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http://members15.clubphoto.com/thomas633455/guest-1.phtml - Tutorials by Tom Anderson

Tutorial on Building a Frame-Lock Folder

Tutorial on Customizing Pivot Screws

Tutorial on Engine-Turning

Tutorial on Installing Simple Inlays

Tutorial on Making a Custom Pivot Assembly

Tutorial on Making Titanium Spacers

Tutorial on Measurement and Layout

Tutorial on Multi-Stage Anodization

Tutorial on Natural Materials

Tutorial on Penetrant Testing

Tutorial on Selectively Etching a Blade

http://www.brisa.fi/start3.html - See "Work Instructions" for tutorials from Brisa

Finish instructions

Stock removal-Damascus

How to make a leather handled knife

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=54]Tutorials%20Archive - Tutorials at BritishBlades.com

Water stones & Sharpening...

Bolster Soldering Tutorial

Scandi Bolster Fit

Q&A sesh on sheath making

Tutorial for a scandi sheath

Hidden Tang - Step by Step

Easy Scandi Tutorial

Scandinavian blade/ san mai Tutorial

http://www.robbrownknives.com/tutorials/index.php?%200PHPSESSID=413341b952802cd2d6c18ca0c7f5e953 - Tutorials by Rob Brown

Tapering Tangs
Fitting Guards
Fitting Bolsters
Mirror Finishing

http://www.calocustomknives.com.ar/docs/tutorials.htm - Tutorials by Ruben Calo

Making a Sheath and Sharpening a Knife

Making a Folding Knife

Making a Dress Up Criollo Knife

Making 3 Small Knives with Filework

Making a Big Pig Hunter

Making an Integral Criollo Knife

Making a Sheath for a Criollo Knife

Making a Persian Kard

Making Another Folding Knife

Making My First Balisong

http://www.cashenblades.com/Info/Info.html - Techniques, Tools and Information from Kevin Cashen

Microstructures

Alpha Iron
Austenite
Bainite
Cementite
Ferrite
Gamma Iron
Martensite
Pearlite Down as of 8-6-2006

Operations

Steel Selection
Pattern Welding
Forging
Annealing
Hardening
Tempering
Grinding
polishing
Etching
Hilting
Scabbard making

Tools

Anvils Down as of 8-6-2006
Coal Forges
Gas Forges
Hardness (Rockwell) Tester
TTT (IT) Diagram
Salt Baths
Grinders

Research

The Matherton Forge Metallurgical Research and Development Lab

http://www.chriscrawfordknives.com/ - Tutorials by Chris Crawford

How To Build a Scale Release Automatic
(Available on VHS and DVD)

How To Forge a Frontier Style Tomahawk - With Bruce Evans
(Available on VHS and DVD)

Building An Electro-Etching Unit

How To Make A Slip Joint Pocketknife

Washers From Razors - How To Make .004 Inch Stainless Steel Washers

Where It All Got Started

8 Ton forge Press and the Crawford/Melton 1st Annual Hammer-In

http://www.engnath.com/public/intable.htm - The Manual - Bob Engnath; great information

Bob's Bookmarks

Differential hardening with clay

The Drill press......TIPS AND TRICKS

Grinding by the Master

Sanding and finishing with emery

Judging steel composition

Knifemaking steels

The Japanese handle wrap

http://www.homestead.com/beknivessite2/guard.html- Tutorials by Bruce Evans

Making a full nickel silver sheath

Making a boot clip

Arrowhead file work

Hand rubbing a blade

Making a pouch sheath

Grinding a cutlass ground Bowie blade

Making leather working gouges

Making a "Coke bottle" style handle

Making a "shell" shaped butt cap

Making an oval guard with bells on the end

Making a "half penny" style quillon guard

http://www.dfoggknives.com/craftof.htm - Information from Don Fogg

Right Livelihood

Getting Started

http://www.knives.com/ - from knives.com

Japanese fittings

http://www.kosterknives.com/tutorials.htm - Tutorials by Dan Koster

How to Sharpen a Convex Micro-Bevel

How to Make a Leather Sheath for the AK Bowie

How to Avoid Common Photography Mistakes

How to Make a Leather-Covered Kydex Sheath for a Big Knife (Khukuri)

How to Post Pics to Bladeforums

How to Repair a Crack in a Khukuri Handle (Chitlangi)

How to Put a New Handle on an AK Bowie - Part 1

How to Set Up a Variable Speed KMG on a Shoestring Budget

How to Make a Subhilt Fighter from a Chiruwa AK - Coming Soon!

http://www.blacksmithrick.com/classroom.html - from Rick Leeson

Damascus Tutorial
Bet You Didn't Know...
Hacksaw Information
File Information

Heat Treat Information

http://www.macabeeknives.com/articles/articles.html - Tutorials and info by Macabee Knives

How to Heat Treat Knives.

Color chart for Drawing Temper

Making Damascus Cheap & Easy

How to make Mokume from Coins

Primitive Forge

The Tong of Tongs

Construction of the Bingo Mihara Eriku (PDF)

Never buy Cheap Swords (video)

http://www.navaching.com/forge/forgeindex.html - From NavaChing

First Aid, etc..

