Artisan Ideas is a specialized publishing house and bookstore for tradespeople and craftsmen, artisans and artists, enthusiasts and serious hobbyists. We have books, manuals, plans and videos for people who make and create; who repair and re-build. We have books for metalsmiths, jewelry makers, blacksmiths, knife makers, locksmiths and lock and key collectors, machine shop enthusiasts, gunsmiths, muzzleloader builders, and more. Besides the books we publish ourselves each month we add useful and hard-to-find instructional books and DVDs from American and foreign publishers. Many of our books and DVDs are from very small specialized publishers and are not available in most bookstores. Others we have in exclusive distribution for the United States. You'll be surprised with our large selection.