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# Wayne Goddard's $50 Knife Shop, Revised

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desertcart.com: Wayne Goddard's $50 Knife Shop, Revised: 9780896892958: Goddard, Wayne: Tools & Home Improvement

Review: Good Resource on blacksmithing knives on a budget - This is an interesting book that takes a bit of a different tact when it comes to blacksmithing blades and knives. The title says it all. This is the fifty dollar knife shop. So, a whole lot of the material covered in this book is about simple forges, simple tools, and putting together a shop for knife making. So predominantly this is about the tools of blacksmithing. And about 20% of the book is about the actual process of making knives. You get two methods including the forging method and the stock removal method that doesn't require a forge. This 20% is very informative though -lots of pictures, diagrams and explanations of blades, blade shapes blades in the process of being forged and how to do it. If you want to make knives on a tight budget this is a great resource. - well, even if your budget is bigger you should still get this book. It's a great resource.
Review: The book that gets it done. - This is not a good book, it is a great book. I have been making knives for several years and have purchased different books over that time as points of reference. I've learned different valuable things from each of the different books. The $50 Knife Shop is head and shoulders above the rest of the knife making books in my collection (with the exception of Forging and Finishing the Brut De Forge Knife by Joe Keeslar.) Get the $50 Knife Shop first, then Keeslar's book, and you'll likely need no others. The $50 Knife Shop takes you from start to finish on making a knife. It is comprehensive in that it has directions on everything from how to make a Single Brick Forge, to heat treating, grinding, making heads on pins, making a belt grinder and disc grinder, even a section on how to get a tight handle fit with a hidden tang knife using rubber bands. I always used gravity to keep my handles straight, until seeing the color photos in the book. I could go on but you probably won't read any farther, and I'm ready to get out to my shop. There are really good books available on the craft of knife making, but I recommend these two without reservation. With the $50 Knife Shop you will be able to make a very good and serviceable cutting tool. (I wrote cutting tool simply because the "K" word is more than likely offensive to some people, and may soon become politically incorrect to use.)

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #108,026 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #506 in Utility Knives |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 432 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good Resource on blacksmithing knives on a budget
*by W***F on November 17, 2010*

This is an interesting book that takes a bit of a different tact when it comes to blacksmithing blades and knives. The title says it all. This is the fifty dollar knife shop. So, a whole lot of the material covered in this book is about simple forges, simple tools, and putting together a shop for knife making. So predominantly this is about the tools of blacksmithing. And about 20% of the book is about the actual process of making knives. You get two methods including the forging method and the stock removal method that doesn't require a forge. This 20% is very informative though -lots of pictures, diagrams and explanations of blades, blade shapes blades in the process of being forged and how to do it. If you want to make knives on a tight budget this is a great resource. - well, even if your budget is bigger you should still get this book. It's a great resource.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The book that gets it done.
*by L***Y on June 1, 2013*

This is not a good book, it is a great book. I have been making knives for several years and have purchased different books over that time as points of reference. I've learned different valuable things from each of the different books. The $50 Knife Shop is head and shoulders above the rest of the knife making books in my collection (with the exception of Forging and Finishing the Brut De Forge Knife by Joe Keeslar.) Get the $50 Knife Shop first, then Keeslar's book, and you'll likely need no others. The $50 Knife Shop takes you from start to finish on making a knife. It is comprehensive in that it has directions on everything from how to make a Single Brick Forge, to heat treating, grinding, making heads on pins, making a belt grinder and disc grinder, even a section on how to get a tight handle fit with a hidden tang knife using rubber bands. I always used gravity to keep my handles straight, until seeing the color photos in the book. I could go on but you probably won't read any farther, and I'm ready to get out to my shop. There are really good books available on the craft of knife making, but I recommend these two without reservation. With the $50 Knife Shop you will be able to make a very good and serviceable cutting tool. (I wrote cutting tool simply because the "K" word is more than likely offensive to some people, and may soon become politically incorrect to use.)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good intro into starting a knife shop.
*by C***L on June 20, 2016*

I have been wanting to try my hand at making knives for a long time and did not know where to really start. I have read all sorts of forums and websites but they all say pretty much the same thing, and involves buying a lot of expensive equipment to start with. That's not something I was looking to do. I saw this book on many sites as recommended reading and decided to buy it and read over it. I like the fact that the author made a good list of things you should have in order to start making knives. But to call it a $50 knife shop is a bit of a stretch. The author explains how he pretty much lucked up and got a lot of stuff for free, got things cheap at yard sales, and already had some of the items. It cost him $50 to put his shop together 40 years ago also. Listing items you paid $50 that long ago is a little misleading. I would say this is more of a $150 knife shop if you are lucky. Fortunately, I already some of the stuff he listed. As others have stated, there is a lot of the author mentioning all of the contraptions he has built cheaply using washing machine motors and stuff like that. There are a lot of pictures, although they aren't the best quality. Overall, I would say that this book does what it is supposed to do, and that is give you a basic idea of how to put together an entry level knife making shop on a budget, It also explains the difference between different types of forges, stock removal, and gives a lot of good tips. This is not a "Exact steps to make a knife" book. It is an overview. A guide. If you go into it knowing that, I believe you will get more out of it and will not be disappointed.

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