The Story of Knife Steel by Larrin Thomas is pretty good.

[MyLegsAreOk]

I just would like to recommend you The Story of Knife Steel: Innovators Behind Modern Damascus and Super Steels (SoKS). It is a work of fact for the hobbyist and professional, given that it is very informative. I would personally even use it as reference material. Many many steels are covered and it's great learning about who made them and when.

Don't come into it thinking it's high literary art. SoKS reads like an easily digestible post-grad paper. The author does not bring to the table the same literary prowess that authors who write for a living would. This is great for just crashing on your favorite seat and having a fun read. Just don't show it to people like persons in my family who both stick their noses up as SoKS is not filled with frilly writing.

That's it.
Everyone who doesn't have it, yet is interested, do pick it up on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4MM5LPL or the site

 

[000Robert]

I have the hardcover. I skimmed through it and looked at some pictures, but I haven't read it yet. It looks like a great book.

 

[MyLegsAreOk]

I have the hardcover. I skimmed through it and looked at some pictures, but I haven't read it yet. It looks like a great book.

The great part about the hardcover is that it's actually bound in a good way. I studied book binding and this is the real deal. It's worth the money.

 

[000Robert]

The great part about the hardcover is that it's actually bound in a good way. I studied book binding and this is the real deal. It's worth the money.

I did notice that the binding does look nice, but I don't know much about them. I was surprised that it didn't come with an outer sleeve. I think that's what you call it.

 

[MyLegsAreOk]

I did notice that the binding does look nice, but I don't know much about them. I was surprised that it didn't come with an outer sleeve. I think that's what you call it.

It's called a Dust Cover. Reference books typically do not come in them and old libraries of collectors don't either. I take them off and throw them away, they're just to look pretty and remove friction from storing.

They're an eyesore and Thomas has taste not to include one.

 

[000Robert]

It's called a Dust Cover. Reference books typically do not come in them and old libraries of collectors don't either. I take them off and throw them away, they're just to look pretty and remove friction from storing.

They're an eyesore and Thomas has taste not to include one.

Oh yeah, dust covers. I like them. They help protect the books and look good on hardcover books that have plain covers. I remove them when I'm reading the books and then put them back on before I put them up.