The ideal guide for knifemakers, collectors, culinary professionals, and more, this book teaches multiple methods for making your blades as sharp as n...

The first weapons were conceived around 500,000 years ago and ever since they have played a significant part in shaping human history. Cultures from a...

Do you feel a soul-deep connection with knives and tools that are engineered to cut through other materials? Does having a sturdy knife on your person...

The new Shooter's Bible Guide to Knives sets the standard for comprehensive publications by carrying on the Shooter's Bible tradition of bringing toge...

There's nothing better than spending time in the presence of an experienced knifemaker, except maybe, learning a few tricks of the trade. In this revi...

A complete reference book for knives of the United States, British, and Allied Forces, 19th century to modern day. This volume compiles together sixty...

This beginner-level guide explains, step-by-step, how to make a fixed-blade hidden tang knife and a matching leather scabbard. Used by hunters and fis...

Protect that beautiful hand-forged knife you've just completed or keep your favorite piece of cutlery close for daily use with a leather sheath. From ...

The next installment to this knife workshop series explains how to design and build an integral knife, a knife made out of a single piece of steel. Fr...

This practical guide shows basic knife blade smithing step-by-step, in text and photos. Publishers In this book Ernst G. Siebeneicher-Hellwig and Jurg...

Make your own folding pocketknife with this easy-to-follow guide. Step by step, this instructional manual unfolds the secrets of constructing a slip j...

This is the ultimate guide to sharpening with traditional waterstones for all owners of Japanese knives. Provided are step-by-step instructions on pro...

This is the third book in a collector's series on Randall Made Knives, by Robert Hunt. These publications reflect the author's interest in the histori...

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Does damascus steel make your heart sing? Are you always trying to keep on the cutting edge of tactical fixed blade knives? Do you need to know what's the hottest custom folding knife on the market? There is only one place to turn -- KNIVES 2018, 38th Edition.

For going on four decades, "The World's Greatest Knife Book" has been the most comprehensive and trusted resource in the knife world, delivering an entertaining and authoritative selection of features, industry reports and eye-catching knife galleries. The annual offers knifemakers, knife collectors, knife buyers and knife dealers the vital information they require. From reliable factory knives to custom-made gems, Knives 2018, 38th Edition cuts to the quick matter to raise readers' blade IQ.

Edited by industry veteran Joe Kertzman, KNIVES 2018, 38th Edition is chocked full of informative feature articles, along with the always popular departments. Among the most anticipated is the "State of the Art" section that showcases some of the most desirable specimens of custom knifemaking. From jewel-inlayed handles to ornately engraved hilts to finely sculpted blades, this section truly demonstrates the practical art of bladesmithing. But the annual is also one of the most encompassing knife industry resources, featuring its unique and useful directory of custom knifemakers.

Stay sharp when it comes to the knife world with KNIVES 2018, 38th Edition.

How KNIVES 2018 will raise your blade IQ:

* Authoritative features on the latest and hottest knifemaking and factory and custom knife trends
* Unique and comprehensive custom knifemakers directory
* Eye-catching photo galleries of the most desirable knives available today

Table of Contents

Magic & Mystery of the Bowie Knife
The Wharncliffe Goes Tactical
My Move into Mid-Tech Knifemaking
A True History of the Tomahawk
Knifemakers of the North Country
Heavenly Blades
Plunge in with Dive Knives
Traveling with Knives in Europe
Eye-Popping Edges
Tactical Folder Collaborations Keep Rolling
Folder Refinement
That's a Buncha Bowie!
Flawless Fossil Walrus
Little Utility Knives
Cultural Curiosities
Foxy Flippers
Indulge Your Fantasies
No Drag Dags
Chef, Sushi, Steak & Veggie Knives
Burled Barehanders
Rings, Split Rings & D-Guards
Desert Warriors
The Fighter Class
Close-Shave Straight Razors
Top-Tier Tantos
Pocketknife Perfection
We Get Game Blades
Mighty Mammoth & Mastodon
Full-Tilt Tacticals
Blades of a Feather
Classic Carving, Checkering & Fluting
Pin Prickling the Ivories
Palpable & Gripping Art
Sculpted Scalpels
Glorious Engraving
Gold-i-Lops
A Metallic Mosaic
Charming Handle Charms
Sheath Delights
The Damascus Dance
San Mai, My...My!
Touché Mokumé
Greetings from Washington
Factory Folding Saws
Thin Is In
Economical Assisted Opening Folders
Piggyback Sheaths
Custom Knifemakers
Knifemakers State-by-State
Knifemakers Membership Lists
Knife Photo Index
Sporting Cutlers
Importers
Knifemaking Supplies
Mail Order Sales
Knife Services
Organizations
Publications

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Set of 2 catalogs for one price!

There are only two known catalogs published by the Schatt & Morgan Cutlery Company during the company's existence from its 1897 start in Gowanda, New York to it passing into receivership in Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1933.

The first catalog, 54 black and white pages, is a reproduction of what is thought to be the first Schatt & Morgan Cutlery Catalog originally printed in 1903. The second catalog, Schatt & Morgan Catalog No. 2 with 130 semi-color pages, was published circa 1907.

A sincere effort has been made to reproduce these catalogs from antique originals, printed full size, on similar paper as the originals with no edits or changes. Both catalogs are being sold together as a pair.

