Название: Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values, Seventh Edition
Автор(ы): Steve Shackleford
Издательство: Krause Publ; Seventh Edition
Год: 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1440203879
Страниц: 578
Язык: English
Формат: PDF (True)
Размер: 37 MB

The world's most comprehensive roadmap to cutlery, Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values contains expert analysis, appraisals and lifetimes of research from the foremost authorities on antique, custom/handmade, factory, international, club, commemorative, period, and frontier knives, and all mainstream cutlery genres. Expanded with new collector information, how-to stories, photographs and other images, historical background, vintage and contemporary maker listings and more, Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values provides you with inside details, values and other tantalizing tidbits to maximize enjoyment of your knife hobby. dentify, date and appraise virtually any knife with updated value guides and thousands of illustrations and descriptions.
Decipher the values of knives from many of the world’s greatest custom makers—living and dead—via the totally overhauled and expanded custom/handmade section. Learn all about collecting knives: how to grade, buy and sell, and care for knives; how to recognize fakes; explore the latest blade steels and handle materials; build and maintain a collection; and a whole lot more!