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Any reason your going for brand new? For the price you will get your self a reasonable 2nd hand one prob around the 150Lb mark. Guess is depends on how much money you have to burn, and anvil availability around your area. I got lucky with my anvil only had to hunt the intenet for around 3 months before i found one, scored a 300Lb one for 140 bucks (broken heel but all good) How are you going for other tools? Forge, blower, hammers, metal stock You can start out on almost anything as an anvil. Some people just mount a sledge hammer head into a stump and off you go

number looks like a 0 2 21 and it does look like a GLEEN to me too How heavy do you think it is? less then 70Lb?? The numbers look clearish to me, the 1st and 3rd number anyways

Very nice blade, clean pattern, If you use the tie wire, do you just avoid hitting the wire and move it when needed, or weld it into the pile? Any special wire or just uncoated steel?

Thanks it is a little bit one sided without the heel Ok ill look into some strapping, dont think spikes will go into my wood too well. Might have some chain that would go alright and then screw them into the side of the stump. Since the picture I have put in two bits of wood on either side to stop it slidding around, but nothing to hold it down, figured it was heavy enough.

Hi guys Got it mounted finally on some bits of mainly hardwood, Anvil weight as around 140 with the heel snapped off saws 2 3 15 on the side. Got it for a nice price $140, edges are good with only a few big hits in the edges. Managed to do a work around for the hardy hole, as there is 50% hole left I found i can put the tool in the hole and then G -clamp it to the hole and it seemed to go alright. A few deep cuts on the step bit from someone chisel cutting on it, so ill avoid using that bit. A few magnets under the horn made it a lot quieter, The chain around the anvil didnt seem to do a lot tho. Has a nice ring to it and gives about 80% rebound. Should keep me going for some time

Hi guys, just looking to see what you think of my set up, Designed mainly to make the sharp and pointy things which is why I went for a open trough forge which allows for long objects to be inserted into fire easily and will help with heat tempering. Just got the jumping castle blower worked out with some random DIYing in the garage. Also finished making my stump and mounted the anvil at a nice height. Made a quick video which can be viewed here: http://youtu.be/pjNpiYuI-wM Added some fire bricks awhile back to try and get more heat, not too sure if it worked or not, I use charcoal in the forge as it is the simplest to obtain. Seeing if there is some things I could to to improve my set up as it has been set up from a wide range of things i've seen, heard about and guessed at. Thanks for watching

Thats really nice looking, blade looks clean, The re bar gives it a nice look along the handle, Extra grip i guess. When you change up to better materials you will be able to harden the blade too making it look alright and perform alright

Being a current LEO I feel i have some weight in the knife discussion. Yes what most of you are saying is right, A knife has sooo many uses while working. But saying that a knife is a great backup, I am only allowed to carry one sidearm, unlike a fair few other countries that carry at least 2 pistols. I wanted a quick draw knife, that was concealable, nothing I liked on the market so I did a bit of RnD. The idea of this design is if someone is going for your gun and you are fighting to keep it in the holster, this quick draw knife can be deployed with your left hand and cut the wrist of the attacking person. Law enforcement is all about having options and being able to try and do everything you can before you are forced to pull the trigger, which is why I carry around 12 Kg of uniform and equipment each shift, to provide options. If still a very nice blade you came up with and I am sure the guy will be happy with it. Here is the design I came up with, It sits behind my ammunition pouch, made of 5160, It is more of a concept piece so not finished too well and the sheath is a bit of PVC pipe, blade is held in place with a hole drilled in the blade and the PVC pushed into this hole, Works great. Granted this blade is more designed for front line work then the FBI, tried to attach pics,not working, its the one in my avatar

Very shinny, but it is a hard thing to really give an opinion on without extreme close ups. It looks like you are making it one panel at a time. The way I did mine was just make a thick belt of mail about 8 rings wide and just keep adding on the length. When I get to the length of one loop around my chest I would cut it off and add it to the vest. That what you could size it as you go, and it was easier to bring along your maile belt when ever you had spare time. I managed to do dragon, looked cool, very impractical and thick. It is all about getting the right ring size and ring thickness for each weave. Plenty of sites out there with the how to o them. Gave up a few years back now I am mainly doing metal work with forging.

I started doing maile when I was about 14, started making it from a big old role of fencing wire that was in the back yard. Hand rolled it and cut each ring with mini bolt cutters. Took me a whole Christmas holiday, but I ended up with a respectable vest of maile (cant get my self to throw it out). Went on to make the odd patterns which went alright. Biggest drama I ever had was sourcing metal that would not corrode on the skin, Used to use SS welding wire with success. Ultimately it kills a lot of time when you are bored, But I found that it was not financially viable to sell things, due to the time involved Unless you had time that you needed to kill (boring job or long train trips) At least it help you develop strong fingers lol

Haha, love how it is still the same weight anvil with the horn missing.....

Found this today while Ebaying, http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Saw-Leveling-Anvil-/181057944028?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item2a27e4f9dc The guy wants $2500 as a starting bit for a saw straightening anvil, its just a block, no horn or anything other then a rectangular block....... Think i saw a similar item for sale last week for only $600 that didnt sell, dont know if the guy thinks it will sell better now with higher price?

Hi, I have been hobbie self taught blade smith/blacksmith for about 8 years in my spair time. Dont mind making some tools here and then but like to concentrate of forging various traditional weapons I live down Gosford Way on The Central Coast hour north of Sydney NSW. Would like to meet up with some other smiths to nail in a few ideas iv taught myself over the years. Found the traditional tools group in Sydney which seems like it has a few blacksmiths and alike involved