Bladesmithing

A Beginner's Guide to Knife Making & Forging Your Own Knives

By: Jeff Laguire

Narrated by: Matyas J.

Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

Discover the guarded secrets used by master knifemakers to make heirloom-worthy knives and blades with little-known bladesmithing techniques.

Are you interested in learning how to make your own knives, but don't know how to start?

Are you a bladesmith looking to take your knifemaking skills to the next level?

Do you want to learn the little-known trade secrets of master knifemakers to make knives that are not only durable but are considered works of art and can become a family heirloom?

If your answer is yes to any of the questions above, then this comprehensive guide to bladesmithing is for you!

In this master guide to knifemaking and bladesmithing, Jeff Laguire shows you the blueprint for selecting good scraps of steel and turning them into masterpieces using time-tested and proven bladesmithing techniques that don’t require ridiculously expensive tools and equipment.

In Bladesmithing: A Beginner's Guide to Knife-Making and Forging Your Own Knives, you're going to learn:

• Everything you need to know about the art and science of bladesmithing to help you get started on the right foot
• A complete list of the essential tools you're going to need to make bladesmithing a breeze
• How to optimize your workspace in a way to makes it easy and enjoyable to carry out bladesmithing work
• The different types of knifemaking steel and how to select the right steel and alloy combination for making the perfect knife
• Step-by-step instructions to craft your very first or next heirloom-worthy knife from picking the right metal to putting finishing touches
• And much more!

Designed specifically for beginners and other experienced knife-makers who want to brush up on the basics and even pick up new skills and techniques along the way, this book thoroughly explains everything you need to know about knifemaking and shows you trade secrets to improving your bladesmithing skills to world-class levels!

Ready to create knives and blades that are both functional and aesthetic? Scroll to the top of the page and click the "buy now" button to get started today!

©2021 Jeff Laguire (P)2021 Jeff Laguire

Great guide

Great guide for beginners in bladesmithing. This book guides you through each steps to creating your own knife.

Great

Easy book to listen to while I am driving to work. Bladesmithing had always been a hobby that I am curious about.

Not bad

Found some good information in this book. Will look for more information about bladesmithing later on.

Great bladesmithing guide

Great bladesmithing guide for beginners. Highly recommend starting off with this guide then move along to something more advance.

Easy to learn

Easy guide to learn and transition to bladesmithing. I highly recommend this audiobook from somebody with little experience.

Let get started

Easy bladesmithing guide with a lot of strong fundamental information. This is catered more toward beginners and intermediary level.

Not bad

Decent audiobook about bladesmithing. Will use this guide for future reference. Easy step-by-step guide for beginners.

Get it right

Jake Welsh did a great job with this beginner’s guide and assisting them with introductory information on bladesmithing.

Excellent

Excellent to start off with. I found this book simple and easy to listen to. Narrator did a great job and I highly recommend this audiobook.

Seriously?

This is a truly trivial guide as written by a high school shop student. It has entire chapters on nonsense like figuring out where to assemble your build area—including extensive detail on why your living room or bedroom won’t be great spaces for blade making. An entire chapter is spent discussing workbench design etc. An idiot would find this text insultingly simplistic.

When discussing quenching we find the key concerns include how environmentally damaging brine and oil are. The small volume of brine needed is described as toxic if poured into the ocean.

Spend a few hours skimming basic internet boards and avoid this reader. This fellow reading is shown on Wikipedia as the definition of patronizing. His singsong tone combines with the trite sayings in the text to make me want to slap the dude. Seriously, how does a “book” like this get written and published let alone made on Audible.

I can’t make it thru this and will request my credit back. Unless you have never seen a knife, have no idea what a “shop” is, and like to be talked down to by someone of very low knowledge, I’d suggest avoiding this “book”. In fact, it really seems like a high-school paper written for an English class.

I can find nothing redeeming in this text.