Schatt and Morgan Cutlery Company was the predecessor to Queen Cutlery Co. and many of Queen's patterns originated with S&M.

Softcover, 54 b&w pages and Softcover, 130 semi-color pages.

Historical profiles of more than 70 cutleries and individuals who made knives, razors, and scissors in the state of New Jersey including Boker, Valley...

This guide showcases knives used by America's clandestine military in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. It provides the collector and others inte...

Goins' Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition is one of the most talked about books in recent memory. Since the first Encyclopedia became required reading for all ...

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Authored by the retired Foreign Service Officer and longtime Knife World Staff Correspondent, this handsome leather bound, limited edition book provides a collectors-eye view of the world of knives. Featuring more than 500 knives and other edged weapons, its much more than a retrospective of collecting adventures -- its an indispensible guide to the knives of the world. Foreword by C. Houston Price.

If you've been a KNIFE WORLD reader for any length of time, the name Eiler Robert Cook should mean something to you. Mr. Cook penned his first article for these pages twenty years ago this month [October 1984], and his periodic contributions on knives of the world have made him one of our most popular Staff Correspondents ever since.

Mr. Cook's interest in knives first appeared in boyhood, and this fascination grew as a young Marine serving his country during WWII. After the War, Cook began a career as a diplomatic courier with the U.S. Foreign Service that would eventually take him to seemingly all corners of the globe. This, to him, was a dream come true, for everywhere he went provided not only new cultural experiences, but more opportunities to add antique edged weapons to his growing collection!

Travels for Daggers is at once a retrospective of Mr. Cook's collecting experiences, a celebration of the many varied pieces he's acquired over the years, and an excellent source of information on the immense variety of knives to be found on this planet we call home. The book consists of fourteen chapters that neatly divide the text into such subjects as the knives of the world's various regions, military knives, and the reproduction edged weaponry that Mr. Cook imported for many years. Interlaced with the blades throughout the book, the reader will find the story of a man whose life experiences could quite obviously fill several books without once losing the reader's interest. Those who think of knife books in terms of dry historical studies and simple price listings will find Mr. Cook's contribution to the knife literature a most refreshing and enjoyable one.

Produced only in a collector's edition of 700 copies, Travels for Daggers is a well done book offered at a very affordable price. Whether you're attracted to the world of knives so often overlooked in this country, or you simply enjoy an fascinating story well told, Travels for Daggers is a book that will definitely bring many hours of reading pleasure.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Reproduction Edged Weaponry
Chapter 2: The Beginnings
Chapter 3: The Early Paris Years
Chapter 4: Diplomatic Courier Travels in Postwar Europe
Chapter 5: The Middle East and Africa
Chapter 6: The Iberian Peninsula
Chapter 7: Scandinavia Ahoy! Sweden, Lapland, Finland, Denmark, and Norway
Chapter 8: India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Ceylon / Sri Lanka
Chapter 9: Southeast Asia and Indonesia Area
Chapter 10: China, Formosa, and Japan
Chapter 11: The Philippines
Chapter 12: South America and Central America
Chapter 13: The Military Connection
Chapter 14: The American Scene
Bibliography
Worldwide Museums with Edged Weaponry Collections
Index

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A followup to the very hard-to-find "Book 1," this excellent volume by a dedicated Cooper knife collector contains lots of new information and photographs of Cooper knives. Also useful for those interested in Cooper's associates Jody Samson and Alex Collins. Hardcover, color and black & white photos.

Signed by the author Written by the respected knife historian, collector and author, Ron Flook, this new publication is an informational and reference...

The true German knife collectors bible! This is the gold standard, the equivalent of "Goins' Encyclopedia" for German makers of knives, razors, and ot...

This is the third book in a collector's series on Randall Made Knives, by Robert Hunt. These publications reflect the author's interest in the histori...

This book lists literally hundreds of manufacturers of cutlery from all over the world. Old as well as new brands are included. The easy-to-use format...

Based upon several years of archival research, the author's analysis simply reinvents this field of collecting, resulting in a complete guide to the s...

This book covers early primitive knives, many of which were handmade. Examples include those used by Native Americans and blacksmith craftsmen from th...

Circa 1860s, KNUCKLEDUSTERS are miniature, palm-concealed revolvers without a barrel which also could be used as a weapon in the event of a fist fight...

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This first-class hardcover book is filled with gorgeous full color photographs of some of the very finest knives ever produced in Sheffield, England -- the cutlery center of the world in the nineteenth century.

Included are dozens of one of a kind knives from daggers and bowies to fixed and folding dirks, and a wide selection of the world's best multiblade knives such as sportsman's knives. Some of the knives have been positively identified as having been exhibited in the 1851 Exhibition at the Crystal Palace or in the Great Exposition in London in 1879.

These "exhibition knives" were never intended to be sold, but were made to be "exhibited" and then retired to the factory as part of the factory collection for posterity. There is very little in the world that has ever been made in which the immediate purpose was for posterity, for culture, for quality, for beauty, for display, for exhibition-and not for sale. These knives speak for themselves; they shout with a loud voice of their birthright. They are the best of the best.

Printed on heavy, high quality coated stock and bound in beige cloth, with the title in gold on front board and on spine, this book is a rare treat. It is not only a reference book for collectors, but has also proven to be a real inspiration to many of today's talented craftsmen.

This is the preeminent reference on antique English knives, written by one of Great Britain's most respected 20th century authorities on weaponry. The...