[TheForge] Books etc.

[Stephen Viola]

Hi Bruce, I did miss you point competely.. It's just that we have a
large number of knife and sword makers in college and they have all
neglected the vast range of techniques to focus on demascus sword
making. Long gone are the days of dropping in on the blacksmith to
pick up a sword for 'work'. I can see that they have specialised in
one area to such a degree that they have lost a lot of thier
versitility. Like I mentioned earlier.. My love of blacksmithing is
the problem solving aspect. There isn't much of that when you are
repeatedly making demascus swords unless you make a mistake.

stephen

On 11/1/05, Bruce Freeman <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com> wrote:
> Stephen,
> You missed my point.  I was suggesting you use those books as language (jargon) lessons.  If you can talk (in Finnish) about knife making, you can do a lot of talking about blacksmithing.
>
> >>> stephen.viola at gmail.com 10/31/2005 3:51:31 PM >>>
> Widgets for Wombats? I'd hate to think where a Wombat would have to put it!!
>
> Bruce to be honest all I can find are books about knife making. Both
> in Finnish and Swedish. Not an overly large selection but it dominated
> to shelf in the library. I've read them all. i'm not overly interested
> in making knives as every man and his moose here seems to make them. I
> will delve deeply into the technique and process of making various
> types of knives (especially using Demascus Steel).. but I'd be hard
> pressed to make a living off it as the competition here is too great.
>
> Widgetless Wombat (Stephen)
>
> On 10/31/05, Bruce Freeman <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com> wrote:
> > Do you have any Finnish blacksmithing or knifemaking books?  That would be one place to learn the jargon.
> >
> > Bruce
> > NJ
> >
> > >>> stephen.viola at gmail.com 10/29/2005 5:04:18 PM >>>
> > <snip>
> >
> > I realise I am a bit wordy with my replies but it is so great being
> > able to speak my mother tongue about blacksmithing. At college I have
> > so many questions but it is often difficult to formulate the question
> > in Finnish as it is not the 'normal' vocabulary needed.
> >
> > Enough for now..
> >
> > Stephen (nattering Wombat)
> >
> >
> > On 10/29/05, Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com> wrote:
> > > Jonathan:
> > >
> > > I tend to agree with your recommendations.
> > >
> > > I'd still like to know what specifically you feel Bealer's mistakes were?
> > >
> > > I won't argue they were the "best" approach, nor that Bealer wasn't really a
> > > smith. Heck, The Art of Blacksmithing was only one of his craft books.
> > >
> > > If the thread gets hot we can blame Bob, he got me thinking about it. <grin>
> > >
> > > Frosty
> > > ------------------------
> > > If it ain't forged
> > > it ain't real.
> > > Wrought iron is.
> > > The FrostWorks
> > >
> > > Meadow Lakes, AK.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > > From: <jonned at hvc.rr.com>
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I read Bealer's book in 73 and it was a great intro, got me all fired
> > > > up. There are mistakes and mileading concepts, but that's not what it's
> > > > about.
> > > >
> > > > Jonathan Nedbor
> > >
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