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Gene takes it one step further with this kit knife, Southern Select. Learn techniques useful for any hidden tang design.
From start to finish Gene will guide you through the process of putting together a hidden tang knife. You will learn secrets used by the experts in this insightful video.
In addition to the technique used here, Gene uses illustrations to show you other approaches to creating and securing the handle.
(about 60 minutes)
This video was added to our catalog on March 26, 2005 in Knifemaking.
Product availability: moderate wait
I rented this because I am completely new to the knife building world and was hoping to learn different aspects of knife making. First off, the video really doesn't show you much. He talks about what he is about to do, ie. shaping the handle, polishing and in the next frame, it is done. For another example, he talks about putting JB Weld in the handle and says "Just let it drip in." Anybody that has used JB Weld knows it doesn't just 'drip in'. The next frame, it's done. This goes on all the way through the video. As a beginner, I would have liked to seen the entire process all the way through. What is used and why, explanations on how he polishes the parts and what is used to do it. I gave an extra star because it does show how a hidden tang is put together.
The hidden Tang Hunter is a basic video on building a kit knife from an already existing ground blade. If you are a total beginner, it had it's good points. For anyone else I found that there was little to learn new from this DVD. Most of the work is explained, completed off camera, and presented in the finished state. The DVD is short due to the lack of actual video of work being done. Sometimes you are told that something will follow and it doesn't. For example, how to mount the hidden tang extension and shape it to the handle. You never actually see the tang extension created or shaped and that is a major part of the hidden tang process. You do see how to drill out the handle material and get the shaped tang to fit inside it. The drilling tricks are valuable and not obvious to a new knife maker. If you have never made a hidden tang knife you will get some value out of this DVD.
