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# Knife Engineering: Steel, Heat Treating, and Geometry

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## Description

How to make the highest performing knives. A book for knife enthusiasts, knifemakers, and bladesmiths. Not a how-to on knifemaking or bladesmithing but an in-depth exploration of the effects of different steels, metallurgy, heat treatments, and edge geometries on knife performance. This book provides ratings for toughness, edge retention, and corrosion resistance for all of the popular knife steels. Micrographs of over 50 steels. Specific recommended heat treatments for each steel. And answers to questions like: 1) Does a thinner or thicker edge last longer? 2) What heat treatment leads to the best performance? 3) Are there performance benefits to forging blades? 4) Should I use stainless or carbon steel? All of these questions and more are answered by a metallurgist who grew up around the knife industry. Note: The book now has conversions to Celsius throughout after feedback from Global readers.

Review: A wealth of in-depth information from a domain expert - This isn't a book for the masses, exactly, but if you make knives or tools out of steel, or you're simply fascinated by these things, then there's information in here that's going to be hard to come by otherwise, backed up by years of empirical study. Recommended.
Review: A must have for a knife maker - One of the best books I've brought I like fact books and it's full of useful information

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | 583,461 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 54 in Metal Work |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,407 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A wealth of in-depth information from a domain expert
*by C***Z on 30 May 2026*

This isn't a book for the masses, exactly, but if you make knives or tools out of steel, or you're simply fascinated by these things, then there's information in here that's going to be hard to come by otherwise, backed up by years of empirical study. Recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A must have for a knife maker
*by A***R on 16 September 2025*

One of the best books I've brought I like fact books and it's full of useful information

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent book.
*by A***N on 14 July 2025*

Excellent source of knowledge, easy to understand and provides a lot of in depth knowledge for those that want to really understand different types of steel.

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*Last updated: 2026-08-01*