Make Your Own Knife Handles: Patterns and Techniques for Customizing Your Blade
Craft a Custom Knife

If you’ve ever wanted your own custom knife to take along on that camping, hunting, or fishing trip, or to give to a family member or a friend as the perfect gift, Make Your Own Knife Handles has you covered. 

All you need is the knife blade of your choice, easily picked up at any woodworking store or knife shop, and Chris Gleason’s new book, and you’ll soon be customizing your own beautiful knife. With simple construction techniques, Make Your Own Knife Handles covers all the basics of selecting the wood, prepping it for your blade, and how to assemble the knife. The 16 projects cover all the styles you’ll need, from a simple folding knife and kitchen paring knife to an Alaskan Ulu and hatchet. With a knife kit and a little bit of wood and time, you’ll have a custom blade that will soon become your most trusted friend.

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Make Your Own Knife Handles: Patterns and Techniques for Customizing Your Blade
Craft a Custom Knife

If you’ve ever wanted your own custom knife to take along on that camping, hunting, or fishing trip, or to give to a family member or a friend as the perfect gift, Make Your Own Knife Handles has you covered. 

All you need is the knife blade of your choice, easily picked up at any woodworking store or knife shop, and Chris Gleason’s new book, and you’ll soon be customizing your own beautiful knife. With simple construction techniques, Make Your Own Knife Handles covers all the basics of selecting the wood, prepping it for your blade, and how to assemble the knife. The 16 projects cover all the styles you’ll need, from a simple folding knife and kitchen paring knife to an Alaskan Ulu and hatchet. With a knife kit and a little bit of wood and time, you’ll have a custom blade that will soon become your most trusted friend.

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Make Your Own Knife Handles: Patterns and Techniques for Customizing Your Blade

Make Your Own Knife Handles: Patterns and Techniques for Customizing Your Blade

by Chris Gleason
Make Your Own Knife Handles: Patterns and Techniques for Customizing Your Blade

Make Your Own Knife Handles: Patterns and Techniques for Customizing Your Blade

by Chris Gleason

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Overview

Craft a Custom Knife

If you’ve ever wanted your own custom knife to take along on that camping, hunting, or fishing trip, or to give to a family member or a friend as the perfect gift, Make Your Own Knife Handles has you covered. 

All you need is the knife blade of your choice, easily picked up at any woodworking store or knife shop, and Chris Gleason’s new book, and you’ll soon be customizing your own beautiful knife. With simple construction techniques, Make Your Own Knife Handles covers all the basics of selecting the wood, prepping it for your blade, and how to assemble the knife. The 16 projects cover all the styles you’ll need, from a simple folding knife and kitchen paring knife to an Alaskan Ulu and hatchet. With a knife kit and a little bit of wood and time, you’ll have a custom blade that will soon become your most trusted friend.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781950934379
Publisher: Cedar Lane Press
Publication date: 10/11/2022
Edition description: Revised ed.
Pages: 168
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Raised on a farm in Upstate New York, Chris Gleason has been operating Gleason Woodworking Studios for 15 years in Salt Lake City, Utah. He executes woodworking and design projects of varying levels of complexity, from high-end kitchen cabinetry to a windowsill herb garden, utilizing sustainable materials and techniques whenever possible. With a goal of empowering people to build things that they'll love for their homes, he's written 12 books over the past deade for the DIY market, including Wood Pallet Projects, The Versatile Shed, and Art of the Chicken Coop.

Table of Contents

  • 8" Chef's Knife 
  • Damascus Steel Chef's Knife
  • 8" Slicing/Carving Knife
  • Paring Knife
  • Alaskan Ulu
  • Drop Point Knife
  • Drop Point Hunter's Knife 
  • Semi-Skinner Knife
  • Skinner Knife
  • Mini Hunter Fixed Blade
  • Pocket Knife
  • Small Custom Folding Knife
  • Camp Hatchet
  • Desk Knife 
  • Bottle Opener 
  • Blade Making: Making a Knife from Scratch
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