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thank you for your replies.

Thank you all for your responses, and time. From what what iv read it will do just fine for long time to come. Repairs will not be made.

ok so from the title i have M&H Armitage Mouse Hole Anvil and i would to repair and fix it up. i just have some questions on fixing it up. since it was made around 1820 and 1835 would it have a harden steel plate on it? would welding on it ruin the temper, and harden face if it has one? what would be your recommended rod to use for welding? some other questions later on. i will not be working on this until i know what i need, what i need to do, and how to do it without ruining it.

sorry for my poor grammar was using my cell.

Yep for safty I always wear eye protection but getting an apron, and a face sheild to use for awhile till I am more knowledgeable.

It was cooling and just started to turn a cherry red and I was about to reheat. And I'm embarrass to say they we tongs I forged my self and will most likely be scraped now. I thought I did them correctly, I thing the metal was just to big for these tongs.

I thank you all for your quick responces. I can see now that it was most likely my in proper tongs and positioning of them. I will have to study more and not let this push me from blacksmithing because it is so fun but can be dangerous.

I am still a really new blacksmith. Like Started last month. I started hammering on a piece of leaf spring for a hot cut, on the second heat I was a few strikes in and it flew off the anvil from my tongs and hit me in the face. I don't know if I was holding it wrong or what or if it was just the leaf spring but I was holding really tight. I only got 4 stiches. I would like to know how to prevent this later on and why it happened