hardcover, 132 pages, 150 photos and illustrations, $29.95.
132 pages, Hardcover
Published December 15, 2020
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October 16, 2026
I had a wonderful opportunity to go under Mr. White's tutelege and learn how to forge a traditional frontier knife. It was an absolute no-nonsense experience. Mr. Jim Fousek and Mr. Paul White guided us through the process and we were able to create our own frontier knife with minimal power tool usage. The only time I used a tool was to drill a hole in the handle to rivet the scales.
The book was a fundamental backbon on which the entire session was built on. I was very happy that I read it in its entirety as it helped me capture the technical minutia and rationale behind every step, and why we did the way we did it.
The book was a fundamental backbon on which the entire session was built on. I was very happy that I read it in its entirety as it helped me capture the technical minutia and rationale behind every step, and why we did the way we did it.
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