The Complete Bladesmith: Forging Your Way To Perfection by Jim Hrisoulas
Softcover. Diagrams, instructions and black and white photos. (Some sun damage/discoloration on the cover)
192 pages, 1987.
Some sun damage along the front cover.
Jim Hrisoulas is a master bladesmith specializing in medieval broadswords and daggers and Damascus pattern welding. He has almost 30 years of experience at the forge.
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. You'll jump at the chance to heat the steel, bending, twisting, folding, cutting and stretching it. Finally, you'll put the the perfect grind on the new blade; for the softest, hardest, or the most exotic wood to the grip; and slip your blade into your handmade sheath.