Writing Research - Knife
The purpose of this research post is to be helpful, more importantly educational. I certainly don’t condone the use of this knowledge for malevolent reasons. I want to help writers with their stories and I figured this would make their search for such information easier.
This is great for the stories that take place in ancient times, apocalyptic setting, and/or contain characters that are blacksmiths, bladesmiths, survivalist, etc. This information would help to make them believable. For example, what if they are teaching another character how to make a knife? Or how to defend against an attacker with a knife? Or how to treat a knife wound?
This post is meant to make a writer’s life a little easier by giving them a starting point. It doesn’t contain EVERY information about knives, but if you know what you’re looking for than I encourage you to look it up.
How To Make A Knife
WikiHow - How to Make a Knife
Mother Earth News - How to Make a Hunting Knife
Mother Earth News - How to Design and Build a Knife
The Crucible - 9 Steps to Forging a Knife: Everything You Need to Know
Begin To Blacksmith - Beginners Guide to Forging a Survival Knife | Blacksmithing Basics
Internet Archive - The art of blacksmithing by Alex Bealer
Reddit: Blacksmithing - Writer, not a blacksmith. I need to know how long it takes to learn basic blacksmithing and how much iron is needed to equip a smithy.
Krudo Knives - How to Build Your Own Forge | DIY Knife Forge Tips & Advice
Reddit: History - How long did it take to forge weapons back in colonial times? Or even swords in the medieval age?
Survival Mastery - How to Make A Knife: DIY Instructions on 3 Different Types of Knives
Reddit: History - How did people sharpen knives in ancient and medieval periods?
Brown County Forge - How to Make a Bushcraft Knife
DIY Blacksmithing - Make Your Own Bushcraft Knife
Sensible Survival - How to Make a Primitive Stone Flake Knife
Youtube - Wannabe Bushcrafter: Primitive Slate Knife (video)
Bushcraft Days - How To…. Make and Use a Simple Flint Knife
Primitive Ways - Hoko Knife
Alderleaf Wilderness College - Knife Making Course
Alderleaf Wilderness College - Survival Stone Tools Class
Gone Outdoors - How to Make a Knife in the Wild
Reddit: Blacksmithing - Update report: First knife using DIY soup can forge
Youtube - Neels Van Den Berg: Forging a Knife - Full Process Explained in detail (video)
Outdoor Life Magazine - Survival Skills: How to Make Knives from Rocks
Popular Mechanics - How to Make a Survival Knife Out of Stuff You Already Have in Your Garage
Youtube - Korea's best handmade knife master. Knife making process (video)
Modern Survival - How to Make a Primitive Bone Knife
Bushcraft Days - How To….Primitive Skills – Bone Knife/Bodkin
OffTheGridNews - How To Make A Survival Knife You’ll Brag About For Years (Part 1)
OffTheGridNews - How To Make A Survival Knife You’ll Brag About For Years (Part 2)
Instructables - How to Make a Knife
Instructables - Making a Survival Knife Out of a 16'' Saw Blade
Survival Sullivan - How to Make Your Own Knife
Mother Earth News - From File To Knife: Make a Bushcraft Knife Using Simple Tools
Youtube - Primitive Life: Make knife from iron (video)
Mother Earth News - The Make-It-Yourself Copperhead Survival Knife
Art of Manliness - How to Make a Knife from an Old Saw Blade
Survival After End - How to Make a Knife in the Wild (Build Stone Blade for Survival Situation)
Reddit: DIY - The "dirt cheap" (literally) guide to forging a knife
Reddit: DIY - Full process of making a knife from scratch
Reddit: I Want To Learn - IWTL how to make a knife by hand
Youtube - Hunt Primitive: How to Make and Use a Stone Knife (video)
Survivopedia - Survival Weapons: DIY Knives For Off-Grid Survival
Archaeology Southwest - Hands-On Archaeology: How to Haft a Stone Knife, Dart Point, or Arrow Point
