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MAKING FOLDING KNIVES

By Harold Hoffman

If you want to learn how to make custom knives, folding knives, or spring back knives, this book has

all the information that you will need. It is an excellent book for the beginner or advanced craft person.

This book has drawings, and photos that you can follow step-by-step as you make your first knife.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Harold Hoffman has through his 30 plus years of experience as a Gunsmith, Toolmaker and Custom

Knife maker has passed on to you through his books information that soon may be lost or forgotten.

His books are not intended for the person wanting to make a complete firearm, but for learning basic

shop tool making. The information found within his books is for instructional purpose only. -- The titles

DO NOT actual cover gun repair on firearms, but how to make needed parts for firearms which is

about 40% of all gun repair. Without this information you will be severely limited in gun repair.

He first started gun repair when he was 18 years old doing minor repair for the farmers and local

hunters in the Bucklin, Kansas area. His main interest was how to make rifle barrels, as he was an

avid hunter. Moving into a bigger shop he bought a lathe and proceeded to learn how to use it.

He wanted to find out how to make rifling buttons to rifle barrels, tool making, and learn everything

about making barrels. Over the years he became an expert toolmaker and how to build most

everything that was needed in the shop. The information found in his books will show you how to

make most of the equipment and tools needed in most shops.

After an eye accident he quit Gunsmithing and started writing books on everything that he knew. He

had so much difficulty finding any information that he wanted all this information that he had learned in

over 30 years to be available to everyone otherwise it would be lost.

His books are now about the only books available on Gunsmithing/Tool making, as most publishers

do not publish Gun or Gunsmithing books anymore.

PREFACE

Make your own knife? Now, that may sound strange to most people. Why would you want to do this,

when there are so many low price and attractive knives for sale?

Many people have asked me this many times. Most people are satisfied with a small knife that they

can carry in their pocket that is used to clean their fingernails, open envelopes, etc. Others want a

hunting knife that they can pry or pound on in splitting out game, and if they lose it, so what, it did not

cost much.

The small majority of people look at a knife as a very important tool, one to take care of, and always

have available. These people want a knife that will last a long time, or a lifetime. They also want a

knife that will hold an edge, and sharpens easily.

Most of the individuals that make knives, or are thinking about making knives, are not totally satisfied

with the knives that are available. Making their own is one way to get what they want.

This book is about making fix blades, folders, spring backs and Lock backs. I will show the reader

how to make these knives in this book, as well as many other processes that will be useful as well as

save you much time. I also go into the advance phase of the Knife Makers art that includes casting

of special parts and fittings. This will allow a higher profit margin on duplicated knives.

Using simple templates that can be easily made in the shop, I will show the reader how they can

easily make one or a dozen knives, this method eliminates hours of work on the knife. After making

a few knives, you will be able to make a first class folder in eight hours or less.

The equipment needed is not that expensive, and most people that like to make things will have

some of the equipment that I will describe in the next chapter.

Each knife that you build can be a beauty, and a work of art, and it will surprise you of the beauty and

the uniqueness of the knives you build. They are sleek and graceful, and you can build each with

your personal touch.

I do not normally go into the making of fix blade or art knives, but the casting of special parts will be

valuable to you in this area. I made most of my knives as fix blades for more than thirty years. I

started make folding knives about 10 years ago and from that time on have made nothing but folding

knives. Folding knives are much easier than ridged knives for me, and more useful.

Do not let other knife makers discourage you from making folding knives? Many that I have met have

told me they tried to make one and it took twice as long to make as a fix blade. They are right, for if

you try to make a folding knife, using the same methods as making a fix blade, it will take a long

time.

The secret is as stated above is the template.

I make the template from 1/16 tool steel, fitted as you would a regular knife, and heat-treated. Once

this is done, I just take minutes to fit a knife. Without this template, it would take hours.

Another advantage in making your own knife is that you can select the steel that will meet your

requirements. After heat-treating the blade, you can draw the blade (temper) to meet your

requirements.

This book will give you all the basic as well as advanced instructions that you will need, and it will tell

you how to make some tools that you need in the shop.

Harold Hoffman

FORWARD

Knives have long interested and fascinated me. When I made my first knife, I was about five years

old that I whittled out of a wood lath. For forty or more years, I have made various knives in my spare

time. This is a text version only.

In my rifle barrel manufacturing business, in Kansas, I would make various knives from time to time,

and as a tool and die maker, making knives was easy for me. I have worked with just about every

type of tool steel that is available, and my metal working experience is very extensive. All tools,

reamers, etc. that I needed, I made in the shop. Working with metal, a person can design and build

various objects of art. Most people believe that metal is difficult to work with. With a little practice

and determination almost anyone can make a knife, and by following the instructions can build

folding knives.

If a person would like to learn to build folders, do not let other knife makers discourage you by saying

they are too difficult to make. All it takes is a little time and practice to develop perfection.

After making dozen or so knives, you will be making quality knives that are a work of art. All that is

required to be a good knife maker is that YOU STICK WITH IT UNTIL YOU LEARN.

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