Just a follow-up: I went ahead and ordered Goddard's The Wonder of Knifemaking. All I could afford right now. It'll be the start of my "library", I guess. Our town's main library is closing because they built a new one. In their infinite wisdom, they've decided it will cost them too much to move all the books, so they are going to have a huge sale and buy new ones for the new building. Go Figger!!!!!! Anyway, I plan on stopping by there tomorrow to see what they have in the way of knife making and metallurgy books to see if I want to attend the sale. Books go for between $1 and $10 at those sales. (wasteful idiots)