The Cooling Path

Generalizations

http://64.176.180.203/tutorials.htm - Neo-tribal knifemaking tutorials

The Knifemaker's Quiz
A Basic Bladesmithing Set Up
Accurate Temperature Judgements of Heated High Carbon Steels
Heat Treating the Forged Blade
The Metallurgy of Heat Treating High Carbon Steel
Forge Blower Plans by Rick Lee Morningstar
Forge Plans by R Lee Morningstar
Metalsmithing Information Links
Forged Arrowhead Tutorials
Charcoal Retort How To by Daniel O'Connor
Japanese Box Bellows by Daniel O'Connor
The Proper Hammer Grip
Blacksmith Knife Tutorial

http://www.northcoastknives.com/northcoast_knives_tutorials.htm - Knifemaking tutorials by NorthCoast Knives

Using a knife belt sander to grind your blade

Progression Tempered Puukko

Full to hidden tang conversion

Cord wrapped handle

Leather sheath 2

Leather sheath kit

Visualize your design - Bolsters from bar stock

Corby rivets - Pommels

Stabilizing wood - Soldering

Mosaic pins - Knife vise

More ideas for decorative pins - Hidden pins

Training wheels for knife grinding

Scrap wood handle - Leather and kydex sheath

Photographing knives

Faux finishes for knife handles - Do bolsters/guards have to be metal?

http://p222.ezboard.com/fprimalfiresfrm12 - Tutorials at Primal fires

Tutorial Blade by calvinbow
Folded Axe Tutorial by Carroll Hale III
Calvin's Touch Mark Hold Down by calvin
Nail-In Hooks by Lee Cordochorea
Bladesmithing Tutorial.... Again..... by Carroll Hale III
Gettin' Forked! by Carroll Hale III
how do i adjust the amount of heat on a forge? by mini musashi
Tutorial on making wootz crucible steel by DimeNickel
Scott Hurst File Knife Tutorial by Tim Wieneke
Making a Spiked Tomahawk from an HC marked Railroad Spike... by Carroll Hale III
Antler Straightening 101 by 1932
tainting blades by mini musashi
Shiny knife guys slab handle tutorial by 1932
Handle wrapping tutorial by: The Flaming Blade (photo links may require a click on the url in the address bar of the new window)
Casting Metal Bolsters & Buttcaps by WRTC
Finishing Iron by genechapman
Polishing to bring out a Hamon by Seth Howard
Leather Working & Sinew Tutorials by WRTC
Handle tutorial, antler straightening and dying by calvinbow
Knifemaking Metallurgy by Seth Howard
Making a hammer by thehomesteader

http://www.primosknives.com/articles.htm - Tutorials and information by Terry Primos

What is a Bladesmith?
Differential Heat Treating
Steel Classification
Effects of Alloying Elements in Steel
Composition of Knife Steels
Forging To Shape
Testing Blades
Solderless Guards - My first hands on tutorial
Scale Prevention During Heat Treating
Mortised Tangs

http://www.rayrogers.com/how.htm - Tutorials and information by Ray Rogers

How I Make a Kitchen Knife

How I Make a Folding Knife

http://www.roninknives.com/the_craft_en.shtml - Plans and info from Ronin Custom Knives

Utility:

The RONIN Online Unit Converter

Construction Plans (CAD)

Venturi Burner for Propane-Gas (PDF) - [DOWNLOAD]

Plans for a simple treadle hammer (PDF) - [DOWNLOAD]

Krusty - The Power hammer (PDF) - [DOWNLOAD]

Informations

Japanese Swords

The different Blade shapes/styles

The Sword parts (detailed description)

The Blade constructions (kitae)

The Blade back shapes (mune)

The Blade ridge (shinogi)

The Hamon ("temperline")

Techniques & Tools

Building a Coal/Coke/Charcoal Forge - various construction drawings and blower/bellow types (electric, hand powered, Japanese)

Heat Treatment: Understanding TTT Diagrams (ZTU Schaubild) -> PDF Download
This PDF file is just a small part of a Document about Heat Treatment for Bladesmiths and Knifemakers I am working on at the moment.

Shop Tips

Transferring computer drawings to steel "or the advantage of laser printouts"

http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/index.html - Russian site (links should translate, if not use Babelfish)

Psychology of the knife

Nab.ornye wooden handles

Birch bark handle

One-piece wooden handles

Turning the handle

Turning handle 2

Turning the blade

Gluing in of the blade

Scabbards from the tree

Tools of the professional

Powder mosaic is Damascus

Working the ancient wootz

Tactics of the knife

Scabbards from Kaydeksa

Smithy on the balcony

Parameters of the jackknife

As to make a qualitative knife on the knees

As to make a qualitative knife on knees II

On the brittleness of bystroreza and the missile knives

Production of Damascus steel

Production of the Damascus steel

Production of the Damascus steel

Noncorrosive Damascus steel

Production of the Damascus steel

Damascus steel

Report on the dendritic metal

Indian wootz, damask steel, the Russian Damascus steel

Artistic etching

Forging blade from zero

Scabbards from the glass-fiber-reinforced plastic

Production of knife from the finished blade

Production of the office knife

Knife on the kitchen

Domestic tyuning

http://www.aescustomknives.com.ar/docs/tutorials.htm - Tutorials by Ariel Elias Salaverria

Cable Damascus
Grinding a Blade
Making a San Mai Tanto - Chapter 1

How I Make Damascus Steel
Multilayer Materials
Torsioned Damascus Claw

Coppering Damascus

Ball Bearings Damascus
How to Make a Leather Sheath

http://www.aescustomknives.com.ar/docs/knifemaking.htm - These are not tutorials per se, but they show a combination of some processes and techniques

Damascus Ringed Fighter Sheath and Presentation Box

Damascus Ringed Fighter

Textured Home Made Micarta

Rope and Cable Drop Point

Integral Damascus Kitchen Knife

Nessmuk Style Knife

Three Criollo Knives

Special Damascus Dagger

http://www.mstarling.com/tool_plan_index.html - from Mike Starling