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Steve Schwarzer - Crescent City, Florida
Steve Schwarzer is an ABS Master Bladesmith working out of Crescent City, Florida. He’s the longest continuous serving Master Bladesmith in the American Bladesmith Society.
Steve started forging blades in 1972, and his Master Bladesmith papers were signed by William F. (Bill) Moran in 1981. Steve’s been making knives for over 50 years now, and during this time he has developed various methods for working with canister and powder welded damascus.
Steve’s many years of experience and in-depth knowledge of forging damascus is on full display in this demonstration. Although the canister pattern that he forges in this video may be somewhat simple, the principles taught throughout the video can be used to produce virtually any other more complex pattern. His knowledge should be of great value to anyone who desires to forge canister damascus.
Alex Ruiz - San Antonio, Texas
Alex Ruiz is a part-time blacksmith and bladesmith from San Antonio, TX. Driven by a love of history and a background in archaeology, he picked up blacksmithing as a hobby in order to connect with old world methods of craftsmanship. In 2018 he competed on the television show Forged in Fire on the History Channel and came home with the title of Forged in Fire Champion (Season 5 Episode 13).
He is a member of Balcones Forge Central Texas Blacksmiths, holds a Lonestar Member rank in the Texas Knifemakers Guild, and is a member of the American Bladesmith Society.
with Alex Ruiz
In this video, Alex teaches the beginner how to get started in blacksmithing. He starts with an explanation of the tools used, and then he moves into three basic blacksmithing projects that are great for anyone new to blacksmithing.
with Alex Ruiz
This video is a supplement to Alex’s first video Blacksmithing for Beginners. In this video, Alex takes the skills taught in the first video, and he forges and finishes a blacksmith’s knife.
Bill Ruple - Pleasanton, Texas
Bill Ruple is a traditional pattern slipjoint maker living in Pleasanton, TX. He had a career as a peanut farmer but started making knives in 1988. He went into full- time knifemaking in 2002.
He enjoys teaching and has taught many talented knifemakers over the years.
He makes both single and multi-blade knives, but multi-blade folders are the ones he enjoys the most. Bill describes knifemaking as his labor of love.
In this video, Bill demonstrates how he makes a three blade sowbelly with stag scales.
Craig Brewer - Killeen, Texas
Craig is a full-time knifemaker in central Texas who started making knives in 2002. He later met Johnny Stout and Harvey Dean and started attending a hammer-in they hosted. There he met many other knife makers willing to share information on all aspects of knife making.
Craig credits Bill Ruple and Rusty Preston the most for getting him started on slipjoint knives. Bill and Rusty provided encouragement and instruction to Craig and many other knifemakers. Craig continues to refine his techniques and skills as he focuses mostly on slipjoint and lockback folders.
In this video, Craig demonstrates how to make a slimline trapper. He covers everything from scribing out the parts to the finishing filework.
In this video, Craig demonstrates how he makes a three blade stockman. This is a follow-up to his first video Slipjoints With Craig Brewer.
Please note: Many of the operations covered in the first video are only touched on or mentioned in this one. The primary focus of this video is to demonstrate the steps needed to move from a single to a multi-blade knife.
Tobin Nieto - San Antonio, Texas
Tobin Nieto has been forging in the primitive aesthetic and style since 2002. A student of the neo tribal metalsmith philosophy, he seeks to do much of the work with minimal tooling. He is also a champion from the History Channel’s show Forged in Fire. Mr. Nieto is currently teaching his method of forging in San Antonio, Texas.
with Tobin Nieto
If you want to start forging knives with minimal tools and cost, then this video is for you. Tobin has gas forges, tongs, grinders, and anvils, but does he use them in this video? No! What he does use are tools and supplies that can be picked up at your local scrap yard, thrift shop, and big-box store.
In this video, Tobin forges one of his primitive style knives from an old car spring, and he finishes it off with a cord wrapped handle.
Derek Melton - Clinton, Mississippi
Derek Melton is a part-time blacksmith & bladesmith who is currently located in Clinton, Mississippi. He’s been working with wood and metal for most of his life, and he’s been making knives and other items from metal since 1999. Having a love for the forged blade and a keen eye for detail, Derek took his skills to television in 2018 and appeared on an episode of the hit History Channel show “Forged in Fire”. He competed for and won the title of “Forged in Fire Champion” on episode 21 of Season 5.
In this video, Derek demonstrates how he makes a rounding hammer in the popular Brian Brazeal style. While Derek uses some pretty heavy equipment throughout the video, he also explains how one can carry out these same processes using hand tools.
Chris Crawford - Saltillo, Mississippi
In early February of 2001, a friend of mine sent me to a web site that showed how to make a knife with hand tools. Using that tutorial, I completed my first knife in mid February. It was a very basic skinner with oak scales.
I now primarily make folding knives, and my specialty is building slipjoints. I've always liked the traditional patterns, and there's nothing like the walk-and-talk of a knife with a good strong spring.
with Chris Crawford
This is an update to the 2016 instructional video Scale Release Autos. There are a number of things that I do different now, and this video explains those things.
