Frank Turley Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Plain and Ornamental Forging Ernst Schwarzkopf ISBN 1879335956 296 pp I was in Acres of Books, Long Beach, in 1965 and I found Schwarzkopf's book. What a treasure! As I understand it, Schwarzkopf came to the U.S. from Germany before the turn of the 20th century, and found a job teaching blacksmithing at the high school in the Bedford Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. In the early 1900's, he wrote his how-to book...in English. This book has good line drawings and a few photographs. It was the first book I saw that showed slit/drifting. It showed leaf and floral work, including forging a rose from one piece (very "Germanic"). I did two of them that way, but now I use sheet metal petals. Bol This book was more complete than some of the other 20th Century books, like Googerty's, for example. In addition to Schwarzkopf, I acquired the Rural Development (originally COSIRA) books from London. Schwarzkopf was facsimile reprinted and released by Astragal Press in 2000. I heartily recommend it to not only beginners but to experienced smiths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel S Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Is this the same book?http://books.google.com/books?id=zg4LAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug}{maN Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 can you print it out off that link ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkunkler Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Yes, download the PDF and print it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel S Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Hammers Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Dittos my other thread post Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anvilfolk Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) What a find! Thanks go to Frank Turley for mentioning it and jaimiechimie for finding it! Been going through it and found a nice tip: placing a bit of green coal inside a larger hole one is punching to avoid the punch getting stuck! Sounds real nice! -- edit -- And another tidbit: Bending should be done at a red heat, before the metal starts to scale, so as to keep a smooth surface! Makes a lot of sense, unless you explicitly want the texture of scaled off metal (which I generally like). Edited August 30, 2012 by Anvilfolk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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