Contemporary Blacksmithing for Beginners: Tools and Techniques Plus 18 Projects
A beginner's guide to blacksmithing, featuring accessible projects for making beautiful and practical items while learning to safely and mindfully practice your craft.

Interested in blacksmithing but unsure how to start? In this comprehensive how-to book, you'll work through 18 simple step-by-step projects, choose design variations, and adapt the designs to suit your style. You, too, can learn to think like a blacksmith! The projects in the book focus on making simple, effective, well-designed, and, above all, usable household items.

In these pages, you’ll learn about

• essential tools for your beginning blacksmith shop;
• 18 blacksmithing projects for your home—hooks, key rings, bottle openers, hand tools, and more;
• important safety information covering the proper clothing and PPE for the job; and
• an ergonomic understanding of how to swing a hammer to shape metal effectively regardless of your size or strength.

Expert blacksmith, welder, and teacher Joy Fire presents accessible projects for beginners of every type, enabling readers to confidently forge their own path no matter their background, size, or skill level.
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Contemporary Blacksmithing for Beginners: Tools and Techniques Plus 18 Projects
A beginner's guide to blacksmithing, featuring accessible projects for making beautiful and practical items while learning to safely and mindfully practice your craft.

Interested in blacksmithing but unsure how to start? In this comprehensive how-to book, you'll work through 18 simple step-by-step projects, choose design variations, and adapt the designs to suit your style. You, too, can learn to think like a blacksmith! The projects in the book focus on making simple, effective, well-designed, and, above all, usable household items.

In these pages, you’ll learn about

• essential tools for your beginning blacksmith shop;
• 18 blacksmithing projects for your home—hooks, key rings, bottle openers, hand tools, and more;
• important safety information covering the proper clothing and PPE for the job; and
• an ergonomic understanding of how to swing a hammer to shape metal effectively regardless of your size or strength.

Expert blacksmith, welder, and teacher Joy Fire presents accessible projects for beginners of every type, enabling readers to confidently forge their own path no matter their background, size, or skill level.
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Contemporary Blacksmithing for Beginners: Tools and Techniques Plus 18 Projects

Contemporary Blacksmithing for Beginners: Tools and Techniques Plus 18 Projects

by Joy Fire
Contemporary Blacksmithing for Beginners: Tools and Techniques Plus 18 Projects

Contemporary Blacksmithing for Beginners: Tools and Techniques Plus 18 Projects

by Joy Fire

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A beginner's guide to blacksmithing, featuring accessible projects for making beautiful and practical items while learning to safely and mindfully practice your craft.

Interested in blacksmithing but unsure how to start? In this comprehensive how-to book, you'll work through 18 simple step-by-step projects, choose design variations, and adapt the designs to suit your style. You, too, can learn to think like a blacksmith! The projects in the book focus on making simple, effective, well-designed, and, above all, usable household items.

In these pages, you’ll learn about

• essential tools for your beginning blacksmith shop;
• 18 blacksmithing projects for your home—hooks, key rings, bottle openers, hand tools, and more;
• important safety information covering the proper clothing and PPE for the job; and
• an ergonomic understanding of how to swing a hammer to shape metal effectively regardless of your size or strength.

Expert blacksmith, welder, and teacher Joy Fire presents accessible projects for beginners of every type, enabling readers to confidently forge their own path no matter their background, size, or skill level.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780764369193
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date: 01/28/2026
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joy Fire is a highly-sought-after professional blacksmith, with a master of fine art from Claremont Graduate University. She sits on the Governance Committee for the Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths and is based in Santa Ana, California.

https://www.joyfireblacksmith.com/

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