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I own a fairly expensive paintball mask that is supposedly anti-fog, but every time I'm on the field it fogs up like crazy. Just rub a little dish soap on your safety glasses, then wipe it off. That's what I ended up having to do and it works great.

I've been using my touchmark for about two years stamping hot, and it still looks the same as the day I bought it. Not even a hint of wearing out.

Everything but the anvil are things that you can find very easily for a couple of bucks a piece at any flea market. You could find an anvil twice that size for actual forging on for half that price.

That really makes me want to try one. Most of them are pretty ugly and you can tell it was a hammer, but yours looks great!

Finished this one up today. My wife said it looks like a chameleon, so that's what I'll call it. I like this knife a lot, so I'll probably end up making several of these and keeping at least one. :P

Finished another one today, this time I used a brass bolster and larger pins. I think this one turned out a little better. I kept the files teeth on the blade, I only sharpened them, so it's very slightly serrated.I'm going to sell this one and keep the other.

Looks an awful lot like a vulcan to me. Google 40lb vulcan anvil and you'll see.

I made this wooden sheath. Sheaths aren't my strong point, but I'm keeping this one and I'm happy enough with it. :)

Don't bother buying it. Get on youtube and look up how to make it. It's surprisingly easy to make and really fun. About 20 minutes of work (plus an overnight dry) and you'll have enough micarta for three or four knives.

I actually did a mixture of forging and stock removal for this one. I rough cut it's shape with the chop saw, then forged it's final shape and forged down the teeth on the rasp. The bolster is stainless, I thought it'd be cool to stamp it there. The handle is micarta, my first time ever making the stuff. I'm happy with how it turned out, I think I'm going to start using it for all of my knives. It was really fun making it and it really makes finishing the handle exciting, seeing how your layers in he micarta turn out. :)

Glue a dowel into them and just drill out what you need.

I have a bad habit of finding antique tools, cleaning them up, then letting them sit and rust again. :/

This guy. But there are a lot more people offering a honing service at straightrazorplace.com.

I send out my razors to get them honed. Only costs $5-$10 per blade and comes back perfect. I've been wanting to do a straight razor for a while now, I just don't think I could get the grind right. :/

That's the same thing my wife told me. If I would have thought about it beforehand I would have. I'm still happy with it though.

I used my guillotine fuller I just got from yesteryear forge. It made the marks the same on both sides. First one I've done like this, I was just experimenting. :P

I've been doing nothing but spike knives lately because they're a lot faster to make and sell better around here, but I picked up some buffalo horn and got a little inspired. :) I forged and ground this one yesterday and did the handle today. Made from leaf spring, heat treated it, and added the buffalo horn handle. This was also my first time doing a bolster on a knife, made that from stainless. I really liked this one a lot, I think I'll keep it. :D

I would much rather go without forging for a little while until I got the money for coal than to sell a great tool that I'd need again in the future and may not be able to find...

A wire wheel on an angle grinder will have that thing clean in about 15 minutes.

>Looks just like mine! Good job, although the 10x12 space gets cramped real fast. I thought it'd be perfect for me, but I just keep acquiring more tools and don't have the space for them.

Don't see a picture, but are you forging in bright light? Outside during the day it doesn't look as hot as if you were in the shade.

Ooooh, I don't know why I didn't notice that. Thanks! I'll fix that tomorrow and it'll be perfect! :D

I found this one today with 4" jaws, marked $98, but I got it for $50. Had to make a new spring for it and wire wheeled it. It works great, except it doesn't close completely. I think I just need a bigger washer on the end, but these are the ones it came with. If anyone knows of another way, let me know, because it looks complete. The only markings on it is a "42" on one of the jaws. This one I found about a week and a half ago for $20. I had to make a new mount, spring, and handle for it. It's got 6" jaws, so I didn't complain. The only markings on it is "100" on one of the jaws. The pictures aren't that great, but if anyone can tell me anything about them, I'd like to hear it. They're both keepers and I'm sure I'll get a lot of use out of them. :)

A blacksmith really cherrishes his anvil. Your dad must have loved it to keep it for so many years. I'd set it aside, just in case one day you think of taking up smithing. If you ever do, it'd be great knowing you were forging on your father's own anvil. And that's worth a whole lot more than the couple hundred bucks you might get for it.