Japanese Blacksmithing: Traditional Forging Methods for Knives, Swords, and Tools

[Kiipu]

Japanese Blacksmithing : Traditional Forging Methods for Knives, Swords, and Tools

By Rudolf Dick

Available on Nov 28, 2024

 

Discover the blacksmithing techniques used to make 10 traditional Japanese objects with insights from the artisans and rare glimpses inside their workshops.

 

The art of blacksmithing and steel processing didn't reach Japan until more than 1,000 years after it was developed in the Western world. It is therefore all the more astonishing to see the high culture of forging that developed in the Land of the Rising Sun within a short period of time.

 

This comprehensive reference book explains the traditional methods used by Japanese tool-, knife-, and swordsmiths and gives the reader a rare and unique look inside their workshops.

 

Size: 6.5in x 9.0in  |  Pages: 160  |  175 color photos

Binding: Hardback

ISBN: 9780764368516

PRICE:  $24.99

 

Link: Japanese Blacksmithing

[Kiipu]

Ran across the above book today and had not heard anything mentioned about it.

 

I did find on this forum a German language book by the same author.  Not sure if this is an English translation of it or an entirely new book.

A New Book For German Collectors

 

Maybe someone can compare the table of contents of the German book to the English book?

Hint: @vajo

[ROKUJURO]

As soon as I find the time I will have a look at it.

Rudolf Dick runs a big hardware store mainly for woodworkers, but also for knifemakers, musical instrument makers and more. He has an interest in Japanese crafts and offers quite an array of Japanese tools. His German language book is related to this.

[BIG]

I have the German book „Japanische Schmiedekunst“ and strongly recommend it. Dr. Rudolf Dick visited traditional  blacksmith families and did a great job in documenting in word and pics the art of Japanese smithing.

In 2015 he meet Gassan Sadatoshi and wrote a nice and informative Nihonto Chapter.

I see the same pictures in the German book and in the new English book, so may be( almost ) identical..

 

 

[vajo]

Thomas I didn't have that book and i found no table of contents in the net.