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On 2/23/2017 at 5:23 PM, Iron Poet said:

Sir Fleming College has a campus in Haliburton, they do a good blacksmithing course. Here is the phone number and email for the course contact 705-457-1680 ext. 6743 jennifer.bain@flemingcollege.ca  She'll more than likely be able to help you out.

Sorry for the late reply but thank you very much. I will contact her ASAP I am already 1 week overdue on the first draft of this assignment...

Thank you for the reply but I need to conduct an actual interview, that information is helpful, but not exactly what I'm looking for. I may have to make a few hour road trip...

Hello my name is Liam. I'm a college student in Ontario, Canada. I was wondering if I could possibly interview one of the blacksmiths on this website for a school project. The project is to write a profile on a topic or person. Blacksmithing is what I chose. I was hoping to interview over Skype or something like that and just ask a few questions. Some of what you say to me back be quoted in my project and it is going to be posted to a Blog I am writing for my class. 

Thank you to anyone who takes the time to respond I really appreciate it. Have a good day.

Thank you for the info that sounds like a good game plan and the line is flush

Got them from rt theyre amazing (: and yeah im considering rounding one and keeping one sharp ^-^ not sure mifht keeping them how they for now

I couldnt tell you sadly i dont know about the floor i only moved here about a year ago but that could be the case

So i got it 

Lol xD someday

Oh my gosh ID lol

Already have a #300haybudden so it will be the start lol 

4 minutes ago, notownkid said:

for that price you can always resell it if you don't like it.

Fair enough but i think i would have a hard time lettingnit go cause its so clean

Okay well i guess theres no harm in giving it a good home:)

Well I've been told they're softer then other anvils ect, rebound of my haybudden is about 80-85% and the Czech is about 50-60%. I just don't want to be buying something that's a step up from an aso been reading mixed reviews going to just have to get it and give it a try I suppose, and I would das but then I'd be out of another anvil  I want a euro style one

Omg lol, has anyone used a czech cast anvil before? 

Thanks thats a good idea  

Okay lol i arranged to get it saturday just wanted to gather info before hand, i have never used a czech anvil before and have no idea what to look for when it comes to them or problems you may encounter with them 

I mean in the pictures it looks pretty clean  so Idk just want another opinion

Found this for 350 what do i do? is it worth it? it's 242.2 pounds. 

If it was used for a kiln it may not stand up to forge heat most bricks are rated to a certain heat, this is what a dealer told me when I contacted them 

So I took your advise though it wasn't the first thing I forged, this is what I made him it's my first try at something like this but I think it turned out alright 

Oh yeah oops..... shows what I get for staying up to about mid night all the time.... making myself look stupid...

Don't worry the torch marks stay I've been working around them so far, and I don't plan on doing something like ruining the hardness by welding,grinding, or the worst of them all milling it. I was cringing as I typed this thinking about it happen... 

Yeah I'd say, I guess the scrap guy was holding onto it until someone came into ask for one that someone was me, I got a great deal on it though considering I got it for 275, And as my first anvil I couldn't be happier. So far it's helped me make my first two pairs of tongs  
Also in case anyone happens to be interested It's been dated to 1910, so that makes it 115 year old which is super cool

This is my anvil around 300lbs Hay Budden I got from a scrapyard  Cleaned it up now, probably going to make a metal stand with angle iron and tube steel fill with saw dust and oil then add a rubber base to it to kill the ring. In the background you can see the piece of rail road track I started with, smaller one was used for a flat face and edges

So I made another set... 

Reins are a bit big I know... was working it down from 1 inch stock and ran out of coal.

I used them today they work fine handles are not too uncomfortable  and the leather might be a nice touch