Helpful knife building websites

Dennis Morland

KNIFE MAKER
Building knives, especially for a beginner, is hard. You just do not have all the knowledge necessary to succeed and you need to keep learning and finding better ways to accomplish the tasks of knife building.

I am not a computer wizard but I have developed a knack for finding knife information on the internet. It is called, "google". Type in a refined phrase of what you are looking for and you can find it on the internet. Pretty amazing stuff.

Here is the kicker. There is bucket loads of information on the internet about making knives. Lots, and lots, and lots.

These sites are not hidden. They just need to be discovered.

One of the best is from Knife dogs very own Ed Caffrey, "The Montana Bladesmith". This site has a plethora of topics to review and is extremely helpful in getting answers to so many knife making questions. He freely shares his information to anyone that wants to discover. . . so take a look. He has spent a great deal of time building this website and it shares a great deal of his hard earned knowledge. But be ready to lose an hour or two just looking around as there is lots to read and review.

http://www.caffreyknives.net/

Here is another website that has a great deal of interesting and helpful information. This one is from north of the border - i.e. Canada. Again, be ready to lose some time looking around. One of the my key interests was this site has a free knife pattern collection. Very helpful for a beginner.

http://dcknives.blogspot.com/

Here is the deal, I just shared some helpful websites. Now, I would like to see some that you can share. Post them up. I need to learn.

DeMo
 
Hi DeMo!

Just wanted to say thank you! I do my best to ensure that I do everything I can to "pay back" all the kindness and knowledge that the custom knife world has offered me over the years. It pleases me to no end that my website can be helpful!
 
Hi DeMo!

Just wanted to say thank you! I do my best to ensure that I do everything I can to "pay back" all the kindness and knowledge that the custom knife world has offered me over the years. It pleases me to no end that my website can be helpful!

Ed - I look at your website on a pretty regular basis. At least one a month.


Good morning!

After years at this I still use Ed's site, and Kevin Cashen's site for heat treat information.

Two of most accurate sites out there.

http://www.cashenblades.com/index.html

George -
Thank you. I will add this one to the long list of sites to visit.
DeMo
 
I think a thread like this will be very useful to new knife makers. I remember the countless hours I spent combing through the internet, looking for good information back when I was just getting started in my knife-making adventures. The problem wasn't the lack of information available, it was the overwhelming amount of "bad" information that was out there that had to be sorted through. I found a few choice sites such as those listed above and this very forum to be extremely helpful. Since I had no mentor available to help me along, I relied solely on the internet to help me get going, and good websites did just that.

Since then, and for the last year and a half, I started my own blog with tons of WIPs and tutorials to show the knife-making techniques that work for me and to give back to the community in my small way. I don't profess to be an expert, but if someone finds my blog useful, I will consider the time and effort I put into it worth while. Here's a link:

http://robinsonedge.blogspot.com/
 
Yeah we got a bunch of nice guys here.Someone is always there too help.And quite often Ed is the 1st to reply with a helpful word.
 
Wish I could add more sites but you guys have it covered well. Nick Wheelers videos on YouTube are a great source of information as well. Ty
 
Don't forget the site started by Don Fogg. Due to health issues he has enlisted the help of others to run his site, know known as www.bladesmithsforum.com.
Also is www.IForgeIron. This is a general metal working forum with much information on blacksmithing and bladesmithing. If all you want is threads relating to bladesmithing you can restrict your results. Then there is http://www.americanbladesmith.com/index.php?section=pages&id=189. You must be a member of the ABS to post on this forum but you can lurk to your heart's content.
 
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