[TheForge] Book recommendations?

Thu May 1 00:13:05 2003

Ralph:  On the metallurgy, I would recommend:

"The Hand-Forged Knife"  by Karl Schroen and "the Complete Bladesmith" by
Jim Hrisoulis.  I have both books, and they are tops for knifemakers, in my
opinion.

                            Grant Marcoux
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Sproul" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Book recommendations?

> 1)The Blacksmiths Craft (cosira)
> 2)Edge of the anvil (Jack Andrews)
> 3)The Smithy's Craft and Tools (Otto Schmirler)
>  or
> 3)Practical Projects for the Blacksmith (Tucker)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Belfer-Shevett" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 2:07 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] Book recommendations?
>
>
> >
> > 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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