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Oh sorry guys!  I'm from israel and i don't have it yet.  Came here to see if it's worth anything. 

It is 60 kg not pounds.  And the bk is australian but it's lighter. 

Thanks a lotfor the replies  

no one :(?

Can some i.d this anvil?  

No, it is the same spring mechanism as yours, just with a guard. 

This mechanism is/was popular in Italy. I am interested in the clutch on yours, because this type of hammer is very artful in its simplicity; very little to go wrong, not much that can't be fixed.

i really need to take a short video of it

http://www.angele-shop.com/shop/de/federhammer-m-60

isn't that an air hammer?

Dan. P, could you send me a link?

It looks like a hedgerow reflecting in the mirror finish, or is it left scaled from the fire, and not polished at all?

ohhhh.... it's the scale :D

Lovely knives and a great view of the hedgerow as a bonus.

what hedgerow? and thanks :)

Thanks David! I thought he left the back spine as forged, hahaha!

the spine is as forged :)

It looks functional even at 9".  I tired a yanagi-ba a while ago, and wish I had just used a wheel like you did rather than attempt to get the 48" radius grind.  My end result was neither as pretty or as functional as yours looks to be.

i think it would really be challenging to grind that big of a radius. gotta have good support for the blade and really stable hands.

I like them.  What diameter wheel did you use for the hollow back on the single bevel knife?  

just 9" that's what i have right now... planing on getting a curved platen with 3'-4' diameter

The talent of some of the craftsmen that post on IFI continues to amaze me.  Stunning knives.

Thanks man!

Forged form 52100 bearings. the single beveled one was polished and sharpened on japanese waterstones to a mirror finish.

E.F Thumann, there is no clutch in the mechanism. i should post a short video on it. it's pretty interesting.

hmmm it's hard to explain. i need to take a picture of it. there isn't an automatic oiler, it has grease nipples everywhere but i oil it with oil for moving parts in machines like lathes and mills.

A couple of months ago i posted a thread here about a 30Kg russian power hammer with a synchronization problem.

it's now working pretty well and i got just a little more tweaking to do. really cool mechanism, haven't seen anything like it on any other power hammer. check it out. 

you lucky XXXXXX :)

Watch the language please

Alan Evans. Shlomo sends his regards :)

thanks guys!

that's not a bbq fork :) way too big - that's for a fireplace, 

i made that knife from a bearing with a local master called "Shlomo Erel". Shlomo had been to a lot of international blacksmithing competitions.

it's not homade micarta its made from "wings" from a vacum pumps :P cool material.

How did i forget? I'm a bladesmith and learning the fundementals of blacksmithing from a local master.

here are some of my recent works:

I forgot to mention that while it goes mad and giving realy strong blows the ram actually hits the top part...

when it "misbehaves" it does hit you back to the leg.. : every part is original... it has grease nipples everywhere so we greased it a lot.

i just changed it :)

thanks guys!

i'm going to renew the springs and see if that will help. i'm pretty sure it will. i dont think the springs should be facing almost 90 degrees to the ground.