Sacred Smith

well, it sorta looks like an old champion forge, but youll have to ask the guy to look around on for a symbol or company logo to be sure, it would probably be on the blower or on the fire pan. it looks in good condition, so me myself i would pay around $150-$200. buts thats just my opinion.

i need a new anvil, i would like to try to get a peter wright anvil, 100 pounds or more, and it would be nice if it was near ohio. can anyone help me out?

Of course that style of hammer was common over 100 years ago in Sheffield England when they were used by the cutlers there; they were called a steady hammer as I recall.

That style of hammer was known in the USA till recently for saw tuning.

I always found it odd that folks will get real excited over japanese stuff when the same thing was common in their own cultures in the past.

Thanks guys =D

Using my grandfather's old forge and small anvil. Me and the rest of the grandkids remember a huge anvil but nobody know what happened to it. I hate I didn't get into blacksmithing sooner, he could have taught me a lot without me having to go to school and figure it out on my own. Anyway here is a pic of my setup, drag it out of the garage to forge and after I'm finished drag it back in.

please take a look at this video on youtube about a japanese bladesmith. my question is, what are these sledge hammers called? i want to make some, but i dont want to look stupid and not know what there called .

heres the link to the video. you might just want to fast forward a bit.

YouTube - Making authentic Katana with Japan's most famous swordsmith ????

Please reply as this is driving me crazy!!

ive studied alot about making katana, they explain so much, but one think im not able to find is how to make the hand guard that goes between the handle, and the blade. so does anyone know how to make these? and if theres a book or a video that anyone knows about that shows how they make these, or if you could just give me an idea of on this thread, i would greatly apreciate it !

my forge is a champion forge that was practically never used for its entire life, ill get some pictures as soon as i can. it cost me about $375. and its very good, ive been blacksmithing for about a month or 2 now, and you can see some of my blacksmithing videos on my youtube account (kakashi1578). so, whats your forge?