In no particular order:

Antika Neueva's Raw Shea and Comfrey Hippie Goo

The Best Burn Ointment I've ever used
Truely awesome stuff

Red Antler Apothecary's The Farmer

The best soap I've found for cleaning blacksmith hands, and keeping them from cracking-and-bleeding in the winter

How to Properly Use an Anvil

informative

AngloSaxon and Viking Ironworking

lots of truth, some mistakes

Blacksmith's Journal Archives

poke around for lots of inspiration

CRAFTBOOKS™

books for direction and inspiration

Claying a forge

Some whys and why nots

The Metal Web News Blacksmith Page

More inspiration and some tool tips

Tongs to make Tongs

A Gift from God

New England Blacksmiths

The local organization. Some good tips and tricks

[ABANA] The Artist Blacksmith's Association of North America, Inc.

The national organization "Forging Excellence Since 1973"

iForge (Interactive Forge) Stepbystep Blacksmith Projects

Lots of Projects here

SwageBlocks.com Special anvils for repousse, artist blacksmiths and armorers

Swage or Swedge Blocks, Hollow Anvils, Armourer's Maids

NWBA Blacksmith

More cool stuff to look at

Stuff at I Forge Iron

Ideas and Inspiration

Forgemaster

Forge welding tips (specifically for a gas forge, but some interesting tips nonetheless)

W.K. Fine Tools

Bunches of way cool stuff about... TOOLS

The Davistown Museum: An Archaeology of Tools

PDFs with links to pictures of all manner of implements

keenjunk.com - Blacksmith's Journal Techniques

From the 'Internet Archive'. Some cool stuff and slick ideas.

THE BASICS OF BLOOMERY SMELTING

anvil's ring iron smelting article

Tap Drill Sizes

A table of drill sizes for most taps.

YouTube - Forge Welding - 1904

Watch the guy in the background just above the fire before they move the ring.

Welding the Big Ring!!

The longer version.

Jugs Puzzle Page

A non-smithing time suck but probably good for your brain.

Blacksmith's Elbow - The Celtic Knot

Worth knowing

Surgical Scrub Brush

These work surprisingly well on smith-dirt

YouTube - Blacksmithing Forge-welding a branch

Forge-welding - lap and faggot welds. Read the comments too.

Craft of a bygone era keeps the T rolling

Boston-Area Union Smiths

The Fire

Written for the beginner, this series of pages on fire detail all the skills needed to master the use of the blacksmith's coal fire. [so sayeth the author, and I think he's mostly right. -cw]

Mark Aspery's site

The man knows his stuff.

[ABANA] Controlled Hand Forging

Lots of good stuff about learning to control your work

The Whiteboard, a vaguely paintball webcomic by "Doc" Nickel

A bit of humor

Aluminum Alloys Continued

Of interest to those who want to fold-form aluminum

Diehl Steel - 0-1 Oil Hardening Tool Steel

Lots of info about alloys

Forgemaster

This is Forgemaster's set of links to good info. (A meta-link)

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Junkyard Steel - What is it?

BGOP

The Blacksmiths' Guild of the Potomac

High Temperature Tools & Refractory

Lots of equipment and materials for knifemakers and builders of propane forges.

Basics of Gray Iron Casting Design: 10 Rules for Engineered Quality. - Free Online Library

About casting, but interesting anyway.

Florida Artist Blacksmith Association - Newsletters

Years of good stuff!

Examining the finer points of 6010, 6011, and 7018 - TheFabricator

From a guy who seems to know

YouTube - Stone Cold to White Hot

Putting energy into the work with the hammer!

YouTube - Forging Animal Heads with Bill Epps

Another approach

8.4.1 Plain Carbon Steels

This page has at least as much information about iron and carbon as you are ever likely to need as a blacksmith.

More to come. It's an ongoing quest.

 

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