Sk Bjorn

Found a vulcan 175 lb made in 1946 I think  looks not bad I am buying it off a co-worker  and I am wondering what a fair price would be 

Ok so I am pretty sure it's a 175 lb vulcan so my question is what would it be worth 

Not sure he dug it from behind his shop the other day and he is 1000 miles away from me but I will have to explain to him how to do that 

Hope you can help I am looking at this anvil from a co worker all I know is it has a stamp 15 1/2 on it he is going to weigh it  later this week but with limited photos and markings it's hard to determine a far price for both parties  so I am hoping the iforge world of knowledge could help me out 

B & n metals might have some rail way rails I know they got some from cn  I am going to see if they can dig some up for me I will let you know

Nope no b4 pics and not a good post pic  forgive me ...

Now that you put it out there yes in my ignorance I built upthe edges on a 75lb anvil that had been abused badly 

Not about this anvil but I hear a lot of people say do not grind the face would a belt sander work to level the face 

Nice work I want to make some once I get my forge welding down pat  really like your choice of handle material 

Took the wife to a estate sale on the weekend she came home empty handed but I found this jem 20.00 it was calling to me take me home 

Great work on both but I think if you take the bottom of the first and the topped of the second ... we have a winner  just my 2 cents 

I've got a Mastercraft one that I can run on gas as well and with only 110 v  with the gas and pre heating was able to weld up 1/4" tube as a guard rail  and 5 years later and a couple hits from a forklift still holding   I haven't tried with the Flux core but can't see why it wouldn't work almost as well 

What part of Canada are you in ?  In sk the museums have a weekend class you can sign up for to learn the basics and from there it will open doors to the acociation and it's members most guys doing this are more than willing to share there knowledge.  Other than that you need a hammer some sort of heavy anvil  and fire 

Are you using brickets or hardwood charcoal   do not use the preformed brickets  but hardwood charcoal should work I used it when I started until I found a coal source  

If you forge Finnish the tapper on your edge this may stretch out the blade to give you a better line or if you don't have the thickness to do that heat thru and correct the curve  by hitting on top side off anvil and have the tip of the edge on ànvil 

OReilly think I saw your anvil on kijiji I am from the same area do you still have it for sale 

All I made was the wife mad  had to leave town for the week for work 

You've come a long way  nice shop 

I didn't think much of making blades but have 5 stepson's that are into hunting so I thought I would bang some out for them  but it all builds on the skill set   next challenge is going to be fire place set and brackets for the closet 

Used western maple for the handles  an wanted the hamer marks in but in hind sight my down fall was a time crunch  had to have the bowie done this weekend and put the handle on  right after tempering the blade and dint notice all the grind marks  but I did tell the gentleman who is getting this one that the more I make the better I will get so the first one is free  lol    but have seen a improvement in each knife I have made  .  #6 is ready for film profiling and going to bring almost to a polish then I will heat treat and temper and clean it up  before I fit the handle #7 win be à keeper when I get to it lol

John welcome  aboard  and a word of caution ..it's additive  

Wife went to work so did I.  hammered out a knife out of a chunk of lawn mower blade .while the smithy was warming up then got to work making a wine bottle holder for my niece.  and got side tracked and made a bracelet for my daughter before I got into making nails to fasten the holder to the section of fence rail  all in all not a bad evening 

so was it how I quenched or my oil temp when I quenched  I thawed the oil  then dropped two hot rr spikes into it to heat it up before I quenched  but the knife barely fit so I could not move it up and down much  using a àmo box for my quench tank  

I will have to try that  thanks 

It is a Dutch slid ruler very old  from what I got on Google serch brevete f & c