[TheForge] Book Recommendations

[Toni Smith]

the alex bealer book i think i have seen in one of our local shops here and while it has a lot of good info in it in some 
respects it is also not terribly good either if it is in fact the one that i think it is. the charles raven one however is very good 
and i have it on loan from the library at the moment. 
unfortunately there are no blacksmiths groups in our local area here that i have been able to find (local area being brisbane 
australia). 
another i have here that in some respects is ok but in other not is one by charles slater called charlie the smithy. it kind of 
says a lot without giving a lot of other small but important things away. this guy was one of the last apprentice blacksmiths 
and had his apprenticship extended due to the coming of the agricultural engineer.

can't remember most of the ones i learnt from many years ago but those ones i found to be quite helpful. sorry i can't be of 
further help there:(

toni

On Thu Mar  1 14:47 , J Keller <j.keller at sasktel.net> sent:

>As I'm still fairly new to blacksmithing, I've been ordering in books 
>from the library and reading through them.  Parts of them are a bit too 
>advanced for me, but I think I'm getting a basic idea of how different 
>things work.
>
>These are the books I've read so far:
>
>The Art of Blacksmithing Revised Edition (1995) - Alex W. Bealer
>The Blacksmith's Craft (2005) - Charles McRaven
>American Blacksmithing (1982) - Holstrom and Holford
>The Complete Modern Blacksmith (1997) - Alexander G Weygers
>
>Does anyone have any comments on any of these?  Are they good or bad 
>references?  (I'm ignoring the parts that recommend using molten lead 
>and asbestos for various things).
>
>Also, are there books that I should be looking for that are better for 
>beginners and/or better overall?
>
>Thanks,
>Justin
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