Ed Hagopian

I was worried about losing the hardness too but honestly in the month I've been working with it, it's been absolutely solid. I was prepared to harden it but so far I haven't found a reason to. I don't know if it came out of the fact of its heavy use or what but the machinist that ground down the face said he came to the conclusion that the two hardest substances he knew of was carbide and whatever the hell this was. I have TCMB it's a great book and I recommend it to anyone looking to start.

Drilled with normal HSS and then I happened to have access to a Bridgeport endmill where I squared the sides as best I could. It fits rail spikes pretty well so that's what I'm using to weld hardy tools to.

Found a section of rail on a duck hunting trip. Turned it into a lovely little anvil.