BladeForums has apparently removed their FAQs pages. I have removed all dead links and replaced them with live links where possible.

I located some custom knife FAQs that were similar to the BladeForums FAQs at knifeart.com. I hope you find them to be useful.

• FAQ: Blade Geometry, by Joe Talmadge


Contents

I. Introduction to the Blade Geometry FAQ

II. Blade Characteristics
- The Belly
- The Re-Curved Belly
- Bellies and Angles
- The Point
- Blade Thickness
- Edge Thickness
- The Primary-Bevel Edge

III. Blade Grinds
- The Hollow Grind
- The Chisel Grind
- The Sabre Grind
- The Flat Grind
- The Convex Grind
- The Dual-Ground Reinforced Tanto

IV. Blade Shapes, and What They're Good For
- The Clip Point
- The Drop Point
- The Tanto
* Americanized Tanto
* Chisel-Ground Tanto
- The Sheepsfoot
- The Dagger
- The Spear Point
- The Trailing Point

V. Steel and Blade Geometry

VI. Putting It All Together
- Two Combat/Utility Knives
- The Camp Knife
- Three Folders
- A Hunter (Classic Loveless and A.G.R. Deerhunter)
- A Custom-Made Folder


• FAQ: Liner Lock Tests, by Joe Talmadge & A.T. Barr



• FAQ: Multi-Tools, by Joe Talmadge



• FAQ: Plain vs. Serrated Edges, by Joe Talmadge


I. Introduction
II. Plain vs. Serrated The Conventional View
III. Plain vs. Serrated Re-thought
IV. What Should I Carry?
V. Thoughts On The Partially-Serrated Blade


• FAQ: Knife Sharpening, by Joe Talmadge


Contents

I. Introduction
II. The Fundamentals of Sharpening
- Getting a sharp edge
- What angle?
- What kind of stone?
- Should I use oil or water on my stone?
- How fine should my stone be? Important notes on grits!
- Stropping
- Using a steel

III. Putting it all together
- Freehand tips and tricks
- Why does my knife go dull so fast?
- Keeping bevels even
- Putting it all together

IV. Sharpening The "Differently-Ground" Blade
- Those pesky serrated blades
- The Moran (Convex) edge
- The chisel-ground edge

V. Overview of various sharpening systems
- Clamp-on sharpening guides (Razor Edge, Buck, etc.)
- Clamp-and-Rod rigs (Lansky, Frost, etc.)
- V-type sharpeners (Spyderco Triangle, etc.)
- Other miscellaneous
- Freehand sharpening, and its wondrous advantages!


• FAQ: Steel Types, by Joe Talmadge



• FAQ: Straight Razors, by Arthur Boon

For a A to Z glossary of knife terms, see A.G. Russell's Knife Encyclopedia
http://www.agrussell.com/Encyclopedia/a/74/

BERNARD LEVINE'S KNIFE-RELATED LINKS PAGE
pweb.netcom.com/~brlevine/links.htm
Includes links to knife laws, organizations, publications, history, and others.

Please feel free to email me or post in this forum your comments, ideas, and suggestions to improve this FAQ page. Also please let me know if you find any broken links.

FYI, none of these links work anymore =(

Shoot me an email if you want the latest copies of those FAQs!

Joe