Customer Review: This book serves to demystify a craft practiced since antiquity, mostly with low-tech methods such as the ones explained here. The illustrations, both photographic and line-drawing, are lucid and the organization of the book is progressive, a great help for those who have no experience working in... more info
Customer Review: A friend in my jewelry class loaned me a copy of this book, and it was so good I had to go find my own copy. I own several books on jewelry making, and this is the best one I've found. It goes into lots of detail on topics that most books just gloss over. For example, there is an entire chapter on... more info
Customer Review: As with others in the "T&H Manual" series, this book provides a broad introduction to the tools and techniques of its craft. It starts in a familiar way, laying out the workshop for comfortable, efficient flow, then covers the smith's basic tools. Next, Loyen briefly discusses technical drawing... more info
Customer Review: This is the third book of Murray Bovin that has been updated and revised. This is in the style of the old school text books from the 1930's to the late 70's. They cover much more of what was thought you should know than well you can get by without it. With this knowledge data base as they call it... more info
