Beginner's Knifemaking: A step-by-step course in knifemaking

If you have ever wanted to try knifemaking but didn’t know where to begin, this course will show you the skills needed to create functional and beautiful working knives with only a handful of tools using the stock removal process. ABS Bladesmith and ESEE Knife Designer James Gibson takes a student with no experience and guides him to make a neck knife from bar stock to a finished knife with a sheath in only one day! As a bonus, you will receive the $155 Knife Shop list download that covers the tools you’ll need to get started on a budget.

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Beginner's Knifemaking

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I'll teach you step-by-step how to make a knife!

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Course Objectives

What can you expect to learn?

How to rough out a knife blank from bar stock
How to profile a knife blank
BONUS - How to save money and sharpen drill bits
How to grid bevels
How to heat treat
How to polish and edge
STONING (Old School Technique!)
How to etch a blade
How to make a kydex sheath
And more!

BONUS DOWNLOAD

The $155 Knife Shop

As a bonus to students, James has put together a Beginning Knife Maker's shopping list that can help you get all of the equipment you need for your backyard knife shop for only $155. This shopping list is an invaluable resource to any beginner bladesmith!

One Course, Endless Possibilities

Once you understand the basics, your creativity is the limit. The skills taught in this course can be the foundation for an incredible hobby or business in knife-making. Whether creating an heirloom gift for your son or building a part-time income, everything you need to get started is here.

Course Curriculum

1

Welcome to Beginner's Knifemaking
- 1. Intro
2

Beginner's Knife Making: Course Material
- 2. Roughing Out the Blank
- 3. Profiling The Knife Blank
- 4. Sharpening Drill Bits (BONUS PRO TIP)
- 5. Grinding The Bevels
- 6. Heat Treating
- 8. Stoning the Blade
- 9. Blade Etching
- 10. Attaching The Scales
- 11. Mountain Tread Finishing Scales
- 12. Kydex Sheath
- 13. Final Edge Sharpening
- 14. Final Thoughts
3

BONUS DOWNLOAD: The $155 Knife Shop
- BONUS DOWNLOAD PDF

Meet Your Instructor

Outdoor Skills Instructor

James Gibson

James Gibson is an ABS journeyman knife maker and designers of several knives for the ESEE brand. Born and raised in the Smoky Mountains, James has a passion for the outdoors that led him learning survival skills in 1976, then knife making in the early 1980’s, and later, flintknapping. He’s trained with legendary outdoorsmen such as Tom Brown, Steve Watts, and Mors Kochanski and even holds a 6th degree black belt in Ninpo Tai-Jutsu under famed Ninja Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi. James Gibson is an instructor at Randall’s Adventure & Training (ESEE Knives) and owner of Knob Creek Forge in Seymour, Tennessee.
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