Subject: Re: UN blacksmithing books [correction]

From: Daniel Moore <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 08:19:21 -0400

At 08:07 AM 4/29/96 -0400, you wrote:
>At 02:50 PM 4/28/96 -0400, you wrote:
>i havent heard of such an item. please tell us more. title, author(s), isbn
>#, publisher  etc etc etc. anything would be a help in finding it.
>
>i am always interested in 'primitive' ways of doing things as they are also
>frequently the old old way of doing it.  since i also study history, old ways
>fascinate me.
>
>thanks
>sweebe
>

[this is the new expanded reply, featuring a more useful URL and ISBN numbers]

You can get info on the UN books at:

http://www.fao.org/catalog/giphome.htm

There are three books put out by the UN Food and Agricultural Organization.
The three books are excellent and cover most of what is needed for the
basic applied blacksmith.  The only gripe I have with the books is
that there is an assumption that the reader will have no trouble
procuring the basic large tools (anvil, swage block, leg vice, forge).

The books are:

88/1 - Agricultural engineering in development: basic blacksmithing:
a training manual.
1992, 79 pp.
ISBN 92-5-102738-2
$10.00

88/2 - Agricultural engineering in development. Intermediate
blacksmithing: a training manual.
1992, 64 pp.
ISBN 92-5-102739-0
$10.00

88/3 - Agricultural engineering in development. Advanced
blacksmithing: a training manual.
1992, 89 pp.
ISBN 92-5-102803-6
$10.00

The website above has the ordering number for the books.

Dan Moore