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with Chris Crawford
In this two DVD video set I demonstrate how to make a basic slipjoint using basic knifemaking tools. If you are new to knifemaking, and you are interested in making a pocket knife, then this video is for you.
with Chris Crawford
In this three DVD video set I demonstrate how to make a more advanced slipjoint than I did in the basic video. I also use more advanced tools and equipment, which allows me to produce a higher quality knife.
with Chris Crawford
This is an updated version of the DVD "How to Build a Scale Release Automatic" that I released back in 2002. While most of my techniques have not changed, today's technology has allowed me to release a higher quality product. I originally put this video together because of the lack of information that is available in the area of building automatic knives.
with Chris Crawford
In this video I build an automatic based on the general design of my EDC-1 slipjoint pattern. The knife uses a leaf spring to throw the blade, and it uses a lever to fire it. I pretty much design the knife on the fly, and while this may not be the best method, the viewer should benefit from seeing what works and what does not.
with Chris Crawford
In this full length instructional video, I demonstrate how to use a pantograph mill, particularly for inlaying shields into knives.
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Allen Elishewitz - New Braunfels, Texas
Allen Elishewitz is a Texas knifemaker who became interested in knives at a very young age. His many years of training in the different martial arts, along with his experiences as a Recon Marine, have given Allen the perfect background to design both defense and utility knives.
Allen started making knives part time while he was in college studying Criminal Justice and Fine Arts, and he decided to become a full time knifemaker after graduating. He’s been making knives since 1988, constantly researching, refining, and developing the craft.
with Allen Elishewitz
In this video Allen shows how he designs his tactical folders. Not only does Allen show how to design, but he also stops to talk about the theory behind why he does it the way he does. Some of the techniques demonstrated will be applicable to many other types of folder designs.
with Allen Elishewitz
In this video Allen builds a basic tactical folder from start to finish using typical shop tools. He shows basic methods and processes that can be carried out in most knifemaking shops. This video focuses on the building process and does not cover pattern design.
with Allen Elishewitz
In this video Allen builds an advanced tactical folder from start to finish using advanced tools and techniques. If you want to know how Allen builds his knives from day to day, this is the video that shows it. This video focuses on the building process and does not cover pattern design.
with Allen Elishewitz
In this video Allen builds a double-edged tactical fixed blade knife from start to finish. Not just that, but he actually builds two knives in order to demonstrate both basic and advanced knifemaking techniques.
with Allen Elishewitz
In this video Allen teaches ten different embellishment techniques that you can use to take the look and presentation of your knives to the next level. We can define an embellishment as anything that adds design interest to a piece, and the techniques demonstrated here do just that.
J. Neilson - Towanda, Pennsylvania
James (J.) Neilson is an American Bladesmith Society Mastersmith who works from his "shop in the woods" in the endless mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. There, he has been able to develop his longtime interests in knife making and forging into more than just a hobby. The quiet setting and scarcity of neighbors has been the perfect background to allow J. to develop his skills. He puts a great deal of effort into his wares, and he takes considerable pride in the finished products he produces.
J. Neilson is an ABS Mastersmith who works from his shop in the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. In this video, J. demonstrates how to build a basic full tang hunting knife. Watch him as he shows everything from the lighting of the forge to applying the knife’s final finish.
In this video, J. demonstrates how to build a hidden tang hunting knife with a guard. Expanding on the principles taught in the DVD Basic Hunters, J. spends less time talking about forging and grinding and more time showing how to achieve an excellent fit between your hidden tang, guard, and handle.
J. Neilson is an ABS Mastersmith who works from his shop in the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. In this video, J. demonstrates how to forge weld two different types of canister damascus.
J. Neilson is an ABS Mastersmith who works from his shop in the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. In this video, J. takes the bar of ball bearing damascus that he made in the “Canister Damascus with J. Neilson” video, and he forges out a Bowie knife.
Watch ABS Mastersmith J. Neilson as he shows some of the tips and tricks that he uses in his shop. This video contains thirteen mini demonstrations covering a wide range of topics.
John Cohea - Nettleton, Mississippi
John Cohea was a frontier style knife maker and leather worker from Nettleton, Mississippi. He always loved anything old, whether it be furniture, cars, antiques, ect. So it was only natural for him to specialize in knives, tomahawks, and leatherwork that reflect that interest.
with John Cohea
Have you ever wanted to make a frontier style rawhide covered sheath but just didn’t know how? Here's all the information you’ll need to get started! Watch as frontier style knife maker and leather worker John Cohea takes you through the whole process.
with John Cohea
John Cohea was a frontier style knife maker and leather worker from Nettleton, Mississippi. In this DVD, John builds upon the techniques that he taught in the previous DVD titled Basic Rawhide Sheath Construction.
with John Cohea
In this video, John demonstrates how to make two rawhide neck sheaths. The first sheath is more of a traditional neck sheath where the knife extracts from the bottom. The second neck sheath is a conversion type of sheath that can be worn on either the neck or a belt.
with John Cohea
In this DVD, John Cohea demonstrates the finishing techniques that he uses in order to give his knives that antique frontier look. In addition to these techniques, John also demonstrates a metal working process called Fold Forming.
