Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 You are a "Creative Anachronism"! And I mean that the best way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I put my hammers away so the cat doesn't knock them to the floor during the night and I have to stoop over to pick them up in the morning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caius Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 hm. i'm right handed and i work with my anvil's horn facing the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maillemaker Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 The Luck of the Horseshoe comes from the blacksmith. Legend has it that the Devil was walking through the countryside when he came upon a smithy. The smith had just finished shoeing a horse, and the Devil was overcome with jealousy as the horse was led back to the farmstead, skipping for joy with his new iron shoes. Consumed with greed and envy, the Devil appeared in the smithy in a cloud of sulfurous smoke, and demanded that the smith give his hooves a pair of iron shoes. The blacksmith recognized Satan, and unphased by his sudden, smoky appearance, proceeded to shoe the Devil's hooves with shoes two sizes too small! And did those shoes ever pinch and chafe and bite! The Devil screamed in pain and tried to remove the shoes, but the clever blacksmith had securely fixed the iron shoes to the Devil's hooves. In agony, ol' Lucifer demanded that the smith remove the torturous implements. The smith agreed, so long as the Devil would never enter a place with a horseshoe nailed above the door. The instant the shoes were removed, the Devil howled and in a flash of red flame, returned to hell. Soon after, the smith nailed one of the shoes to the lintel of the smithy, and the rest is history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Shouldn't be an ox shoe as the devil has a cloven hoof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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