Down'n'dirty Blacksmithing
Down'n'Dirty Blacksmithing
Down'n'Dirty Blacksmithing is intended to be a practical introduction to the craft of blacksmithing through the construction of a primitive forge, tools to work the metal heated in the forge, and basic projects.
![Picture of a blacksmith.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/John_Neagle_001.jpg/400px-John_Neagle_001.jpg)
We hope that this book will provide information through text and illustrations so that an individual might:
- Acquire necessary tools and materials.
- Build a primitive forge.
- Build a primitive anvil.
- Successfully light a fire in the forge that will bring steel to a working temperature.
- Work steel with tools made and acquired in a series of graded exercises that will give an individual an introduction to the rudiments of blacksmithing.
- Work steel in a series of graded exercises that will continue the individual's introduction to the rudiments of blacksmithing and provide additional tools for the further exploration of the craft.