D Michael McIntyre

I hammered a lot of metal (mostly copper) on a plain piece of railroad track for 20 years before finally convincing myself to take the plunge on a real anvil. Wow! This 50 kg Kanca isn't to everybody's taste, but I would kick my wife out of bed and sleep with this thing if I wasn't afraid of banging my head on one of the horns. I fashioned the stand out of an old waterbed frame I picked up curbside longer ago than I can remember. I secured the anvil to the stand by hand routing a custom fitting cap. This setup has been a beast so far, and I am really pleased with how this all turned out.

I forged my very first pair of tongs today. By the look of our tongs, we have both discovered this stuff is a lot harder than it looks on TV, lol. I expected to be turning out crude but serviceable Bowie knifes by now. Ha!