[TheForge] The Complete Modern Blacksmith A. Weygers, re: Lloyd's question.

[Vincent Nakovics]

Hello LloydIt's funny that you mentioned his book. I moved to Albania and had to 
limit the number of books that I bought with me. I chose his because of 
exactly what Jerry and others are saying about his innovation and 
simplicity in making do with what you have on hand. I knew coming here 
that language would be an issue for a while and his book makes a good 
place to bounce ideas off of for outfitting my shop and reminding of the
 techniques that I have forgotten due to lack of use.  I recommend it 
for sure. He covers just about everything. I would say that Randy McDs. Blacksmith Primer is an excellent book to start your adventures in Blacksmithing with. I would also recommend that until you get your technique down restrict yourself to only one or two books and after a year or so you can go hog wild! Okay there's my 2 cents, maybe it's 1, but there it is. 

Vince Nakovics
 
Blacksmithing; “Making exquisitely simple items extraordinary and tremendously complex items understatedly simple”.

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
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> Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 10:21:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Crowdsourcing Question
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> An excellent beginning!
> My Weiger is an idol of mine and nicely illustrates that you can do smithing with almost nothing, as he did so elegantly.
> Mr Weiger also said you could just squint instead of springing $2 for safety glasses...bad idea.
> The web is resplendent with whole blacksmithing eductions such as never before in the whole of history,
> open to your browser...Lucky you!
> Go for it!!!!
>
>
> On Jul 8, 2013, at 7:09 PM, mazrim at comcast.net wrote:
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> That book is actually on my list on Amazon, I plan on getting it soon. I managed to find a great deal on craigslist for a propane forge and anvil together along with a hammer and 3 sets of tongs. As soon as the weather cooperates I am going to work on getting it setup.The book I am using for starting is "A Blacksmithing Primer"
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>
> Lloyd W. Giddinge
> mazrim at comcast.net
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