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Have you always wanted to learn how to make a knife? Well, here’s your chance. With a few inexpensive tools, some easily acquired materials, a little hard work and this two-tape video production from Paladin Press, you can learn all the basic skills of knifemaking and be on your way to producing your own high-quality custom blades. Master Bladesmith Wally Hayes first shows you how to turn your workshop into a functional knife shop for less than $250. He then takes you step by step through a complete course in knifemaking, including profiling and grinding your blade; differentially heat-treating your knife (using a home-built forge that costs less than $40); embellishing your blade with filework; crafting form-fitting Kydex sheaths in your kitchen oven; polishing your blade to a mirror finish; attaching a slab handle and doing a Japanese cord-wrapped handle. This video covers the complete construction of two knives – a chisel-ground tanto-style neck knife and a flat-ground utility/hunting knife – and is one of the most detailed courses in knifemaking ever captured on video. Videos are nonreturnable. For information purposes only. Color, approx. 150 min. total, 2-Tape Set.
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