The Complete Bladesmith will show you how to take a bar of steel and forge it into the blade of your dreams. This guide to smithing world-class blades is for the novice and experienced bladesmith alike. With this book you will be able to build your own forge, equip your workshop, choose your materials from the exotic to the mundane, and get to work. Jump at the chance to heat the steel, bending, twisting, folding, cutting, and stretching it. Finally, you'll put the perfect grind on the new bladel fit the sofest, hardest, or the most exotic wood to the grip; and slip your blace into you handmade sheath.

Format: Soft cover   Dimentions: 8 3/4" x 11"   Pages: 179   Illustrations: 200