Bob from Rochester is looking for some reading material:

Welcome aboard.

With regard to recommended reading, if you like making tools and want  
to get started in some simple smithing for that purpose, "Make Your  
Own Woodworking Tools" by Mike Burton has some ideas for small tools  
and a simple starter forge. Also, "The Complete Modern Blacksmith" by  
Weygers, which is not exactly a contemporary work but a reprint of  
something about a century old, can keep your head full of ideas for  
more challenging things to try.

Regards,

JL
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