Wayne Goddard's $50 Knife Shop, Revised

• Step-by-Step Knifemaking: You Can Do It!
• Custom Knifemaking: 10 Projects from a Master Craftsman
• How to Make Knives
• The Backyard Blacksmith: Traditional Techniques for the Modern Smith
• The Complete Bladesmith: Forging Your Way to Perfection

-Speaks to a ready audience: BLADE Show -- largest custom cutlery show in the U.S. draws 10,000 people each year

-Presents simple, expert instruction in full color photos

Knife-makers, veteran and novice, know and trust Wayne Goddard's techniques and teaching, and it shows in the level of craftsmanship featured at the nation's knife shows. The very book that changed the face of bladesmithing is revamped, with full color photo instructions and the tried-and-true format knife-makers will refer to for years to come.

This page-turner covers:

-Tools needed to make knives, and outfitting a personal workshop without breaking the bank.

-Forging and heat-treating techniques, to help improve existing bladesmithing skills

-200+ color photos demonstrate basic knife making techniques

The easiest guide to making knives is Wayne Goddard's $50 Knife Shop, Revised.

but you need more precision if you're going to do certain things. I just struggled through this book, and it's total lack of organization is maddening. The author jumps off on a thousand tangents, but can never finish a thought. like hollow grinding.I wanted to like this book, because the author is so clearly a friendly interesting guy.but the bottom line is this:Pretty much every other book I've read on knifemaking is better than this one. He starts on one idea then moves on to another - he talks about how wheels on sanding machines can be made from scrap wheels, and mentions that he was recently at Pearl Harbor, and they had lots of carts there, so obviously there is a scrap yard somewhere where old wheels can be purchased.WHAT.Due to the horrible editting the text often contradicts itself - to reference just the bit about grinders again, he talks about how scrap wheels are good, especially for hollow grinding.

It has LOTS of pictures and does a good job of explaining them unlike some other books. I bought this book along with 3 other knife making books. Wayne does a good job of describing knife making procedures with a minimum of tools. If you have a little more budget than $50 get David Boye's book Step by Step Knife Making or the Barney/Loveless book How to Make Knives If you are on a budget I would strongly recommend this book.

This book is full of good information for the beginning knifemaker. If they are experienced at making knives, they may or may not learn new tricks or styles of knifemaking. It is well worth your money. This book will make a great gift for any handyman, especially if they have limited knowledge about knifemaking, as I did.

Well written and put together. I got this one for under $10, used(I could not tell it was used). 5+ stars This is by far, the best knife making book I have. What a steal.

If you are like most, broke, you have got to get this book. This is real world, not a techy manual. If you buy no other book, buy this one. This book is the reason I started making knives.

This book is mainly concerned with forging knives from scrap coil and leaf spring from cars. What its best at is to show you that you can make knives from scrap and homemade tools for next to nothing. It covers most aspects of knife making, even some stock removal. This is a really great book. Its one of the best books on making your own tools too. I highly recommend this book. If your new at knife making then this is a must have.