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Congratulations on acquiring a grand old lady of anvils. Astounding that you got it for free. Put it to good use and give her the best of care. I highly recommend that you try to acquire the book, Mousehole Forge, by Richard Postman, the author of Anvils in America. It is a fantastic book about the forge and its history. The book is now out of print, but you might get lucky on searching and find one. My son gave me a copy of Anvils in America some years back obtained from Richard Postman when he was selling them and to my surprise, Mr. Postman graciously included a copy of Mousehole Forge; both books autographed by Richard Postman...Wow!! I don't know how many times I have gone back to read through Mousehole Forge.

Beautiful sword! If this is your first one, we look forward to the quality pieces you surely will be making in the future. As for the screws, I agree with George. Your idea of a screw with the head cut off and ground down is a good fix, go for it!

Frosty, I can't understand why you would have to subscribe and pay. In general, YT videos are free for all to view. I just click on the white arrow in the center of the page and the video pops up just fine.

Nice video...thanks for posting. I like the smith's technique of forge welding the poll piece in place prior to folding. Should help make the fold more symmetrical and control the fold.

Randy, now that you have your genset up and running, it's a good idea to run it for a short while, say 15-20 minutes once a month to keep the fuel system and carb functioning properly and the field on the generator charged. Fuel stabilizer is another must...that's a subject I'm not going to address...but needed for stored fuel. Park that puppy outside the shed when running.....

Wow!!! Fantastic newsletter. Thanks for posting.

With the care and skill you impart on your work, that blade should turn out absolutely beautiful and functional.

The sequence of photos shows the progress of the filing nicely...well done. LOTSA FILING THOUGH!!!!

I'm sure most of the posters on this thread are using good/high quality flints or chert(another word for flint) for good sparks. For the beginner, low quality flints/cherts will not yield good or any sparking. I've picked "identical" pieces out of a chert rock pile; one would spark like crazy, the other...nothing. Same striker. Test all you like to cull out the collection.

As I recall, I watched about 15-30 minutes (if that long) of the first show, changed channels and never watched it again. Reality shows..........

whitewill1412, The best thing about your loops/staples is that you made them with round stock. Tool loops made from bar stock, for wooden handled tools, tend to chew up the handles, usually near the top 'cause folks usually just drop them in.

Robert, you mentioned that you sent the "S7" piece out to be tested...what did the testing show? I have never used S7 and would like to know if it may be a problem with getting truly air-hardening steel named "S7"

I have noticed a trend lately, and I don't know if it's gonna be good or bad, but a large number of private practitioners, general MD's, specialists, private clinics, etc. have been abandoning their private practices and contracting with the 3 or 4 large regional hospitals in our area. It could be medical insurance coverage for them, or problems with their patients' medical insurance, costs associated with a private practice, job security with a large hospital, access to more facilities/programs, wider exposure, liability protection, job burnout, the list could go on.......

When we moved to Arkansas, I told the wife that we needed to find a good doctor, one with grey hair and experience, so we didn't have to train one. Well, now it seems that the old, grey haired docs are retiring and now we have to train the new, young, less experienced ones......hmmmmm.

Have you tried Google search??? Looks like pages of brass bells.....................