Steel Dragon

Yes, it definitely needs to have some "style". That's going to be the hardest part, adding sexiness without impeding function Once I have a design on the screen, I will start another thread to document the whole process

What a great link! Thank you

I am fortunate to be a patternmaker and to be involved day to day with a steel and iron foundry If I don't put a price on my time this anvil will be cheaper than buying a used one 8630 is the alloy I am leaning towards, H13 is an option but proper heat treatment could be an issue and an added expense. I still have more research to do as far as heat treatment and face hardness I am still deciding on the style, I am leaning towards a hybrid of the traditional London and Nimba. I've sketched out a few but haven't fully committed to a design. I am open to any and all suggestions Tim

Thank you for the response I had read a post about anvils not being parallel that gave me the impression it was intentional, your answers make prefect sense True, screws are relatively "new" in the big scheme of things, I didn't think about that. My wife and I have talked about our interest in blacksmithing for years, now that the kids are on there own, we are pursuing a new hobby From what I have read I'm going to take some heat for this, but my first project is going to be casting a steel anvil. I am planning on documenting the whole process in a thread start to finish, design through machining Thanks again Tim

I am new here and have a few couple general questions about anvils. I have read that the working face is not parallel to the bottom of the foot, could someone explain this in detail? Why do anvils not have holes through the feet for mounting? Thank you in advance Tim