The Rusty Forge

cheers FlyingXS, I can get my hands on plenty of Lonolin from the farm

very true SmoothBore, she loves coming out to the shed every now and then, but I try an limit her time out there so I can not have the worry while I'm trying to work, as for electronic toys she has more imagination that most and just loves crafty stuff, colouring book and some pencils, play dough and the like and shell entertain herself for hours....when she gets a bit older she'll be hands on for sure out in the shed.

what information that I didn't supply would you like? Matto cheers, oily rag might be the biz, I've got a 4 year old girl that's not into shed time, would love to use it a lot more cheers biggundoctor, I've got a bit of OCD about clean stuff

hi guys and gals I've got a BK Sydney 3CWT (250kg) anvil and I don't get out to use it as much as I would like, the problem I'm having is within a week I get a layer of rust on the working face only powder type rust , anyways to prevent this happening, TIA cheers Rusty

Nice, like it...awesome stuff

great stuff, can't wait till elevate my skill to be able to do the same

Cheers Adair, mate at this early stage I am open to all the constructive criticism I can get, as we all knowledge is power, and the power is the people who can give you knowledge thanks for the input, learning everyday with the help of folks like you cheers

Hi zsteve Anvil is a 150kg, B K anvil made in Sydney Australia

Aussie anvil 150kg or 3cwt, made in Sydney. Yeah really happy with it

Hi TomasPowers will be fitting one, as yes I did come across the problem so far, I have got a gas fired forge made from an old 9kg gas bottle, I started working on before this project...fitted one to there don't really know why I didn't to the hard/solid fuel forge......I have a these brain snaps sometimes but it will be rectified.....learning every day keep the anvil ringing (cheers)

had thoughts of doing just that DSW, then wait till the right stump comes along (I get a bit fixated on things and really want a stump) cheers mate

believe it or not my ape like arms are knuckle height to the anvil but I still have to bend a little to get the right strike on, just going to look for a good stump to refine for height, reading on this site I go into information overload and get side tracked and end up miles from where I started looking, love this site...keep hammering

yes anvil is low, still hunting for a good stump.....forehead protectors (yeah get told on a daily basis they're for your eyes not your head lol)

I'll get there, now working on my gas fired forge, first fire just last weekend. haven't got all my tools yet was a little impatient, need a good set of tongs and a decent hammer

Thanks Frosty, i think I've got a fairly good skill set cabinet maker by trade done a few welding courses and leather work, lived on the land also, I've got my own personal teacher ( a farrier and blade smith ) he's pointing me in the right direction.( I hope ) not really he's well known around the traps. Already made a couple of knives with his guidance...just simple rasps file knives with a simple forged handle. When I work all this forum stuff out ill post some pics hammer on

Hi Guys and Gals just starting my journey in the world of blacksmithing, good friend of mine is a farrier. could say I caught the bug from him, in the past I've used his shop, now I'm setting up my own, looking forward to doing some great things making knifes, really looking forward to making my first Damascus billet