Blacksmithing and Early Metalworking

Below is our selection of books on blacksmithing and metalworking, including coppersmithing, tinsmithing, and tinsmith's tools. Three of our most popular books on blacksmithing are A Blacksmithing Primer by Randy McDaniel, Practical Blacksmithing by M.T. Richardson and Plain and Ornamental Forging by Ernst Schwarzkopf. Don't miss the Art of Coppersmithing, a perennial best seller!

 

• The American Pewterer

• Antique Iron

• Art of Coppersmithing

• Backyard Blacksmith

• A Blacksmithing Primer, 2nd Ed.

• A Blacksmithing Primer DVD

• The Blacksmith's Craft

• Colonial Silversmith

• Complete Metalsmith

• Dover Stamping Co. 1869 Illustrated Catalog

• Early American Copper, Tin and Brass

• From Forge & Anvil

• Heritage in Iron

• Lives Shaped By Steel

• Metalworking Trades in Early America

• Ornamental Ironwork

• Peck, Stow & Wilcox Company's 1900    Centennial Catalog of Tinsmith's Tools and    Machines

• Plain and Ornamental Forging

• Practical Blacksmithing, Part One

• Practical Blacksmithing, Part Two

• Practical Casting

• Professional Smithing

• Shop Drawings for for Blacksmiths

• The Tinsmith's Helper and Pattern Book