Wesley Chambers

Thanks Jack, a good starting point for this project, the chill form to fix the hardy will come in handy. Now all I need is the will to try it out!

So does anyone have any knowledge about Soderfors as far as time line? I'm going to guess that the marks on her waist 43''6 is June 1943? only things I have found online is that they were established sometime around 1200 ad, Postman notes the oldest he dated was 1903 and the newest at 1934... so I'm just wondering how to place mine.

More detail would be great Jack, the more I can do on my own before I send her off would be great. I have tried drawing on her clip but as thin as it is she rings like a church bell, and that's with ear protection in heheh

to be honest Im not sure how much they charge I just know the service is available, sorry

The notches I have a problem with are these "blown out" areas on the face and edge of the anvil, not the test nicks on her legs~ The main issues I have with the condition is that as a farrier its not that easy to get a level shoe when your working in a bowl as compared to a flat face, a slight bevel might not be such an issue but I could eat soup from her face... that and there is not one cornered edge on her that I can pull a clip on, much less make a half decent step down/half face blow to say build tongs~

So I have owned this anvil for almost five years and because of her condition I've never done a lot of work that might further damage her face/edges. I was looking for any info on production run times of Soderfors anvils and some insight to the number and hash marks on her side. I am looking at getting her fixed up through Anvil Brand as I'm told they will properly heat treat once repaired. The face is a bit swayed and her edges are badly chipped and for some reason that upsets me greatly she must have been used as a torch cutting table... I purchased this anvil at an estate auction for 385$ and am quite happy with it in the current condition but would love to put her back to work full time. Any thoughts or info would be great.

Thanks all, after all this cram work our deadline was extended a week Doh! ah well character building indeed heheh 3:30am time for bed~

I just finished my 19.5 hour forge day and Im a lil spent, though I agree with most, you learn something new just about every time you drop the hammer~ anyway just trying to cool down so I can get in a nap before I start again! my midterm 16 week board yea.. they call me pirate so I figure brass brush the shoes and they can be my "Pirates Gold!" YAR!!!

had some questions about track myself, I have about 8 foot, but no markings at all. So far I have made a flatter from the lower half and a halfround hardie with the top, anyone have any thoughts on tempering? I would like to try a hammer out of it... only thing I know about this RR track is that its pearlitic steel..

I think we have about 15-20 of them here at school and they hold up very well to those working on there hammer control, nice horn and good strength, I give them a thumbs up

if I had my camera handy Id go take a pic, but all I did was cut the top round section off a chunk of railroad to use the bottom section, slap on a handle and poof a 2lb flatter, its about 3.5"x3.5" square and works like a top

I think the schools students and instructors competition record can speak for itself, but I must say what we are taught is far from cowboy shoeing, Ive been to the tracks and farms here in Ky enough to have seen that type of work and its not what we are train to do. Im not tryin to start anything, just a little pride in my work and those of my fellow students and workers of the school, Chris Gregory does do very nice work I watched him and his son compete last week, as well as sat in on a few of his lectures.

Glad to hear your interested in becomming a farrier, or at least the craft, I will caution you there is a huge volume of info you just wont find in one book or one apprenticeship. Im only 2/3rds the way through my time at the Kentucky Horseshoeing School, the longest ( and most costly ) as far as I know in the states, and we use the butler book, P3, but we also trim on cadaver legs and need to test out with them before we can even get under a horse, in our setup we dont actualy shoe a horse for about eight weeks, it seems like a lot when you can be taught to nail up in a week but the school is very thorough in the safty of the horse. if your looking for a school, I must recommend this one, we have students from around the world and the top anatomy studies in the states hands down Kentucky Horseshoeing School they also work hand in hand with the AFA to certify us students, and actualy Im in Chattanooga right now for the convention, where three of our "CJF" instructors are in the contests one of them tryin out for the american farriers team, and another doing a disection and some lectures GL bud! if you have any questions Ill do my best, toss me a pm

waddy here, at the Kentucky Horseshoeing School, but normaly in lou or lex, about 2hours from here

found the forums on google, was hunting for a place to order a cast 6150 hofi hammer any help would be great! a lot of info on this forum Im glad I have a new place to read ;)