Videos for Your Education and Entertainment 
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  Making A Camp Knife

ADM Knives ( www.ADMKnives.com) were kind enough to give us a nice, behind the scened look at how they go about making their excellent , hardworking, custom knives. I'm alsways fascinated to see how the other guys do it.

  Behind the Scenes with Jim Moyer

Another behind the scenes tour of knifemaker Jim Moyer (JMoyerKnives.Com) . Some nice video of Jim's freehand hollow grinding. ( I hope to be able to do that someday!)

  Making Knives on a Budget

Produced by Wally Hayes....yeah, the guy who does those gorgeous Japanese knives and swords. This is a teaser to get you to buy the DVD ( well worth it, by the way) and skips a few a steps. Still very interesting to see a professional's workshop.

Note: The author of this video has requested that we not embed his video, but it can be watched by clicking HERE or HERE    

Making a Hidden Tang Knife:

I found this great little step by step video outlining everything you need to do to make a great little hidden tang knife. Entertaining especially since there is no narration, only a relaxing music sound track. I also like his emphasis on using common workshop tools.

 

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  Making the Predator Blade:

Another well done step-by-step tutorial set to music with no words. I've never been tempted to try a hand grinder for making a blade, but I may have to re-think my position. (Did you notice the band-aid on his finger? I bet there's a story there)

 

 

  Stock Removal Knifemaking

Behind the scenes at Clearwater Knives ( cwknives.blogspot.com ) where he shows you his excellent techniques for hollow grinding. In addition, he has some good information on heat treating and tempering. Full video can be purchased at:  http://peterroise.com

  Traditional Knife Making: Hidden Tang

Traditional method of knifemaking with a step by step video going from mounting the handles and shaping, all the way through making the sheath and engraving. Interesting bit on tapping the threads for the pommel

     
  Knife Grinder for the Intermediate Knifemaker

Making a great knife belt sander without spending a fortune. Very informative video from Purgatory Iron Works. Yes, it can be done.

  Inventive Knife Grinder

Purgatory Knife Works is back with more ideas on a home made knife belt grinder--this one requires no welding. A very inventive, workable idea for someone who isn't ready  to plunk down $1500 for a knife belt grinder yet.

   

Cord wrapped knife handle

At last! A halfway decent tutorial on how to do a nice looking cord wrapped knife handle. Peter Atwood of Atwood Knives demonstrates how to make a comfortable and functional handle. Although the knife he does in this demo is small, the techniques can be applied to any size knife. ( For more about his knives and interesting tools, you might want to take a gander at Peter's interesting website at: http://www.atwoodknives.com/ )

  Another cord wrap handle video tutorial, this one a little bit longer and more detailed. Actually, it's long enough that Devil Dwarf Bladesmith ended up uploading it in two parts. Nice technique and he goes slow enough that even I understood it.

 Link on the left shows you part 1, for Part 2, click HERE.

aa Alton Brown of the Food Network's show Good Eats, talks about keeping your knives sharp. I'm not sure if I agree with him about sending knives out instead of sharpening them yourself, but this does have a nice segment on the use of a sharpening steel.
  All About Kitchen Knives: A very useful and informative seven minute tutorial about choosing  and caring for kitchen knives. Hosted by Chef Jean-Pierre, who gives some great tips on what to look for in a good knife. More good lessons on the use of a sharpening steel.
  Knife Sharpening 101.

The name pretty much says it all. Great primer on keeping the edge sharp.  I like this lady's approach.
  Kids, Don't try this at home!

We've talked about knife safety too  much already. Just for a break, take a look at this guy juggling knives. Easy, you say? OK, try it on a unicycle.
  What could be more gratifying than seeing a professional samurai slice a tomato with his razor sharp sword in one swift stroke? Seeing it in slow motion, of course!!
  Excellent little tutorial on forming the leather for a pouch type of sheath. Its in Polish, but I don't think you'll have any problem following the steps that he's going through.
  Here's an entertaining  professionally made video of the factory environment that good blades come out of: A tour of the Leatherman factory in Portland, Oregon.  You'll really appreciate the precision that goes into production after seeing this. . 
More to come!