Here is all the basic info you need to begin making knives.

Make your first knife in one weekend for only $100 in equipment and materials.

Let's forge a general use kitchen knife. I chose to add an s grind concave fuller, but it can be just as great with a simple bevel. I also chose hickory wood and a through tang takedown construction for the handle.

Follow along as I forge a set of full tang fish filet knives. I used 1084 high carbon steel with a hickory wood handle. The pins are hollow 1/4" stainless steel rods.

I forged a fish fillet knife out of 1084 carbon steel. It is a through tang construction with a hickory wood handle.