WikiHow - How to Make a Knife Sheath
Art of Manliness - How to Make a Sheath for a Knife (Or Anything Else)
Craftsman Ave. - Forge a Survival Knife (Introduction to Knifesmithing)
Youtube - Making a Primitive Elk Bone Knife (video)
Primitive Ways - A Cutting Edge: Creating a Steel Blade in a Primitive Setting
Primitive Ways - Making a Leather Knife Sheath
Primitive Ways - Deer Hide Knife Sheath
Survival Resources - Making A Leather Knife Sheath
Sensible Survival - Make a Rawhide Knife Sheath – Part 1
Mother Earth News - Birch Bark Knife Sheath
Primitive Ways - Antler Handle Knife
Gone Outdoors - How to Make a Knife Handle Out of Deer Bones
Alderleaf Wilderness College - How to Sharpen a Knife
WikiHow - 3 Ways to Sharpen a Knife
Mother Earth News - How to Sharpen a Knife
Gone Outdoors - How to Use a Brick to Sharpen a Knife
How To Use A Knife
WikiHow - How to Become Good at Knife Fighting
WikiHow - How to Defend Against a Knife Attack
Survival Junkies - How to Use a Knife for Self-Defense | Knife Handling Guide
Youtube - USCCA (U.S. Concealed Carry Association): Basic Knife-Fighting Techniques: Into the Fray Episode 168 (video)
Black Belt Magazine - What You Need to Know to Realistically Use and Defend Against a Blade
Writer’s Digest - FightWrite™: Knife Fights, Part 1
Writer’s Digest - FightWrite™: Knife Fights, Part 2
Recoil Magazine - Solitary Knife Fighting
Urban Fit & Fearless - Self-defence against knife attacks: evidence-based approach, part 1
Urban Fit & Fearless - Self-defence against knife attacks: surviving a knife attack , part 2
Outdoor Life Magazine - 8 Different Ways to use a Survival Knife in an Emergency
Popular Science - Eight survival knife skills you might need in an emergency
Field & Stream - 8 Ways to Use a Bushcraft Knife to Survive in the Wild
Gone Outdoors - How to Hunt Deer With a Knife
Youtube - Hunt Primitive: Skinning a Deer with a Stone Knife (video)
Instructables - How to Split Firewood...With a Knife
Art of Manliness - 5 Critical Knife Skills for the Outdoorsman
Off Grid World - Top 10 Uses For A Survival Knife
Gear Junkie - How To Make Firewood With A Survival Knife
Backpacker Magazine - Survival: In The Wild with…Only a Knife
The American Mountain Men - A Basic Manual on Knife Throwing by J. B. Wood
How To Treat A Knife Wound
Reddit: Ask Reddit - What does it feel like to be stabbed?
The Crime Fiction Writer's Blog - Stab Wounds Don’t Always Kill
Redwood’s Medical Edge - Author Question: Surviving Stab Wounds to the Abdomen
Reddit: Writing - Dramatic, but non-lethal places to get stabbed/shot?
Reddit: Ask Paramedics - Writer looking for advice, stab wound first aid.
Scout Life Magazine - How to treat a knife cut
Primal Survivor - How to Treat a Knife Wound When You Can’t Call 911
Scouting Magazine - How to bandage an accidental pocketknife wound
First Aid For Life - How to help someone who has been stabbed or is seriously bleeding
The Survival Doctor - How to Treat a Wound in a Survival Situation
Backpacker Magazine - Treat Deep Wounds
Western Hunter - Knife Safety and Emergency Wound Care
Recoil OffGrid Magazine - Plug ‘Em Up: Puncture Wound First Aid
WikiHow - How to Attend to a Stab Wound
SHTFandGO - Simple Emergency First-Aid: How to Treat a Stab Wound
Youtube - AmericanSafetyEMT: Knife Wound First Aid (video)
Worst-Case Scenario - How To Treat A Knife Wound
The Prepared - How to clean a wound
Art of Manliness - How to Treat an Impalement Wound
Survivalist Prepper - Prepper First Aid: Trauma and Large SHTF Injuries (audio)
Reddit: Ask Historian - How likely was a Roman soldier to survive being wounded in battle?
Reddit: Writer’s Research - Could a person in the middle ages survive being stabbed in the neck?
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