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06-13-2006, 03:57 PM
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 Show me your anvil Most folks have an anvil of sorts. Show me what you use and how it is set up. That way we can er-borrow ideas to use.
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06-13-2006, 04:03 PM
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| Ok it is a little old, tired and was found in a junk yard. Would you bring it home? Rest of the story? French anvil dated 1723. A French rohset on the side, an "MN" Monarchy Napoleon on the other side. Found in a junk yard in the old town of Jaffa.
__________________ Tools do not make the blacksmith, the blacksmith makes the tools. gc If someone questions your standards, they are not high enough. |
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06-13-2006, 05:52 PM
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| my main forging anvil / 560 lb vaughn brooks sitting on a stand fabricated from heavy plate
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06-13-2006, 06:43 PM
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| I do not have an anvil....I just use one of yesteryearforge's. But I do have some pictures of other people's anvils! Peyton
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06-13-2006, 07:20 PM
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| Primtechsmiths workstation in my forge 260 lb JHM competitor
__________________ Give out before you give up. If it was easy anybody could do it. Last edited by yesteryearforge; 06-13-2006 at 08:10 PM. |
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06-13-2006, 07:38 PM
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| My son Joshs workstation in my forge 400 lb peter wright
__________________ Give out before you give up. If it was easy anybody could do it. Last edited by yesteryearforge; 06-13-2006 at 08:09 PM. |
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06-13-2006, 08:07 PM
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| My anvil at Dancing Frog Forge, something around 300 lbs.
__________________ Richard Thibeau, blacksmith and creative metal recycler www.dancingfrogforge.com Dancing Frog Forge - An Institute for Advanced Rube Goldberg Studies |
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06-13-2006, 10:57 PM
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| see attached photo Anvil and stand - this is the 250lb Peter Wright that I replated and rehardened about 20 years ago. The concrete stand is about 300 lbs so the whole thing is pretty stable. The stain on top is oil from the pump can for the p-hammer. I also have a 100 lb Hay Budden that is my demo anvil on a metal stand. PS - All this talk about old anvils - I had a Mousehole that appeared to date from the late 1600's, based on Postman's book. It was not in outstanding shape but still plenty serviceable considering the age - I sold it to a fellow smith in this area. Pretty cool to see an old lump of iron still being used. Last edited by HWooldridge; 06-15-2006 at 08:05 PM. |
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06-13-2006, 11:19 PM
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| My Main Anvil 125 lb Blackjack.
__________________ Irnsrgn Knowledge must be shared or it lies dead in the mind. The Blacksmith must use Hammer and Flame to force the iron down the path of his own choosing. I usually find it much easier to be wrong once in while than to try to be perfect. |
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