How to Design & Make Your Own Folding Knives

This step-by-step book will guide you through creating a folder of your own design.

In this exceptional book, Journeyman Smith Jerry Van Eizenga walks both beginning and advanced knifemakers through the process of making folding knives.

The book is in four sections:
1) How to make the Basic Scagel Slip Joint Folder;
2) How to make Scagel Style Multi-Blade Folders;
3) How to make Scagel Style Sheath Knives with a Folding Blade in the Handle;
4) Jigs and Patterns.

Each of the sections is highly detailed and include plans, lists of materials and tools needed, and more. Other important subjects are covered such as creating nail nicks, heat treating, and final finish and assembly.

This book is essential for any knifemaker interested in making folding knives.