averagejoe

I am guessing that this would be an upgrade to the HF anvil. right? Thank you for the concrete idea! besides helping to hold the steel in place,does this also add to the mass of the anvil? Will the concrete dampen the noise made? or should there be layers of material to help dampen the noise? Should the face be hardened? If so how should I Go about doing that? Thanks for the help so far!

yup, I read about that. This was about 50' away. I am thinking the track was moved at one point and this was just overlooked during the cleanup. ;)

Hello all, After reading some threads, I am thinking this is my type of community. I am a beginner looking to become better at forging knives. I have aquired the basics. a single burner gas forge made from a helium tank that gets almost white hot. a 55# ASO from HF. 3# cross pein hammer. 2 lb hammer. some homemade rebar tongs and lots of interest. while Scavenging for spikes I found this thing buried with just an inch showing. I am not sure what it was, but I know what I would like it be! My questions are: 1. What the heck was it? 2. should I cut the ends off stand it on one end in a bucket of sand to dampen the ring this thing makes?(it weighs 66Lbs without the other part attached, 86 with) 3. how could I use the other part? Any advise or info even if not related to the questions is very much appreciated!