Book Reviews

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1. Knifemaking Book, Introduction to Knifemaking

   By John Thompson, December 15, 2014   

   • knife
   • 16 replies
   • 8.2k views
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   • Irondragon Forge ClayWorks
   • February 27, 2018

3. Read this before your review

   By Glenn, June 23, 2007
   • 1 reply
   • 7.5k views
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   • ThomasPowers
   • November 4, 2009

4. Blacksmithing, James M. Drew 1935

   By bwoollcombe, 3 hours ago
   • 0 replies
   • 31 views
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   • bwoollcombe
   • 3 hours ago

5. A Blacksmithing Primer

   By teenylittlemetalguy, November 1   

   • beginner
   • randy mcdaniel
   • 0 replies
   • 412 views
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   • teenylittlemetalguy
   • November 1

6. New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing.

   By teenylittlemetalguy, October 17   

   • locksmithing
   • denis frechette
   • (and 1 more)

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     • locksmithing
     • denis frechette
     • bill morrison
   • 0 replies
   • 254 views
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   • teenylittlemetalguy
   • October 17

7. Have you read "Knife Engineering: Steel, heat treating and geometry"

   By Marcus_Aurelius, August 4, 2020
   • 10 replies
   • 3k views
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   • Buster Bolster
   • September 16

8. The Complete Bladesmith

   By MikePierich, May 9, 2011
   • 11 replies
   • 7.6k views
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   • jason0012
   • April 20, 2022

9. Request for Lock making book

   By Bentiron1946, May 15, 2012
   • 15 replies
   • 5.1k views
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   • Jim Blaho
   • January 26, 2022

10. Found a new old book

    By BlasterJoe, May 1, 2017   

    • book
    • 9 replies
    • 2.5k views
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    • kellymiles
    • November 29, 2021

11. Charles Rennie Mackintosh Ironwork and Metalwork

    By ThomasPowers, January 5, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • April 12, 2021

12. Does anyone have a reference for Angelo Bartolucci's works?

    By JRigoni, December 4, 2012
    • 4 replies
    • 3k views
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    • gab
    • March 20, 2021

13. Free Blacksmithing eBooks

    By Marcus Hopfinger, June 24, 2010
    • 12 replies
    • 17k views
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    • vespdrone
    • February 16, 2021

14. Best book for a beginner 1 2

    By Matthew Hargis, May 6, 2018
    • 32 replies
    • 10.6k views
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    • Elias Nelson
    • February 12, 2021

15. Something for the fantasy fans

    By KingAether, December 28, 2019
    • 8 replies
    • 2k views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • December 10, 2020

16. Books on Saxon/"Viking" Blacksmithing

    By Jon Kerr, February 23, 2020
    • 9 replies
    • 2.8k views
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    • finistratbob
    • November 28, 2020

17. Fritz Kühn's "Wrought Iron" and "Karl Blossfeldt: The Complete Published Work" - A Dual Review

    By JHCC, October 26, 2020
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • anvil
    • October 27, 2020

18. New book coming soon: Next Level Knifemaking

    By Jason Fry, October 7, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 784 views
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    • Jason Fry
    • October 7, 2020

19. Sheet Metal Drawing and Pattern Developement

    By PWS, May 15, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 921 views
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    • PWS
    • May 15, 2020

20. Book containing 18th century tools

    By Mark Ling, March 21, 2020
    • 8 replies
    • 1.9k views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • March 23, 2020

21. Blacksmith's-Manual-Illustrated.pdf

    By petehdgs, May 5, 2014   

    • free book download
    • 5 replies
    • 6.3k views
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    • JHCC
    • January 23, 2020

22. Searching for an old book

    By jason0012, January 21, 2020
    • 0 replies
    • 888 views
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    • jason0012
    • January 21, 2020

23. Good Book?

    By Chris C, July 8, 2019
    • 9 replies
    • 2.3k views
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    • SLAG
    • August 28, 2019

24. Extractive Metallurgy

    By ThomasPowers, June 22, 2019
    • 13 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • Ric Furrer
    • June 25, 2019

25. Elementary Forge Practice

    By Steve Shimanek, May 30, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • SLAG
    • May 31, 2019

26. Book recommendation

    By Ohio, October 17, 2018
    • 23 replies
    • 2.6k views
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    • ThomasPowers
    • October 22, 2018