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    Blacksmithing Ultimate Blacksmithing Beginners Guide: Easy and Useful DIY Step-by-Step Blacksmithing Projects for the New Enthusiastic Blacksmith, along with Mastering Great Designs and Techniques
    Blacksmithing Ultimate Blacksmithing Beginners Guide: Easy and Useful DIY Step-by-Step Blacksmithing Projects for the New Enthusiastic Blacksmith, along with Mastering Great Designs and Techniques
    Blacksmithing Ultimate Blacksmithing Beginners Guide: Easy and Useful DIY Step-by-Step Blacksmithing Projects for the New Enthusiastic Blacksmith, along with Mastering Great Designs and Techniques
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    Blacksmithing Ultimate Blacksmithing Beginners Guide: Easy and Useful DIY Step-by-Step Blacksmithing Projects for the New Enthusiastic Blacksmith, along with Mastering Great Designs and Techniques

    By Les Steel

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    Start Your Journey Towards Becoming A Modern Age Blacksmith Today!


    Prehistoric humans constructed the earliest tools from twigs, branches, and different types of rock. One of the most well-known types of prehistoric stone tool is the hand axe, with which ancient humans could cut food and other items into smaller pieces. Hand axes were used to dig for tubers to eat, or water to drink; and they were also used for chopping wood. Examples have been found in Africa, and later on throughout Europe.


    This book contains proven steps and strategies on becoming a modern-day acolyte of the forge. You will learn about the history of blacksmithing, and you will be able to better understand why this honorable and noble profession persists into the present day. You may even recognize some of the famous people who have helped to shape the idea of what a blacksmith is, and why the work of a blacksmith has been celebrated throughout history.


    In this book, you’ll learn about the basics and essential techniques associated with the various objects that can be crafted by a blacksmith. You’ll learn about the materials that have been used since ancient times to create beautifully-crafted objects, and you’ll learn about modern-day materials that have proved themselves worthy of use by today’s blacksmith.


    Here Is A look at the Chapters in this Book:-


    •Blacksmithing and its History


    •Blacksmithing Culture


    •The Modern Blacksmith


    •Blacksmithing Processes and Techniques


    •Blacksmithing Projects For Beginners


    •Blacksmithing Projects For the Intermediate Blacksmith


    And Much more things to Learn throughout Chapters!


    More importantly, you will learn about becoming a blacksmith yourself. You will learn about the tools and essential techniques of the blacksmith’s work. You will learn about creating useful tools and agricultural implements, cooking utensils, decorative items, and even weapons. 


    Download your copy today! Right Now you could be cutting and eating that delicious fruit with your self-made Knife. Take the first step towards becoming a blacksmith by going up the page and Downloading this book today!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Kite Publishing
    Release dateMay 3, 2020

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      Blacksmithing Ultimate Blacksmithing Beginners Guide - Les Steel

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      Chapter 1

      Blacksmithing and History

      Metalworking in ancient history

      To gain a better understanding of the work of the blacksmith, we must first learn about tools and how they are made, and we must also learn about how humans discovered the many processes of metalworking.

      When we talk about tools, we are talking about the items that we use in order to reach a goal or complete a task. The use of tools is not limited to human beings. Many animals use simple tools in order to catch food, to groom themselves or others, or as toys.

      Prehistoric humans constructed the earliest tools from twigs, branches, and different types of rock. One of the most well-known types of prehistoric stone tool is the hand axe, with which ancient humans could cut food and other items into smaller pieces. Hand axes were used to dig for tubers to eat, or water to drink; and they were also used for chopping wood. Examples have been found in Africa, and later on throughout Europe.

      The transition from tools made out of stone to tools made out of metal marks the beginning of the Bronze Age. At the time, it was known that gold could be found in nuggets of nearly pure metal, and could be easily worked with tools made out of stone, bone, or even wood.

      Ancient humans thought that it must be possible to find other metals in similarly pure form, but the technology of the time was limited to the finding of rocks in which deposits of metals such as copper and tin were embedded. These rocks are known as ores.

      To release the copper or tin from ore, ancient humans discovered the process of smelting about 8,000 years ago. The process allowed ancient humans to create tools and decorative items out of metals such as copper -- and also to mix metals together, forming what we now know today as alloys. The first alloy to see widespread use was bronze, composed of copper and tin; from it, weapons, jewelry, decorative items, and religious objects were made.

      Bronze, gold, and copper were the important metals in the years of the Bronze Age. There was some knowledge of iron -- except that these ancient civilizations knew iron as something that fell from the skies. Before the dawn of the Iron Age, workable amounts of relatively pure iron could only be found within stony iron meteorites.

      It was only after human beings were able to apply more refined and more productive smelting processes to iron ore that more iron became available for use in creating weapons, tools, and other useful objects. This marked the transition into the Iron Age.

      Most civilizations relied on what is now known as wrought iron, an alloy in which a tiny amount of carbon is mixed into the iron. This form of iron is tough and corrosion-resistant, but is relatively easy to shape and work with, and in addition is easily welded.

      It was also possible to produce steel during the Iron Age. The carbon content of steel is higher compared to wrought iron; this resulted in objects and weapons that were much stronger compared to items created with bronze. However, the processes of production at the time created only relatively small amounts of steel.

      From being a rare and expensive material in the prehistoric eras, iron and its various forms became almost commonplace materials as the years passed. Iron became the primary material out of which coins, kitchen implements, farming tools, and weapons of war were made.

      Metalworking in the Middle Ages

      During the Middle Ages, the cultures and civilizations of Europe continued to rely on the same techniques of refining metal that had been discovered centuries ago. The places where the different forms of iron and steel were made were referred to as bloomeries. These bloomeries used charcoal as the main fuel for the furnaces in which iron ore was smelted and refined.

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