The Lockback Knife: From first Design to Completed Folding

Take your knifemaking skills to the next level and create your own folding lockback knife. Illustrated instructions and more than 200 color images detail all stages of the knife's construction, from creating a template to making the blade and locking mechanism. With this guide you can tackle the challenging task of constructing a lockback knife and gain the skills necessary to create a lockback knife of your own design.

Peter Fronteddu is a writer and photographer. Stefan Steigerwald is a knifemaker.