Mende

hmm ..I'm glad you asked that ...I thought that was their purpose. ..

in one anvil I drove wooden pegs into them so I can attach a handle to it.

This reminds me of a saying I like " Brute force - It it ain't working you aren't using enough!"

You could call it the DISEMBOWELLER!

When all your friends ask you for free swords and knives.

Good work! I love the tongs! . .If you reheat the jaws and beat em around a rod of steel you use often you could have a very specialized tool.

Definetely not an ordinary cutlass. . .more like an officer's sword ..
My uncle/father/grandparents all had officer's swords. ..and they look way more like you blade.
long and slender .. not thick and rough.

Usually just the supports of the bridge are cast . .as cast iron does well under compression. the majority is wrought :D

If you didn't speak to your uncle/dad for 2 weeks for leaving your good hammer out in the rain after using it for driving nails.

UU . .Museum quality!

Mine is clay with 2 inches of gravel on top ..it works pretty well.

Aww . .NeatGuy's anvil pic won;t load :(

I finally made Senior Member! Happy Holidays all!

Yes. .Cast grind harden sharpen polish mount . .then go and **** someone

True. ..if you go barefoot for like a week. ..you could have no problem with glass or pebbles.. but if you go barefoot your whole life.. .well. .you can easily do that

I make all my handles out of acacia wood. .it's a dense fibrous hardwood that's available in the forests here. ..

Very strong and flexible. ..never breaks.

Good for longbows :D

In Hollywood we say . .There's no business like show business.
In Baghdad we say . . There's no business like goat business.

Thx Steve. .me love you longtime!. .:P

Yes what skunkriv said ..and after that . .forge welding, bending, twisting and maybe some polishing and sharpening classes for bladesmiths

Happy holidays! ..and when your anvil starts to rust ..you'll have to get back to work! ..Puppy or no puppy!

Kinda makes me feel guilty for letting 2 good anvils rust along with 30 something hammers and tongs while people like this guy use such primitive tools.

I bet we would make very good work with our amount of resources.. .

I still don;t get how the bellows work exactly.

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No no I mean you Mende could get together with the other guys, the handyman and the 20s dude and put your resources together.

Oh ... I thought of that . But one's reclusive. .one's arrogant and the other is kind of a retard . ..plus .. they are interested more in fixing farming tools and the like. ..beating scythes and hoes ( yeah beat that ho!:cool:)

I want to make swords and knives. ..and the occasional decoration/candle holder/fireplace set etc.

And I'm doing it as a hobby . .although I have the best equipment. . as they did not have the advantage of the internet . .or you guys I learned how to obtain stuff online. . I used the TPAAAT before i knew it existed. . .It got me 2 anvils. .

Thx! . .it means a lot to me, specially now that I just took some English tests and I's stressing over what my results are going to be.

I live in Romania. .and although it's been a "free" country for like 17 years, the old party members and commies still have a lot of power.
There are still a lot of products and buildings left over. . everything being very square and rough. .especially the metal stuff. .

Factories made medium quality ( as I dare not call it good) for exports, and downright barely functional stuff for internal use.

China should be no different ..although they have SOME upgraded facilities . .because export standards demand them.

Interesting! maybe you guys could pull together and pool your resources!

Across an ocean and a several thousand miles?. .worth a try :D

are all firebricks created equal?

Very existential question ! I know that humans are though.:p

I guess your are right .. Although they do look rather improvised. . .probably a limited order placed at some factory somewhere. ..

And btw. . I used to live in a Communist country.. and EVERYTHING that is not for export is more or less improvised or rough.
It usually does not take a whole lot of licensing to have that sort of business and the employees are a group of semi skilled craftsmen from some remote village that rarely gets attention from the authorities. .

The best word to describe almost everything in a communist country, including the exports in many cases ( Made in China ), is "shoddy".