Stew1803

I would love to be able to redress the face like originally done, but that is far out of my league. ill most like just keep it until I either feel comfortable doing it, or meet some people who can. I fully understand the operation needed, but I just don't have the skills or equipment currently. ill put it on the project list for the future.

I certainly don't have the tools or skills to reface it properly. I do have the skills to weld a new plate on, but again I doubt I could hear treat it my self successfully. I will maybe give it a miss on the advice of yourselves, I may be able to find a use for it other than an ornament. and I most certainly wont make the anvil clinic. id be able to buy 3 or 4 new anvils for the cost of flying and shipping an anvil to the states

It did make me laugh, I probably spent too long watching tv myself but it just seems like too good an anvil to scrap to me, its quite large, and most definitely need two large men to lift.

hi Peter, your anvil there looks in almost the same condition as my good anvil I use and Yuppiejr, It was foing in the scrap yard so was possibly dropped by the claw at some point, the reason I ask to replace it is because the only part of the face left is the area around the hardie and pritchel holes. unfortunately I havnt had a chance to remove the paint on it and see what the maker is. and im well aware its no simple task, I would send it into a machine shop and the local heat treat place to get done professionally.

Hi all I have an old anvil, which has a welded plate face, it has been badly abused and appears to have been dropped from a great height causing half of the face to shatter and detach from the anvil. someone has also been at it with an oxy torch at some point. Now, would it be justifiable to get the rest of the face plate milled off and a new plate welded on? I currently have no photos because I am away from home unfortunately, but it its certainly a large anvil in comparison to most I have seen.

Yes that is indeed moss, the building is build from Garvock rounds, which are the local round rocks that occur naturally on the hill I live on. And Frosty it does sound to be similar in meaning. As far as stories, the house I live in, which the original part was built in the mid 1800's is apparently haunted by an old woman. You can hear the footsteps and doors open and close now and then. There was also a young boy killed in the house when him and his brother found their fathers shotgun during the war. Apart from that its just general Scottish farming history. There is a lot of castles and battle stories around this area which date back a thousand plus years. There are also old gambling towers in the woods here that were used as secret gambling places when gambling was outlawed a few hundred years back, they have some really nice hand forged hinges and straps on them. we still see things that are a couple hundred years ago to be fairly recent in terms of buildings, most of the local houses are at least 150 years old.

I'll apologise in advance for the poor photos and the mess the shop is in. These are the best photos I have currently as I'm in Shetland working. But I'm sure I'll get more up as I go. There as an original smiddy that has apparently been the site of the blacksmith shop for the past 500 plus years, its now become abandoned, with old farming equipment inside, unfortunately the owner won't let me in to it, but I do know there no blacksmith equipment left in there.

ill try my best to keep it general English, as most words used around my area aren't really English but yes, generally a welding/fab shop, that works on slightly more crude items are classed as a smiddy. there are very few genuine blacksmiths left here, and most are architectural blacksmiths. But it is common to see houses in small towns that were one the town blacksmith shop to be called the smiddy instead of a house number. but there are plenty of forges, anvils and tools around my are, they come up in roup's very often

Hi Andrew Thanks for the welcome, its a word that's used to describe any place that does metal work here. its also used to describe something that is perhaps a bit more homemade looking or made from scavenged or scrap parts e.g. "just smiddy it" I have to watch because many of you boys across the drink don't understand some of the things I say, also swear words here are descriptive rather than offensive words.

Hello all Been looking over the forum for the past few days and decided to make a profile, some fantastic information on here. Ive been into smithing for around six years and have been fortunate enough to be able to acquire most major tools free or cheaply, and the rest ive made. My main passion I must admit is edged tools, knives, wood working tools, axes etc. but I do enjoy the more ornamental side of things, but tools are more often called for. I have a workshop in north east Scotland, it was originally an old farm house, maybe 2-300 years ago, and was turned into a piggery in the early 1900's, since the farm is no longer worked since my father bought it, I have claimed said piggery and turned it into my smiddy, since it had a chimney already. im sure I can pick up plenty of information and tips, and hopefully return the favour when I can. Stewart (Stew)