Wayne Goddard's $50 Knife Shop, Revised

Additional Wayne Goddard's $50 Knife Shop, Revised Information

-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.

What Customers Say About Wayne Goddard's $50 Knife Shop, Revised:

So he spends a huge amount of time talking about all the gismos he has made and special jigs. I bought this book to give me some guidance on making my first knife. However, Wanye is too distracted by his 40+ years of knife making to be able to break down knife making for a newbie. I have been more helped by doing a google search and finding a few web sites that in just several pages tell you what to do step by step with enough detail that you can follow it.I do not recommend this as your first book on knife making.

I was left wondering, what is the pin for, what is it made of, how do you do it,.What I was really hoping for was a set of clear instructions to make "this" sample knife do 1, 2, 3, 4,. but he does not give you that. Like he glossed over pinning a handle onto a knife by just saying to "pin it". He makes assumptions that you know things.

Like he gives you a history of what quench solutions he has used without telling you the proportions of the different ingredents in his current perfected mixture. He just shows pictures and gives a few general comments about having found the parts at various yard sales and salvage yards. I think that I am the intended audience for this book which stresses starting out and the $50 investement that making a knife can take. Unfortunately he wants you to create all the stuff he has made over 40 years without any sort of details or dimensions.

Also Wayne likes to scrounge yard sales and create grinders from old washing machines. He wants to tell you all sorts of little details that will not help you make your first knife. So even if you wanted to duplicate his solution you couldn't.

It is a great book. This is my favorite book. GET THIS BOOK. I suggest it for anyone who wants to learn knife making and knife forging. It covers almost everything involved with making knives. From heat treating, to forging damascus, to sharpening, and choosing metals.

Overall it is worth the money. But no one is completely satisfied. Its not a bad book. It does give a lot of info but it also has some ideals that i do not agree with.

If you want to FORGE a knife this is the book for you.If you want to BUILD a knife===>There are others more suited for that

I would reccommend this book to all knifemakers.beginner and experienced. It has new fotos and diagrams all in color. Although this book has approx same number of pages as the original, it seems to contain 50% more info in it. Wayne's first version of this book was the first knifemaking book i purchased. Definitely a 5 star book. This latest version is one of the best books a beginner could get. Wayne has guided me and been my mentor and friend from the first (approx 4 yrs ). All the fotos and diagrams are in color which greatly helps in understanding the lessons.