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This list was taken from the old CKDF board:
BOOKS
*list of about a hundred books*
How does it compare to David Boye's book, Step by Step Knifemaking?
Or the Blade Guide to Making Knives?
Those were the three that caught my eye. I really just need a book that covers the basics on fixed blade knives. By basics I suppose steel selection, tools of the trade, grinding and shaping blades, heat treating, and attaching handles. So I don't need a book with a lot of detail on engraving or decorating, folder knives, or marketing/business.
David Boyes book is very detailed and has many explanatory pictures to go with his descriptions. I was very happy when I found it.
The Loveless/Barney book was very good as well and the chapter on forging, while not as useful to a beginner stock remover, was very interesting.
Blades guide was interesting but was many projects by different people and although this is useful to someone who has been researching or working on knives for a while, it can be confusing as different makers have different ways of doing things.
Tim McCreights Custom Knifemaking is another useful volume that has a number of different projects that use varying levels of skill.
The ultimate Cut n Shoot book
Blades and barrels: Six centuries of combination weapons
H. Gordon Frost
1972, out of print and $300 used.
Slow download, captca, wait,
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c08...of_Combination_Weapons_-_Frost_-_1972_(S).pdf
That site doesn't seem to work.
It has you running around in circles with no down load.