Wishwon

yes I am sorry to hear as well... in some day you both with smash metal on the big anvil in the sky.

yes they are very nice.

hahah ya I am apparently from old German royalty, like that does anything for me now. Off topic I know... don't know why I posted that :?

hmmm I didn't even swear... Don't know why it xed me out.... ahh well 8)

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yes they do Do you live in Calgary?

they even had a Budwizer team haha

ya I guess I should have made it more clear, that was the compitition that day. Plus, it is a cowboy event, the Calgary Stampede, so having horse shoeing is natural. BTW they did have a Canadian Ferriers Team there. There is also a shop there that sells products made a two local smithin shops around Calgary, which I got lots of ideas for my first projects, when I get my equipment together. Cool stuff to look at.

well I went to the blacksmithing world championships at the stampede and I will be going again tonight. Pretty cool to watch. They were hammering out 4 horse shoes and putting them on the horse. They had to do this in 2 hours. I never seen people hammer so fast and hard. There were teams from all over the world. We will see what tonight's challenge is and the overall champ will be named.

any pics?

do u have to go there in order to bid or will there be some online stuff goin on?

niceness

yes that helps. I am not sure it would be the same price for coal in Albera, but it should be cheaper. Coal is everywhere here. I will look into princess for the "accesory" tools for sure. They seem to have a bit of everything in that place.

ahhh I see... ya that is a better idea, then I have more space to bend the metal. Thank you.

wouldn't the eventually bend after a bit?

I have a question I have my stated peice of steel. Now I was thinking (yes that condition afflicks me once in a while) if I were to drill a hole into that block, then make some different shaped peices of steel (rounded, sharp edges etc) with a post welded to the middle of the bottom of these peices that fits in the hole. Then I can interchange these peices with different shapes on top of my anvil, and bang against those shapes with the metal that I am using. Would this be a good idea??

Ya I heard that I will be attending for sure

well I got my hunk of steel for my anvil. It measures 11.5 inches by 8 inches by 6 inches. Man that thing is heavy :shock: now I am going to build the stand for it. After that it will be creating my forge.

Calgary Also known as God's Country

slag you from Canada or just know people here?

make a helmet outta metal to ware :P

anyone see snow walker?

here are some auto body hammers http://www.mytoolstore.com/wilmar/prod039.html

haha no hurt feelings at all mate. Thanks for all your guy's help!!!!

I live in Calgary, I know about calling the WORKSHOP a garage but that damage has been done already. doh! Anvillain I am unclear what you mean by An end of a large shaft standing vertically will give you better rebound than a real anvil many times its weight. just like a thick peice of stock 4-5 inches wide and maby a few inches thick, on a stand? Or about 3 feet tall all the way to the floor? I can maby get a peice like this. Is it hard of soft metal? My shop I work at has lots of scrap peices, maby they will let me take it home. I was looking at some of your pics of knives on this page and they were very nice... I have a long road to get to your guy's level. I found out about a guy here that makes knives so maby I can hook up with him and have a blacksmith buddie. Good idea about the channel locks, I have many of them. I was thinking would auto body hammers be a good investment? Or are they too small? You guys might like some of the tools that I have made in the machine shop I work at. Thankyou for all the advise and ya I must work on my wife about this. Edit: Quote removed from post