Handle & Guards

By Joe Keeslar

Written by ABS Mastersmith Joe Keeslar and published by the American Bladesmith Society, this instructional book provides everything a knifemaker needs to know about making, fitting, and finishing handles and guards for fixed blade knives. Included are aspects such as design theory, materials, jigs, tools, and techniques all the way up through decorative methods such as silver wire inlay and fancy filework.