Here's my beginner's setup (read: newbie)- I've been making knives since '74, and a number of my customers have asked me to get into forging.
This appears to be a 100# Russian anvil, maybe one of the "Star" brand. It does have a hard face, only about 6mm. And no, it doesn't ring. It kinda goes ~whap!~ when you tap it. Okay for a beginner, and doesn't irritate the neighbors.
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Here's my beginner's setup (read: newbie)- I've been making knives since '74, and a number of my customers have asked me to get into forging.
This appears to be a 100# Russian anvil, maybe one of the "Star" brand. It does have a hard face, only about 6mm. And no, it doesn't ring. It kinda goes ~whap!~ when you tap it. Okay for a beginner, and doesn't irritate the neighbors.