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I heard that Bear passed on earlier this week.   Condolences 

A few months ago, one of my best friends,  Robert Bloom, living in Newark Valley,  New York,  a 94 year old blacksmith who specialized in forging flintlock and blackpowder parts for a mail order catalog, transitioned to the Next Life.  Generous with his advice and tutelage, he forged gun parts until he fell ill and Passed two weeks later.  Originally from Chambersburg in Central Pennsylvania,  he will be sorely missed 

3 hours ago, Frosty said:

SWEET SCORE! Until someone comes up with a better one I declare YOU the SWEET SCORE OF THE MONTH winner!

Frosty The Lucky.

Tyvm Sir!

The rust brushes right off the horn with some elbow grease and a hand held wire brush.  Atop my big Columbian is the 4 inch leg vise the farmer gifted to me.  I will forge a spring and mount to ready it to do some work. I am posting this early in the morning because I was so excited over this anvil I couldn't sleep!

I acquired it for free.  It was gifted to me.  I need help lifting it on a stump.  The farmer who gave it to me told me he bought it brand new.  He just never got to use it since he bought it in New Jersey in 1976

next to it, mounted on a stump, is my 455 pound Columbian 

I just got this 500 pound Fisher yesterday.   What dya think?

Columbian 455 pounder 6" wide

I have several brand new rubber cushions for a 200 lb. Bradley.  They taper from about 8 inches at the top to 10 inches at the bottom.  I suppose you could reduce them on a lathe. If interested,  private message me

still using it?

I met Mr. Budden's granddaughter at a farm museum in the Seventies

David Fisher, Pennsylvania blacksmith,  is hospitalized in Bethlehem PA with a severe case of civil.  I pray that he fully recovers!

There are scrap yards all over Philly who sell drops(steel end pieces from barstock).  Go to Aaron Richman scrap yard at Aramingo Ave. and Wheatsheaf Lane and talk to the boss's son.  He'll "hook you up"!

or, you can root thru my scrap pile

If it were me, I would buy all 4 anvils.  Anvils are like good health, luck, and brains.  One cannot possess too much of any of these

Please buy the anvil.  You'll feel a lot better.  When it comes to Hay Budds, there's no such thing as buyer's remorse.

I've used London pattern anvils my entire life.  Recently, I picked up this 330 pound Hulot Harmel.  I highly recommend it!  It's hard as heck, it rings like a bell, and the extra square horn is extremely handy.  The only thing I do not like about it is that the hardy hole is too small.

Go to a shop in Romania which specializes in car springs, and have them replace the entire set of springs.  Shops specializing in springs will heat treat them.  That's what I would do.  My hammer had the same needs, so I replaced mine from a car spring shop.

The bottom of my quench trough hides my mistakes.  It's empty

Clifton Ralph passed away at 1PM today.  God bless him and his family

I know exactly how many anvils I need.  The answer is MORE

I have two colonial anvils I cannot identify, other than the fact they came from a shop in Herkimer New York from 1781

Buy the Peter Wright.  Good price, decent shape, what are you waiting for?  It would be in the trunk of my car by now

if you need an anvil or forge, private message me.  I don't live far from you.

I seem to remember Larry Langdon,, recently deceased, owning a 937 pound Trenton anvil, which he used for tool forging

matter of fact......

to do big work, you need a big anvil.  All things being equal bigger is better.  Those "all things" including hardness, soundness, and shape.  The only drawback to large anvils, all things being equal, is lack of portability.

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I worked in a shop running big chambersburg hammers, lol