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Old 07-01-2008, 01:14 PM
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Emmert Studebaker when he was in his 90's taught me how to tap "Shave and a Haircut, 2 bits" on the anvil with a fairly light ballpein and an anvil with good rebound to get a fast stutter for the first part and tap the horn for the last 2 beats.

I sometimes do that at demo's to amuse the crowd or bring folks near---I use a loud ringing anvil for demos as advertisement.

It also reminds me of Emmert, a true gentleman and smith! If he sets the bar for getting into heaven, I'd better do all my smithing with coal to get used to a high sulfur environment!
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