http://www.markaspery.com/School_of_Blacksmithing/Book_4.html Just to let you know that I’m currently working on a fourth volume of the ‘Skills of a Blacksmith” series.
Given the interest in the basic skills, I thought that a project based book would be a good idea.
The idea is to create a road map for those smiths wanting to improve their skills. Here are some of the projects. 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