[TheForge] Book recommendations?

[Dave Belfer-Shevett]

So my mom, bless her, has listened to me babble about smithing lately, and
has said "You need some books?  Which ones?  Just let me know!"

So I'm looking for, say, 3 books that I can tell her to get...

One should be a good metallurgy / reference book - something that can help
me identify types of steel.  I know someone has a sort of "Steel you'll
find in a junkyard" reference.  That would be great.

Another should be basic technique.  Shapes / forms / working techniques.
Nothing particularly fancy, but if I want to, say, make a set of tongs
(which I'll be doing pretty durned soon), a good reference on this would
be great.  I mean, I can do basic drawing, shouldering, etc.  I have piles
of hooks with lovely fini's etc, but I'll need to do more. :)

The third should be about tempering techniques.  Right now I know how to
heat and shape iron, but not really how to temper it, or proper quenching
techniques to keep somethign from being too brittle, or able to hold an
edge if I'm doing blade work.

Any good pointers / recommendations would be great.  Mom's footing the
bill 8)

	-dbs

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