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Selecting a Sharpening Steel & Using It Properly

Friday, December 7th, 2007 | How To Articles, Sharpening | 1 Comment

Two short videos by Martin Clifton that provide solid advice on choosing a sharpening steel & then using that steel to hone your kitchen cutlery effectively. They are not the most exciting videos you will come across, but then again, sharpening a knife is not the most exiciting activity I can think of in five minutes. Sharpening equipment and technique is very dependent upon the preference of the user. But if you are looking for a place to begin – start with the following two videos – then share your thoughts / experiences / preferences below:



VideoJug: Choosing A Steel For Sharpening A Knife



VideoJug: Sharpening A Knife With A Steel

Video: Making a Kydex Knife Sheath

Saturday, October 13th, 2007 | How To Articles | 1 Comment

Ever wonder how kydex sheaths for knives and firearms are made? So have we! After watching this video, you will instantly become a kydex sheath making guru. And since each of you probably has all the equipment in this video lying around the garage and or kitchen, we may have just introduced you to your newest hobby. If so, send some of your newly made sheaths our way at TheKnifeWarehouse.com, we’ll put them to good use.

In all seriousness, watch and enjoy while custom knifemaker Peter Atwood gives away some of the secrets to quick kydex sheath making. Thanks Peter!

Atwoodknives.com
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How to Make a Knife Lanyard

Monday, September 24th, 2007 | How To Articles | 1 Comment

Rather than reinvent the wheel – we’ve decided to point you in the direction of some pretty talented and very innovative tutorials/examples of homemade lanyards. The first is a tutorial from Stormdrane’s blog, a very talented “paracordist”:

Basic Lanyard Tutorial

The rest are mostly examples that should help to spark some ideas in all you DIYers:

Sliding Knot FOB Lanyard
Spiral Braids & Lanyard Knots
Doubled Knife Lanyard Knot
A Few FOBs
Shock Cord Layrad Wrist Strap
Short Braid with Black
Snake Knot Wrist Lanyard

Be sure to share your ideas, links photos below.

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