New Edge of the Anvil: A Resource Book for the Blacksmith

The tenet of this book is provide a tool for artists/blacksmiths and metalworkers. It tells how to work metal: heating it, cutting it, upsetting it, drawing it out, twisting it, forge welding it and shaping and assembling it. It tells about metallurgy and tool making, metal finishes and corrosion, sources of information and supplies, charts and guidelines for many tasks. It explains the process of design, how to use the computer in metal design, how to set up a business and how to manage it. Providing an inspiration for all blacksmiths are portfolios of the wrought iron work of Martin Rose and Samuel Yellin, two of America's premier metalworkers of the past. To further inspire and to show the new focus of blacksmithing in the metal arts, six contemporary metalworkers show a series of demonstration pieces of their iron work. This 256 page book is bound with an improved binding system (Otabind) that allows the pages to lay flat.

• The Art of Blacksmithing
• The Complete Modern Blacksmith
• A Blacksmithing Primer: A Course in Basic and Intermediate Blacksmithing
• The Backyard Blacksmith
• The Home Blacksmith: Tools, Techniques, and 40 Practical Projects for the Blacksmith Hobbyist
• Practical Blacksmithing: The Four Classic Volumes in One
• The Complete Bladesmith: Forging Your Way to Perfection
• Hardening, Tempering and Heat Treatment (Workshop Practice)
• Winco BR-9 Butcher Block Brush
• Skills of a Blacksmith Volume I : Mastering the Fundamentals of Blacksmithing