The Art of Blacksmithing

Revised edition

This unique book covers every aspect of this fascinating art, the fundamental craft on which the civilization of the Iron Age was built. It describes and illustrates the equipment and the techniques developed in more that six thousand years of working iron by hand. It reflects respect for the specialized skills of the smith and the excitement of the village smithy, which so recently disappeared from the Western world.

Format: Hardcover.   Dimensions: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"   Pages: 438   Illustrations: over 500