• Beginning Blacksmithing: Different Hammers and other videos by user LakesideForge
• navaching.com
• hammer control
• BLACKSMITH PRACTICE
• How do i get started in blacksmithing?
• welded wire rope, as a material for blades [1] [2] [3a] [3b] [4]

books

• "Edge of the Anvil" by Jack Andrews
• "The Art of Blacksmithing" by Alex Bealer
• lots more

wikipedia articles

• blacksmith
• forge
• anvil

intro videos

• ~epicfantasy:
  • 1: first post!
  • 2: folding, twisting, and straightening
  • 3: drawing out
  • 4: forming curves
  • 5: intro
  • 6: basic hammer blows
  • 7: hardy tools
• ~modernblacksmith

how to make various pieces

• horse head
• spoon
• dinner knife
• rose (instructions)
• human face (time lapse)
• axe head
• more

what kind of steel do you want to buy?

• metalwebnews.com
  Mild steel, also known variously as machine steel, low-carbon steel, soft steel, and blacksmith iron, is the common material used by blacksmiths. It contains from about 0.1 to 0.3 per cent carbon.
• wikipedia
  "mild steel" is steel with a carbon content below 0.25%
• spaco.org
• tidewaterblacksmiths.net
• anvilfire [1]