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

The "New Edge of the Anvil" is a resource and tool for blacksmiths and those who want to learn blacksmithing. It is a revised and expanded edition of the "Edge of the Anvil." With drawings, photographs, and charts it describes the forging process, heating, upsetting, drawing out, forge welding, metallurgy, and tool making. All of these processes are clearly illustrated by the numerous drawings, in which the tools, equipment, and shop layout are fully detailed. This resource book also explains the process of design, the use of a computer in metal design, how to set up a business and manage it. Providing an inspiration for all artist-blacksmiths are portfolios of the wrought iron work of Samuel Yellin and Martin Rose, two of America's master artist-blacksmiths. To further inspire and to show the new focus of blacksmithing in the metal arts, six contemporary metalworkers portfolios show a series of demonstration pieces of their ironwork. "THE one book you need to get started as a blacksmith - all you need to encourage you to pick up a hammer and start hammering." Nol Putnam. This 256-page book is bound with an improved binding system (Otabind) allowing the pages to lay flat.Jack Andrews is the author of 'New Edge of the Anvil: A Resource Book for the Blacksmith' with ISBN 9781879535091 and ISBN 1879535092.