KNIVES 2010: 30TH ANNIVERSARY Ref: B002-10 Edited by Joe Kertzmant. Over a 1000 beautiful handcrafted Knives. New trends. Articles from the experts & updated contact information from the world's greatest knifemakers, are just a few things this must have book includes. Often called the Worlds greatest knife book. 277 x 210mm, 312 pages, Softcover. 1000 colour pictures. Price: £19.99
THE COMPLETE KNIFE THROWING GUIDE: REVISED 3RD EDITION Ref: B008 By Gil Hibben. The Hibben knife throwing book 3rd edition. Completely revised & updated with guide for throwing, choosing knives & building targets. Instructions from beginner to professional. 210 x 134mm, 64 pages, Paperback. 41 colour pictures & 37 b&w line illustrations. Price: £8.99
STEP-BY-STEP KNIFEMAKING Ref: B056 By custom knifemaker David Boye. 20 exhaustive chapters cover all aspects of knifemaking from the beginners basics to some of the most advanced small-volume custom manufacturing techniques. The most comprehensive book available for the budding knife maker: amateur or professional. One of few books weve encountered to cover Carbon steel heat treatment procedures in depth, with invaluable instruction on tempering. 274 page, Soft cover. Fully illustrated. Price: £19.99
CUTLERY FOR THE TABLE Ref: B253 A HISTORY OF BRITISH TABLE & POCKET CUTLERY. By Simon Moore. Another hard to find book published in 1999 at £38 .If you are interested in cutlery & knives it is a must to have this on your bookshelf for reference. Covering the development of eating utensils from Prehistoric times through Roman, Mediaeval, Tudor & Stuart , the 18th century & the present day. It can be used as a guide to the attribution & dating of individual pieces & provides copious descriptions & many illustrations on the origins & development of cutlery through the ages. As well as photographs & drawings illustrating each period there are tables of bolster & blade designs, plus a London cutlers' marks to aid identification. Fascinating reading for the expert, as a useful tool or for anyone with an interest in table cutlery. One of the few books we have seen with good pictures of silver fruit knives. 200 x 262mm, 320 pages, Hardback. Colour & B & W photographs & illustrations. PRP £35.00 Price: £16.00
THE LONDON KNIFE BOOK Ref: B410 An A-Z Guide to London Cutlers (1820-1945). By Ron Flook. A must for knife collectors as there is dearth of information on London knives, despite a considerable London Knife Industry, which compares with Sheffield. This will redress this omission. Illustrated in full colour with detaile dknife photographs & a listing of 1000 plus names involved with making or selling of knives & is the culmination of many years painstaking research. Of major assistance to knife collector identifying & dating knives as well as a resource for those reasearching family history. 290 x 200mm, 230 pages, Hardback. 260 colour, 32 b/w illustrations. Price: £39.99