The Skills of A Blacksmith

[jimbob]

The Skills of a Blacksmith, Vol 1, Mastering the Fundamentals of Blacksmithing

this appears to be a self published book as there is no printing information. you can order it from Mark Asperys web site at Book
I have a number of Blacksmithing books this is the best that I have found He shows how to make a number of projects but before doing so he shows step by step how to make the tools needed to make it.
I highly recommend this

[mtforge]

I picked mine up from Blacksmith's Journal at a conference in Illinois. I highly recommend this book. It shows very clear high quality step by step pictures of techniques and projects. I have a lot of blacksmithing books already so it takes something special to get me to buy another one. The series of photographs on hammer swing was great to show my daughter what I was talking about instead of getting the blank stare trying to describe it. I'm waiting on the next book The Skills of a Blacksmith Volume 2 - Joinery and Leafwork.

[Leah]

Looks good, Jimbob, thanks.

[mcraigl]

I get to take his Leafwork class in Nov. down in Pasadena. I'm really looking forward to that. I took a pattern welding class from him last year that was quite good. I've been around Mark at several hammer-in's and he's a great guy. I'll have to forward a link to this thread so he can see that folks are enjoying the book.

[jimbob]

I'd love to take one of his classes ...I got my copy of the book from a guy in my guild that had taken one. he bought several books from him for resale.