Subject: Re: Cutler's block?

From: Peter Beky <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 08:49:11 +1000

> I've been told that a tool called a 'cutler's block' exists for helping to
> form knives, most especially in putting the spine in double edged daggers.

What you're describing to form the spine is a top & bottom swage.  
These would look like a very shallow VEE block for one face, and 
another sitting on top for the other face.

Peter.