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Allright, time to revive this old post So, recently an ad surfaced on the same site i saw that one for a 50 kg/112 lb, so of course I talked to the seller, got him to send a picture of the anvil he was selling, turns out, it was the same picture, quite confused I decided to take a look at it seeing how I was passing by that place the next day, I had a really close look at it and turns out it is a söderfors (someone call frosty, I've heard he knows a lot about them) he offered the same price, $3,7 per pound, 444$ total, (did I do the math right?) now me, having read quite a few posts on these anvils said to the man "give me two minutes to run to the ATM and get the money, Im buying that beauty" after closer inspections and more removal of paint with a wire cup on a drill, reveals that it's from 1922, 92 years old, Im still in the progress of cleaning the paint off and making a nice stand for it this is an anvil that im expecting to last me and hopefully the next gen. of smith for a lifetime, only problem I have with it is the two dents on the face, not deep but still, dents, I can get it milled down, any reason I shouldn't? Im guessing it previously belonged to a farrier and used the sides to knock out the nails of used horseshoes, due to the dents on the sides more information on the anvil can be found in the gallery, due to lack of knowledge on how to post pictures in comments

(im writing in english because im not really sure on the rules here about foreign languages and posting in them) So, I've been a member on this site here for about two years or so, and I have only seen 2-3 smiths here from Iceland, now I know that we are not few, the Icelandic smiths, about 300 in the facebook group, and I'd like to get a rough idea on how many there are here, so if you're from Iceland, do leave a comment, lets see how many we are here, maybe we could get our own thread in the Blacksmith group forum (im skrifa á ensku vegna þess að ég í raun ekki viss um reglur hér um erlendum tungumálum og staða í þeim) Svo, ég hef verið meðlimur á þessari síðu hér í um tvö ár eða svo, og ég hef bara séð 2-3 Smiths hér frá Íslandi, nú veit ég að við erum ekki fáir, íslenskir ​​smiðir, um 300 í facebook hóp, og mig langar til að fá grófa hugmynd um hversu margir eru hér, þannig að ef þú ert frá Íslandi, ekki eftir umsögn, við skulum sjá hversu margar við erum hér, kannski að við gætum fengið eigin þráð okkar í Járnsmiður hópur umræður

Here's one thing im printing out someday and hanging up in my smithy "I never make mistakes, just unplanned modifications" -me, but I probably heard it somewhere else

today so far has been pretty nice for me, weather isn't all that good so I'll just do some of those drawings so I won't have to worry about turning them in on time while im forging, if everything goes to plan i'll be spending all of tomorrow and Wednesday either forging or setting up my new shop

1) Name; Daði Jóhannesson 2) Location: Akranes, Iceland 3) What type blacksmithing do you do, what do you make.: pretty much what i want to at the moment, mostly pointy sharp things and viking style jewelry 4) How and when did you get started in blacksmithing: two ways actually, i learned about blacksmithing when i was walking around in a festival of some sorts, saw two guys making horseshoes, wasn't until the new years eve of '07 or '08 when i threw one of those burnt out sparkler rods into the wood stove we had outside and saw it turn red that i added two and two and figured out i could do this myself 5) What object or thing did you use as your first anvil:a firebrick, broke quite a few, i always used a full face shield when working on them 6) Tell us about your first forge, hole in the ground, camp fire, brake drum, stacked bricks,: it was a large wooden stove my father made from a steel tank with a door cut into it, four feet and a large chimney, fueled with chopped down pallet boards, took 30 mins to heat up a 10mm square stock to a yellow heat 7) Who assisted you or encouraged you in the craft: my brother and father mostly, by supplying me with a forge, anvil, some tools and scrap steel 8) What event changed your attitude about blacksmithing: finding this website mostly, now i really see how many blacksmiths there actually are, and how much more there is to it than just sword making and farrier-ing....or whatever that word is, farrying? 9) What tool has changed or made your life easier in the shop: my 10 lb sledge, i don't use it often but without it i couldn't have made my hardy tools 10) What advice would you give those starting out in blacksmithing: this takes time to learn, at first it seems like you're not really learning anything, but at some point, maybe soon, maybe in a few years, things will click and you'll finally understand and wonder why this was so hard to comprehend in the first place, also, it's better to ask and look like a fool for five minutes and don't ask and be a fool forever or worse 11) What advice would you give those already involved in blacksmithing: show the new ones patience, keep on forging and it's a good idea to give something back to those who did you well in your uprising to become a blacksmith, if you have done all of those then you're a good example of a blacksmith, in my opinion 12) What are some of the interesting things that have happened to you in your life as a blacksmith.: that time when i learned that my close uncle is actually a multiple icelandic champion in tournament blacksmithing and my great great great grandfather or his brother, either one, was a blacksmith, or atleast did some work at the forge, that's all I've heard

As my brother, father and engineering teacher all said, you can walk with a plastic leg, lift with a plastic arm, but you can't see with a plastic eye, it's been said a hundred times and will be said a hundred times more, safety glasses, I have it as a policy when working to carry two glasses with me, when I see someone without glasses drilling, grinding, hammering, etc. etc. I put mine on and hand the glasses to him/her and tell them to return them to my locker at the end of the day and get their own

I'll be doing everything a 16 year old Icelandic dude who beats metal can to go there, don't wanna miss out on something like that

Apparently I've misunderstood the purpose of neck knives, I always thought they were originally designed for assassinations, thanks for clearing this up and thank god no one has asked me to explain neck knives to them

i have a pretty nice tool storing unit in the making, i got some small slices of sort of square tubing, it's square with the corners rounded or something, and some tube cut down, im thinking about welding that to some plates and then mounting that in my new smithy, will have some pictures when im done making them

So, I guess it's time for me to make a post on my home made ASO it's made from mystery steel, they call it steel 32 at work, but im not sure if that's the full name or just an abbreviation of it's full name. It's not the strongest thing, but it holds up that one is from the day i brought it home, first day as a proud ASO owner my only real problem with it is that it doesn't have a full horn or a hardy hole I don't have any current pictures of it but I'll take them next time I go there. In that almost a year I've had it, I've only had to grind down the surface twice due to hammer marks It's 42 kg/92 lbs and I don't remember the dimensions

when I start thinking about it, the only thing i really need is more tongs, perhaps an anvil that has some rebound would be nice too, my ASO almost turns my 4,4 lbs cross pein into a dead blow hammer, atleast it doesn't ring a lot

one thing i forgot to mention, i actually know the guy who would have the authority, he's an old classmate of my dads and a good friend. and also my manager i think the word is, he's the guy you go to if you need information on what to do next I'll have a nice chat with him on thursday

when you can forge and when you want to forge are pretty much never at the same time and also, if your shop is far from home and you don't have an easy way of getting there and you take something to finish up at home, you of course forget the only tool you need for it and you don't have anything else that could work

So, I've been stumbling over this anvil at my work, 50 kg/110 lb one, no idea what brand it is and the face has taken some heavy abuse so I'm really wondering whether to ask about it, I took some photos today here's the side showing the weight top view, a bit blurry shot and it isn't that visible on the steel table too some of the damages, im pretty sure that's either from an O/A torch or a grinder, there are many more of those too same as last and here's what's been causing me a headache ever since i saw this, I swear that I've seen this before, but i can't by any means remember what maker that is, if anyone here would know, I'd greatly appreciate him or her sharing this information and maybe some information on those anvils, if they have any experience of them and also, if anyone has any advice on how to fix the face, my guess would just be those hard-facing rods I've been hearing about and some patience and carefulness with a grinder, that's atleast how I intend to fix it, if it's for sale