Book - Handles and Guards by Joe Keeslar
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ABS Mastersmith, Joe Keeslar, is a master craftsman in metals, wood, and leather. He completed B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Arts and retired in 1993?after teaching Industrial Arts for twenty-three years at Murray High School. This book's primary purpose is to provide students of the American Bladesmith Society's Handles and Guards class with guidelines for completing the forged knife. However, the manual will benefit any knifemaker who makes their own blades or buys the blade blank and wants to put his own handle material, guards, bolsters, etc. on the knife. The manual describes handle material, bolsters, guards, collars, butt caps, engraving, wire inlays and more. Soft cover, spiral bound, 84 B&W detailed illustrations, 127 pages.
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