Instructables: exploring - workshop - knife - cheap http://www.instructables.com Sat, 25 May 2013 16:26:37 PDT BLOX v1.01 The Urban Micro-Knife http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Urban-Micro-Knife/
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Sat, 25 May 2013 01:19:48 PDT
Turn a sharpener blade into an X-Acto Knife http://www.instructables.com/id/Turn-a-sharpener-blade-into-an-X-Acto-Knife/
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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 02:49:25 PDT
The $9 Hardware Sword http://www.instructables.com/id/The-9-Hardware-Sword/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FXZ/EWIE/H1AH6WBN/FXZEWIEH1AH6WBN.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FXZ/EWIE/H1AH6WBN/FXZEWIEH1AH6WBN.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FXZ/EWIE/H1AH6WBN/FXZEWIEH1AH6WBN.SMALL.jpg cowscankill This is a simple, cheap sword I made for about nine dollars and a few days of work. I use it only for display and not as a real sword, ,because the steel is not tempered. It could easily be made functional with a sword forge.  Not that hard at all to do and all the materials were sold at the hardwar...
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:01:20 PDT
how to make a knife for bark carving http://www.instructables.com/id/how-to-make-a-knife-for-bark-carving/
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Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:00:49 PDT
A few handy tool tricks to save you finding the other ones... http://www.instructables.com/id/A-few-handy-tool-tricks-to-save-you-finding-the-ot/
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Wed, 6 Feb 2008 03:37:49 PST
Hot Knife for Plastic Cutting! http://www.instructables.com/id/Hot-Knife-for-Plastic-Cutting!/
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Sat, 6 Oct 2007 03:49:19 PDT