On this page you will find an occasionally updated trove of useful links and information. We will try to keep it trimmed down to high-value items that are more difficult to find.

A treasure trove of basic and intermediate skills can be found here at the California Blacksmith’s Association. Check out the resources tab in particular.

Here is the library for the Blacksmith’s Association of Missouri (BAM). There’s many books with great information on smithing to be downloaded for free here. Check out COSIRA, Lillico, Googerty, and Schwarzkopf. BAM’s home site is also worth a visit.

Hidden away in the Herefordshire and Ludlow College website are a trove of great books, all focused on rural crafts, chiefly smithing, but also some woodworking, wheelwright work, and thatching. Scroll all the way down to the bottom.

Not at all difficult to find, the anvilfire website has been around for decades, and there’s just as much info as you might expect to find; wander around and you can’t help but to learn something.