Mark Ling

that's a lot of anvils in one place. the one you picked looks real nice! great job. Littleblacksmith it looks to have a high carbon steel plate welded on to surface.

so, what happens when you try to upset wrought iron- what I mean is, does it mess up the fibers and cause it to split? Littleblacksmith

welcome Philip, I've been wanting to take a hammer making class from them for a while. let us know how it turns out! Littleblacksmith

I just realized that you'll be at the steephollow February open forge next Saturday forging this axe! look foreword to seeing you. Littleblacksmith

was just wondering if anybody was planning on going to the February event open shop at steephollow forge works in Bryan Texas if you're in the area you should consider going- I went last year and it was a blast. if you click on the link it will tell you all about it. a bunch of really nice people, well aren't all blacksmiths? Littleblacksmith

I was just wondering the pros and cons. Littleblacksmith

might try making one tomorrow. littleblacksmith that is after I make all of the tooling

when I make a knife I always trace it on a piece of paper and keep it in a folder. Littleblacksmith

that would be a lot of grinding depending on what you start with. I would never grind a drift completely, id just forge it close to shape and the clean it up with the grinder. Littleblacksmith

that's a big hammer. very unique. Littleblacksmith

he wants something that he can display. not so much a tool. littleblacksmith

I agree it reminds me of the older London pattern anvils that were "stubbier" . really good price that you paid for it. it will work heck I used a sledge hammer head as my first "anvil" Littleblacksmith

my first anvil was a sledge hammer head, then a railroadplate, then a piece if railroad track, then I borrowed an anvil from a farrier I know, and finally I found a hundered pound Trenton anvil and is what I currently use. Littleblacksmith

I cant really help but was just wondering how much you paid for them? was it all four in the pic that you bought. littleblacksmith

so I know someone who has a ball peen hammer that he wants me to "repurpose" or make something out of it for him. I told him that I could make a tomahawk/or hatchet out of it, but he said that he wants something more decorative or something he can use daily and be able to say " yea, this was my fathers". got any ideas of what I could make. pics would be great. thanks in advance, Littleblacksmith

wont be long till you make a 4th!

sounds good! Littleblacksmith

definitely one of the more quality tool racks that I've seen. great job! Littleblacksmith

so why use wrought iron. I mean, it sounds like its more difficult/frustrating than mild steel (splits, frays, hard to weld, etc) is it just preference? why use it? Littleblacksmith

That's a "sharp" looking knife. Littleblacksith

I know this isn't what the thread is about, but the anvil stand you might want to build it up around we're the feet are going to be so that it doesn't slide/bounce around. The side blast looks really good. I can't imaging how much welding and grinding that must have taken. Look nice, Littleblacksith

that's a beautiful handle-better than any ive seen in any hardware store. like the design of the head. wow, amazing! Littleblacksmith

I love when people go with the "rustic" historic look in their shop. my dream shop. Littleblacksmith

The "extended" horn would be helpful for making small curves/circles.very interesting-I like it! Littleblacksith

why didny you just use the body frome the Chinese junk ones and just switch the moters ? im sure that its an obviose reason, but that im to "dumb" to realize it right now. Littleblacksmith