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  1. HumanAfterAll
    Olá, amigo! Obrigado pelas dicas. Você é Português? Me manda PM! Abraços! Translation Hello, buddy! Thank you for the tips. Are you Portuguese? PM me! Cheers!
  2. HumanAfterAll
    I've posted a similar question to the "Blacksmithing" subreddit and got the following: What you think about that?
  3. HumanAfterAll
    I'll found a Blacksmith Tourism Agency! Hahahah... Well, the Soderfors is gone, unfortunately. And it was KG. The owner actually weighted it on a scale.
  4. HumanAfterAll
    Oh, so the Soderfors is 153 Lb? Around 69Kg, then. Still is it a good price? Brazil had a great railroad expansion throughout the Military Dictatorship from '64 to '85, but before that we had some USA companies come here in the '20s and '30s, as you said. We even have a town called "Americana" ("American") in São Paulo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americana,_São_Paulo That Sonderfors probably really got here through the USA.
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    Oh, you've seen the other post I made on those anvils. I'm getting anxious right now... hahahah The problem I'm facing is the hard one: money. Buying one of those anvils means a bit more than half my monthly payment.
  6. HumanAfterAll
    Blacksmithing is not really part of our culture. We do have knifemaking tradition over the south, where most people are German and [some] Polish descendants. But anyway, it really escapes me how a Soderfors ends up here in Brazil. And lemme say that this is not the one I've seen for selling. Look what I just found for $220:
  7. HumanAfterAll
    I'd not know that the screw is a replacement. I still want a video of it working, though. Will share if I can get one. No, this is way cheaper, actually. One thing you've gotta watch is that Brazil has no serious blacksmithing tradition, so this kind of tool is quite rare over here. For instance, if I translate "post vise" or "leg vise" to pt-BR, I'd not find anything. I accidentally found this one and some other ones listed as "blacksmith vise" .
  8. HumanAfterAll
    If you want a new anvil you'd have to go for something like this: [commercial link removed] Which is the one I got and is described as "100% Nodular Iron FE 700002" and "Whole piece, no welds". A big one (#80 - about 60KG) will cost around $310 Or something like this: [commercial link removed] It is described as being "Tempered" and "made of SAE-4340 steel". The one on the link weights 44Kg and costs around $370. If you want something that's not new you'd be looking for one like those but used and severely beaten up, or one like the Soderfors/Norissez, or end up with a scrapyard chunk of steel/railroad track. Now, IDK much about metal in general and anvils yet, but when I bought mine (the Metalcava #10 - about 10KG) those descriptions did not sound very good... but heck, that was what I had at reach for the cost I could afford. The Fergus' one looks better in overall quality. Am aiming higher now, but don't know if I should go for one of those beasts I shared. They seem a bit "out of my league"... hahah
  9. HumanAfterAll
    The owner also has a 1924 153Kg Soderfors anvil. She wants $430 for the Soderfors and $480 for the Norrisez. What you think about those values?
  10. HumanAfterAll
    Hey all! I found this vise for about $80 (converting BRL to USD). It's a bit old, but looks fine, and the owner says it's "working perfectly". I still have to go over there and check it in person, but do you guys think this looks like a good opportunity? Also, if I buy it, what can I already do to make it look better and last longer? Cheers!
  11. HumanAfterAll
    Ill use coke. And I'm learning, so I can't precisely define what I'll be forging, but surely nothing super complex. I'll go get it by the weekend. Will post new pics once I have it. Cheers all!
  12. HumanAfterAll
    Hey, guys! I've found someone selling a forge + blower for about $70 (I'm converting BRL to USD, so it's no very precise). Only the blower is around $100 here, so I think that just that is enough to keep it, but I want some input from you regarding the "design" (which there's basically none) of this forge: Link removed What you guys think that I should change? Where should I go from this? Also, I wanna share my current forge that I made myself with a brake rotor and some steel: Link removed Cheers! breaker.mp4 blower.mp4
  13. HumanAfterAll
    I think you've solved it! Is this a "good" anvil?
  14. HumanAfterAll
    I'll try to guide the owner on following these steps. Thanks!
  15. HumanAfterAll
    Thank you, sir! That's not actually glare, it's chalk the owner used to see if she could make the name visible. I'll ask for farther away pics.
  16. HumanAfterAll
    Hey guys! Found this anvil here in São Paulo, Brazil and need help identifying it. I know it weights around 200 Kg and that's all... Can you help me?
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