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How-To: Make a Custom Knife

How-To: Make a Custom Knife

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Looking for a really, er, involved weekend project? (Okay, maybe it’ll take several weekends.) Design and make your own wood-handled knife from scratch!

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Giant Ready-To-Kill Cardboard Knife

Giant Ready-To-Kill Cardboard Knife

By Andrew Salomone

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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If you’re gonna be stuck in one place for Halloween (or maybe you’re just looking for an excuse to not to talk to anyone at your obligatory Halloween party?), then this Giant Ready-To-Kill Cardboard Knife by Maria Lujan might just be a perfect costume idea for you.

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Make a knife from an old saw blade

Make a knife from an old saw blade

By John Edgar Park

John Edgar Park

John Edgar Park likes to make things and tell people about it. He builds project for Adafruit Industries. You can find him at jpixl.net and twitter/IG @johnedgarpark

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Ever since I made my first ninja throwing star in metal shop class, I’ve always wanted to make my own knife. But I was put off by the notion of having to acquire the furnace, anvil, leather apron, and handlebar mustache requisite for forging a proper tempered blade. So, instead I decided to make a utility knife by cutting out a pattern from a circular saw blade, using my Dremel Rotary Tool.

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