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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 22:06:13 -0600, Martin Eastburn
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On 2/14/2015 8:13 AM, wrote:
Jim- On the topic of history of the old tools you asked about,
here's what I have so far (from a fellow blacksmith who is just
starting to write a book:
"I just started my research on a book on the history of
Blacksmithing. I have some information but take it with a grain of
salt. It is just from the beginning of the search.

Bronze rasps have been found in Egyptian tombs from about 1200BC.
Iron rasps in Mesopotamia for around 700 BC. Hardened metal files
date back to the Middle Ages around the 12th century AD.

There is a hacksaw in the Viking Mastermyr tool chest found in
Sweden. That chest is generally believed to date to the late
Viking/early medieval period ( around 1000 AD).

As to the leg vice, I do not have much detail yet. However, there
is a clear depiction of them in Denis Diderot's Encyclopedie
published in France between 1750-1770."

If I do get any more info, I will start a new topic.

Pete Stanaitis
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Pete -

Georgius Agricola De Re Metallica - re-printed and translated - was
on
WWW.kessinger.net - might still be - I think Amazon took over
printing
of his data - I believe the owner passed. Anyway - good book.


Showing only Amazon sales on that page.


This was first printed in 1520. It has some really interesting
information. Documented earlier date for iron and so on. Methods,
pictures (wood cuts) and is 8x10x 1.5" (approx) in size.

isbn 0766131971


download PDF he https://archive.org/details/deremetallica50agri
I grabbed a Kindle format of it.


It's a good book, but it covers metal as an industry rather than a
skilled trade. Biringuccio and Theophilus describe one-man operations
better. None of them cover blacksmithing very well.

These describe their books. You may be able to download free copies. I
can't reasonably confirm them with dialup. I have hard copies from
Lindsay.

http://www.amazon.com/Pirotechnica-V.../dp/B0041HIROY
"This doesn't cover the whole of medieval metalwork - methods specific
to the blacksmith or goldsmith, for example, don't lie within
Biringuccio's fiery interests."

http://www.amazon.com/De-Diversis-Ar.../dp/0198222068
I'm SO happy I didn't have to solder by his methods.

I couldn't comfortably read long e-books on this laptop until I
modified a Staples chair with brackets that raise the back to serve as
a headrest and eliminate the arms so it fits under the keyboard shelf.

-jsw