Jewelry Making for Schools, Tradesmen and Craftsmen [Paperback]

Murray Bovin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 174 pages
• Publisher: Bovin Pub; Revised edition (June 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0910280010
• ISBN-13: 978-0910280013
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #308,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jewelry Making For Schools, Tradesmen and Craftsment, March 25, 2002

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This review is from: Jewelry Making for Schools, Tradesmen and Craftsmen (Paperback)

This book is excellent, I have had trouble putting it down and getting down to some work. It gives lots of detail of how to do things and when I find something is not going right, I refresh my memory and find the correct way of doing it by looking through this book, having waited for this book some weeks and being unable to get it in the UK I found it well worthwhile.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great jewelry-making manual for all silversmiths, any age., May 20, 1998

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This review is from: Jewelry Making for Schools, Tradesmen and Craftsmen (Paperback)

This great old standard is a masterpiece of old fashioned straight talk. What I particularly like is that Bovin takes you along step by step, in an understandable manner. As you progress in skill the book gains in value because it is such a good reference book. ln fact it became a fixture in the shop. For my money, no matches for this book. I got my first copy in 1965, which I had to replace, due to age and damage inflicted by my 140+ students. My reccomendation is BUY IT!!! You won't regret it, I haven't..

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best sources for learning, February 6, 2011

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This review is from: Jewelry Making for Schools, Tradesmen and Craftsmen (Paperback)

Although this book is a little dated it is one of the best in sources for a novice who is learning to work with precious metals, especially silver. After years of use, it is still one of my "go to" metal working books. If I were teaching, this is the book I would choose for a "how to" text.