Hi Dennis, Wonderful video. Thank you. Inspired by your work and wonderful intrudction videos I've built a small layer anvil. Next up I'm planning to build a forge... Again, thanks for sharing. Saar
I've got most of these on my shelf. I remember the first time I read through Bealer's book. As I got farther in, every so often I'd read something odd, and by the end, I pretty much had Bealer figured as 'this guy believes anything he's told, and people pull his leg'. It was a toss up between the smith who claimed he learned from a guy who could reach a welding heat with cubed green wood, and the instructions for forging a rose that said 'start with ten feet of 1/4 round and upset one end till you have a stem and a three inch diameter lump'. Some good pieces, butI had to treat it more like the 'Foxfire' books, oral history written down by an outsider.
I have several of the books you mentioned and thank the commenters for pointing me to a couple I didn't. I prefer a real book in my hand as opposed to a PDF. But, at least I can have a look at the book before I decide to spend a bunch getting it. A lot of those older ones would be pretty hard to find, I would imagine. I just put Edge of the Anvil in my shopping cart on Amazon. With Christmas coming soon, maybe my wife will take the hint and put it under the forge for me... LOL
Of the books on blacksmithing I own, I think I only have one book (in print) that you haven't listed. I do have several other books in PDF or e-book formats. There are several books you listed that have been on my wish list for some time, and you have given me a few more to add to that list. Thank you.
Thanks a lot Denis for all the info, always great to have a bibliography already researched by someone and share it ! Thanks a lot.
Hi Dennis,
Wonderful video. Thank you.
Inspired by your work and wonderful intrudction videos I've built a small layer anvil.
Next up I'm planning to build a forge...
Again, thanks for sharing.
Saar
Thanks for the reviews. I added a few of these to my wishlist.
Nice video. Thanks! Good information. I have about 6 of these. Now I have to make a list.
Time to read. Thanks for sharing
I've got most of these on my shelf. I remember the first time I read through Bealer's book. As I got farther in, every so often I'd read something odd, and by the end, I pretty much had Bealer figured as 'this guy believes anything he's told, and people pull his leg'. It was a toss up between the smith who claimed he learned from a guy who could reach a welding heat with cubed green wood, and the instructions for forging a rose that said 'start with ten feet of 1/4 round and upset one end till you have a stem and a three inch diameter lump'. Some good pieces, butI had to treat it more like the 'Foxfire' books, oral history written down by an outsider.
I have several of the books you mentioned and thank the commenters for pointing me to a couple I didn't. I prefer a real book in my hand as opposed to a PDF. But, at least I can have a look at the book before I decide to spend a bunch getting it. A lot of those older ones would be pretty hard to find, I would imagine. I just put Edge of the Anvil in my shopping cart on Amazon. With Christmas coming soon, maybe my wife will take the hint and put it under the forge for me... LOL
Of the books on blacksmithing I own, I think I only have one book (in print) that you haven't listed. I do have several other books in PDF or e-book formats. There are several books you listed that have been on my wish list for some time, and you have given me a few more to add to that list. Thank you.
The first book on blacksmithing I bought was Foxfire 5 back in 79.
another great book is The Blacksmiths Cookbook by Francis Whitiker