The Blacksmiths Craft

[jimbob]

The Blacksmith's Craft
Charles McRaven
ISBN-13:978-1-58017-593-7;ISBN-10:1-58017-593-7(pbk. :alk. paper)
247 Pages

This is a new book by Charles Mc Raven out this year . I bought a copy because I have his other book. Country Blacksmithing. when I started looking through the new book it was the same page for page only at the end is a paragraph that there is a lot of inormation on the internet.
If you don't have a copy of Country Blacksmithing (out of print now) this would be a good book to add to ones library
p.s. I'ed put the ISBN and page count in but I put my copy in Iron the hat at the last Guild meeting.

[JWBIRONWORKS]

The Blacksmith's Craft
Charles McRaven
ISBN-13:978-1-58017-593-7;ISBN-10:1-58017-593-7(pbk. :alk. paper)
247 Pages

Good book Full of information with some good stories and plenty of pictures and drawings. I've used it as a reference several times. Worth the price and the reading time. It was originaly written before bicycle helmets and child proof caps. Not alot of pictures of safety equipment and don't mind the little one on page 170 eye level with the anvil holding the iron down, As the song says those were different days and a different world.
Good book

John

[IRon_FOrgerI22]

I am currentley reading this book so far it has toaught me many things. I highly reccomend this book for anyone knew to blacksmithing like me. it shows you diffrent tool and there use. also how to build a structure to do your blacksmithing. trust me its GREAT

[ThomasPowers]

I liked the folksy style of Country Blacksmithing and the fact that he actually had a chapter on making money from smithing. I've even seen his post and beam smithy when we drove through the town it was in way back when. Good to hear that it's still available