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by Jamie Stapleton
Making a wood carving knife is a multi step process consisting of choosing and preparing the metal to become a wood carving knife blade blank, anne...
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by Jamie Stapleton
Many people ask what grit abrasive to use for sharpening and polishing knives. First, it is important to understand what grit means. Grit is the me...
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by Jamie Stapleton
This post will answer how to attach a wood carving knife blade to a handle. There are many ways to do this but I will focus on the northwest coast ...
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by Jamie Stapleton
This post will answer how to make a carving knife handle, more specifically how to make a northwest coast style handle. Making a knife handle is no...
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by Jamie Stapleton
This post will answer how to sharpen a knife. In particular I will detail sharpening a curved wood carving knife, such as the single bevel double e...
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by Jamie Stapleton
This post will answer the question of how to harden knife blades as well as temper them. We will also answer why to harden and anneal a knife blade...
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by Jamie Stapleton
You will find the blanks are now covered in a hard layer of oxides known as fire scale. This layer is extremely hard and will dull your belts rathe...
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by Jamie Stapleton
Shaping a wood carving knife is one of the most difficult steps of actually making the knife. You need to have steady hands and a very good grinder...
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by Jamie Stapleton
This post will answer the question of why would you anneal a wood carving knife blank, what is annealing and how to anneal a knife blank in a home ...
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by Jamie Stapleton
This post will answer the question of how to prepare a wood carving knife blank from recycled blades. If you already have clean tool steel to start...
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