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Recipe for tongs: 1 part forging, 10 parts patience, 100 parts refinement. By then you probably have bad looking tongs... Time to do it all over AGAIN

Noted . Trade item in a month is a door knocker. I may base mine off of this design if you don't mind... Nice work. Love to texturing! -EJ

Looks to me like a Hay Budden. Good anvils like that are not cast but forged. But anything is possible

Fishers aren't SUPER rare. I haven't seen many, at the same time m neighbor has 5 and he does no blacksmithing at all, but I haven't seen many anvils in general. I know there are many people on IFI that have Fishers. Great anvil though. have fun on it! -EJ

I had the SAME experience here. When I first joined I find a bunch of curmudgeons to name a few, Frosty, Steve Sells. I didn't like how honest they were, wrote them off as "jerks", I didn't listen to them for a while then while trying to figure something out myself it came to me that they were RIGHT. Now I can't wait for Frosty's input on something. And Steve will tell it to you how it is, no sugar coating happening there. Thanks for being the way y'all are guys! Very nice blades too.

Frosty is jealous. Very pretty anvil, almost mint too. Awesome find, have fun on her!

The whole thing was about 3-4 inches long.

We had some friends over today and I was out in the shop and they were both just amazed with the process. So I decided to make them an opener while they were here. It's a bit rough since I didn't have long, but I like and they really enjoyed it. Here's some pictures:

The left side of Trentons are the weight, so my Trenton says A151 so that means it is 151 pounds. As for MFG date I don't know, I tried running some searches but came up empty. -EJ

I am in West Plains, the MO group is growing here!

They are extremly sturdy, I used one as an anvil for a while. They would bend in half before snapping. Not sure what the # of the steel is. Anyone know what it is exactly? -EJ

Funny, I was JUST thinking about making one from a spike. I noticed the twist was a bit different looking. Did you slit it like you were pineapple twist then twist and notun-twist? I do like it. Nice work

I'm in south central missouri and just bought a 151# Trenton for more than that in very nice shape and do not regret it AT ALL. Considering where you are that's a steal. -EJ

Let me add to this. Around HERE: "My grandfather's grandfather was a blacksmith and that anvil reminds me of him even if I never met him so no you can't buy it"

Frosty acing an answer AGAIN. I would have to say 1 1/2 lbs is a bit small for 12-13 year-olds starting out smithing, I started with a 2 pound and think it's perfect for me. And I'm a MASTER being a highly 13 year old. *sarcastic grin*. PLEASE stay AWAY from a 4 pound hammer. Blacksmithing is ALL about CONTROL. It's not a competition about how big of a hammer you can swing. You very quickly will hurt your shoulder, it will put you down for weeks. Just stick with a 2 pound. For us -EJ

So I recently bought my first anvil and wanted to know how all of you guys made your hardy tools. I'm ALSO looking for a direction to go considering my hardy is 1.5 inches: Buy 1.5 inch square stock and welding it to my cutoffs, etc? OR forge it from scratch or axle and larger stock? Any direction is greatly needed.

But, but WHHHYYY would you sell the pretty girl?

Yes sir it is a shoeing anvil. I believe (don't quote me on it) it makes the table area larger since you are using larger peices of steel. I THINK. I'd love to see a picture of yours.This is going to be a very fun anvil to make my tools on. -EJ

Thank you Tom. I am extremly excited. The next couple weeks I forge will be completely tools. Stockin the shop

Ding ding ding. Wulf had it right. 151 pound trenton farrier anvil. Made in 1898

This sucker jumoed right in the Fiat rental. Interesting to fish tail down the road I that little car

After about 2 momths of heavy searching I finnally found a good anvil in good shape. Got in for about 4.30 USD a poundmade in 1898. I believe it is 150 175 pound range. A picture is worth a1000 words so I'll just show some pictures of it. -EJ

So I went to a local flea market today and saw this PW. I looked around it and except for a giant piece missing from the edge I thought it didn't look TOO bad. But I didn't know weight, so here is the picture of the weight symbols and the whole anvil. If you could tell the weight and maybe the year if you can tell that would amazing! -EJ

Minion for hire here! Must be paid in blacksmithing tools, food, and knowledge

I'm not sure about the the top pin-like object geussing it is some sort of pin though The bottom piece is called a "clip". They can be put in with the 1050-1060 steel range. They are a good oil quench steel and temper at about 415. That's as for as my knowledge of them goes. But there is SO much more metal in them then what they look to be. Good luck! -EJ