joshua.M

i make 5 nails, then i make a wall hook, then i make 3 chain links then i do whatever i had planned

i take a thick peice of either cedar or spruce bark and bury it and leave the ash dump open, it stays as coals for up to 3 hours, i have also done this with a handfull of lump charcoal

Basicly, I found a pale full of 6" nails, not galvinized, and i was wondering if anyone has made a knife from nails, i am thinking multiple nails welded into billets and then layered with bandsaw blade peices andfile pwices welded together for damascus, just an idea for a strange pattern
thanks in advance
Josh

THATS SO COOL! is the bottom plate a rr plate?

I am a horseshoer wanting to expand my metal working and I am looking for a shop anvil. Basically just general balcksmithing with a lean toward some blade smithing later. Is there any preference for anvils - style, manufacturer or size. I was just floating the idea of something around 200lbs. I apprenticed on a Hay Buden which I liked and have been offered a Peter Wright. Any opinions??? Or advice????

strange, with all the beginner questions you ask, I never knew you ever made a sword yet.

i use a propane plumbing torch

Not sure, but I guess you're thinking of this:http://cgi.ebay.com/...=item19c2871fd7

look under it

Basicly, how do you figure out a quote. I have been asked to do some jobs and need quotes and i want to know how to do it accuratly

the one onthe right looks like a peter wright i have one that has 5" jaws

i dont know, i just dont like the idea of painting the sides
What type of oil? used motor oil work? or do i need somthing spetialized

I have been looking on the internet about how to protect the sides of my anvil because it is outside 24/7 it is a 186lb pw and is my first anvil so i want to take good care of it, i dont like the idea of painting the sides so what could i do

so sorry to hear, prayers from ontario canada

so w found 12' of 3/4" square i am gonna make them from grind test sais mild

Josh......

Hi everyone i am posting this because technicusjoe is refusing to sell even 1 of his kohlswas so if anyone knows where there is a nice one for a good deal please let me know i want to buy one because i used one at my local farriers shop and it just felt, you know, right? anyways i would like to find one in canada or northern usa
thanks for reading
Josh

http://www.fholder.com/Blacksmithing/coal.htm
this site is good but not updated so idk if it will help

get your xxx out there and pound some steel (no offence) dont matter what you make just screw around with it for fun

wow,just wow

the PW will be better any day if it has a reasonable thickness of steelface left.
and as stated the londonpattern is just a pattern kohlswa makes them as well amoung others
what pattern of the Kohlswas are you interested in mate?

i have looked for as much info as i can get and i like the kohlswa more than the london pattern but i have not worked on one and so i need to figure out what they are like to work on first person. I have a Peter Wright 186lbs and if the kohlswa anvils are nice to work on i may trade or sell the PW

Heej Josh.

I have 6 Kohlswa anvils now, and I can't wish for better ones, exept for maybe a Refflinghaus because their faces are a bit harder.
Besides that, They are wonderful anvils in my opinion. I do admit they ring like a bell, but so what? put them down tightly and the ring will be reduced to a enjoyable one that will not damage your hearing.
Otherwise you can either buy ear plugs or put a chain around it, what in my opinion doesn't look good on it.

My most favorite anvils are the B38, a wide faced North-German pattern and the B32 narrow faced with narrow horns, South-German pattern.

i like the idea of the double horn to draw out sections for the pattern, and i was thinking to get one used i already have a 186lbs PW but it still has a narrow face and i like the size and shape of the horn and the isea of the double horn

Has anyone tried a Kohlswa anvil i saw one on TechnicusJoe's youutube channel and how do they compare to a london pattern anvil like my peter wright, what are they made of, cast steel? what are they like to work on? i am thinking of getting one because their face seems really wide. Any suggestions, or should i stick with a london pattern?
thanks in advance
josh