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Knifemaking workshop on a budget in 2021

HOW TO SETUP YOUR KNIFE MAKING WORKSHOP ON A BUDGET in 2021 If you want to start knife making you need a work place and a handful of tools. That’s it, its very simple to begin, but we don’t always know where to go once we’ve started. I’ll give you a road map to help avoid the costly tools that you wont use so your adventure in knife making is more enjoyable and cost less. Knife making on a budget. There are four levels I’m going to write about. In the first set I’m going to cover both forged equipment and stock removal. Location often determines which route you go, for myself, I’ve done both. LEVEL ONE: KNOWLEDGE. This is what I would call education, and there are a few ways to gain this. THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS. Get right into it, start hammering or grinding out blanks and don’t stop until you have a knife. Which isn’t always the best and now days with social media, YouTube and the many books in print its not worth spending your time going in circles. Its goo