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New Edge of the Anvil: A Resource Book for the Blacksmith | 
 enlarge | Author: Jack Andrews
Publisher: SkipJack Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $25.00
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 44249
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8 x 0.7
ISBN: 1879535092
Dewey Decimal Number: 682
EAN: 9781879535091
ASIN: 1879535092
Publication Date: September 1994
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Product Description
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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 New Edge of the Anvil September 20, 2008
Thomas G. Lumpkins (Woodlawn,Tennessee)
I am new to the art of blacksmithing, This book has realy opened up the world of blacksmithing to me, Would I recommend this book. You bet...I got a good deal from amazon and I feel the money was well spent..Tom
A PRIME RESOURCE for any smithy wannabees May 14, 2008
S. Patten (Melbourne, Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Reading this book makes we want to get out into the shed , stoke up a fire and start pounding metal on the anvil.
It will enlighten you to this art and show you fundamentals of this process.
Excellent book that will open your eyes and let you appreciate the skills that are achieve by these craftspersons.
Brilliant December 27, 2006
Eric W. Brown (Austin, tx United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great book to learn beginning blackmisthing.. I've bought or found a dozen or so books and this is the best.
 Good for Beginners August 7, 2006
Roy Tate (Oklahoma USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is my 1st year to pursue blacksmithing. I have read a number of books on the subject, but I am not a seasoned smith.
I have seen recommendations for this book several places on-line, so I had high hopes. The book starts by identifying the tools, then covers a few basic projects, adds some metallurgy information, then we get a portfolio of beautiful works by Master Craftsmen. The section on performing a spark test using a grinder could have used some color photos. I would have liked a few more projects, and maybe a few more drawings.
The book was good as far as it went, although the edition that I received in 2006 had several awkwardly phrased sentences. It was almost as if the writer was interrupted in mid sentence, or went back to edit a sentence and left extra words in.
For my own library, I will keep this book, but I am still looking ...
Great book for the self-starter December 5, 2005
Matthew H. Wilson (Berea, KY)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Jack Andrews' "New Edge of the Anvil" is a great book for getting started in blacksmithing. It has clear text, detailed pictures, and inspiring blacksmith's profiles. I find myself referencing it often. Highly recommended.
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