Luke Swenson - Plummer, Idaho
Luke Swenson is a traditional style folder maker out of Plummer, Idaho and has always been a knife guy. He started out making fixed blades in 2002 but eventually found his way to Bill Ruple’s shop and to his true knifemaking passion which is making traditional slipjoints, multi-blade folders, and lock backs.
In this two DVD set, Luke demonstrates how he makes a traditional single blade Trapper.
with Luke Swenson
In this video, Luke demonstrates how to take your traditional knives up a notch by adding classic embellishments. Techniques include: Jeweling Liners, Inlaying Shields, Fileworking Liners, Fluting Bolsters, and more.
Paul Long - Kerrville, Texas
Paul Long started working with leather while attending Texas A&I back in 1951, and it remained a hobby of his until he retired in 1995. After retirement, Paul trained with a master boot and saddle maker for a year. This gave him a good foundation for taking his leather work into almost any direction. In 2004, Paul was asked to make some sheaths for a friend of his who made knives, and the rest is history. Now Paul specializes strictly in knife sheaths, and with nearly 60 years of experience in working with leather, he has become one of the leading sheath makers of our nation.
with Paul Long
Paul Long specializes strictly in knife sheaths, and with nearly 60 years of experience in working with leather, he has become one of the leading sheath makers of our nation. Watch Paul as he builds a pouch sheath from start to finish. In this DVD Paul explains the materials used, the tools used, and the sheath making process in detail.
with Paul Long
Paul Long specializes strictly in knife sheaths, and with nearly 60 years of experience in working with leather, he has become one of the leading sheath makers of our nation. This DVD expands on the techniques covered in Paul’s first DVD, Basic Pouch Sheaths. While you will get to watch Paul build a more complex sheath from start to finish.
with Paul Long
Paul Long specializes strictly in knife sheaths, and with nearly 60 years of experience in working with leather. In this DVD, Paul builds three folder sheaths from start to finish. He builds a flap sheath, a pocket sheath, and a pouch sheath. In addition to the three folder sheaths, Paul also demonstrates how to inlay an exotic skin into a sheath.
with Paul Long
This DVD is a supplement to Paul’s first two sheath DVDs. While Paul does not construct a finished sheath in this DVD, he does take the time to answer some viewer questions, demonstrate some advanced tooling techniques, and give valuable leather working tips that are a result of his many years of experience.
Ray Kirk - Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Ray Kirk is a Master Smith in the American Bladesmith Society, a Forged In Fire Fan Favorite, and an all around nice guy, who forges blades right outside of beautiful Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Ray started forging knives in 1989. He did stock removal for a while, but he now primarily forges. He forges most of his knives from 52100 round bar.
with Ray Kirk
In this video, Ray forges one of his signature style integral knives. Watch Ray build this knife from start to finish. In addition to building the integral knife, Ray offers much advice that only comes by years of experience.
Chad Nichols - Blue Springs, Mississippi
Chad Nichols is a knifemaker working out of Blue Springs, Mississippi. He specializes in making high quality Stainless Damascus , Carbon Damascus, Mosaic Damascus, Moku-Ti, Zirku-Ti and Mokume.
with Chad Nichols
Chad Nichols is a custom knifemaker from Blue Springs, Mississippi. In addition to making knives, Chad forges both carbon and stainless damascus, as well as mokume. Watch Chad as he demonstrates how to forge weld a billet of mokume out of copper, nickel silver, and brass.
with Chad Nichols
I had the opportunity to spend the day with Chad Nichols and watch as he demonstrated how to forge weld mosaic damascus. This DVD covers the steps involved in making mosaic bolsters. In addition to the geometric mosaic pattern that is created in this DVD, Chad also explains and demonstrates how to prepare a Spider Web mosaic can.
Weldon Whitley - Odessa, Texas
Weldon began making knives for the public in 1965. With a background in machining, he has been able to apply many of his machining skills to the trade of knife making. Weldon does his own embellishments to include engraving, scrimshaw, and file work in an effort to be the sole artist on his work. He and his wife Doris reside in Odessa, Texas where he now works as a full time knife maker.
with Weldon Whitley
Making contoured bolster joints can be a challenge, especially if you do not have special machinery such as a pantograph mill. Watch Weldon as he teaches how to make contoured bolsters using a mold, a jig, and a drill press.
Bruce Evans - Boonville, Mississippi
Bruce Evans is a knifemaker in Bonneville, Mississippi, who makes everything from tomahawks to replication bowies.
with Bruce Evans
I had the opportunity spend a day in Bruce Evans’ knife shop, and I watched as he forged out a spike tomahawk from a round bar of 5160 spring steel. I was so impressed with the process that I wanted to go back and document him as he forged out another one. This time I took my mini-dv camera with me, and as a result, I was able to produce this DVD.
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