Benjamindshoemaker
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Yeah I agree. Waiting on a good deal is a great thing. The Church window anvil was worth the wait
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I like the way y’all think.
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Well yeah, didn’t think the baby would come out with a hammer in hand.
Thanks Frosty
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Thank you. Yes I am praying for a healthy baby and rest in about 10 months.
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I can see the sparks are starting to fly round here
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I have not used it much but what little I did it seemed to coke up nicely and very little clinker. Once I get the big forge built I can put it to the test.
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I just bought some in central Alabama for 10¢ a pound. You have to pickup. Seems to be pretty good. Smoked when I started it up but after it started burning the coke it was nice clean and hot.
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Perhaps I should have said the turn of the century way. Open shop with a church window on a cedar stump, hand crank blowers standing beside a granite base holding a fire pot. No electricity or gas. Just a man learning an ancient craft.
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Just called Moore coal and it is $10.50 per 100 pounds or $210 per ton
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Jasper area. I am currently building the base for my forge and the shop around it as well. Hopefully going today to get a big cedar stump to bury in the ground about a foot for my anvil. I am sort of brand new, I worked in a tool shop in high school running a gas forge and a power hammer but now i want to do it the old way with a few modern tools like a hand crank blower and a post drill.
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Looking for some coal around the Birmingham area. Willing to get a pickup truck load if the price isn't too bad. Would be happy to shovel it into my truck as well if I had too.
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I sure have. Belong to the Tannehill forge.
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Welcome. I lived not to far from Athens. About 45 northeast from there but I moved about 4 hours away in Alabama. I do visit family that still lives there from time to time.
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I am just getting into the old way of blacksmithing. I have been taken under the wing of another blacksmith. I love starting the forge with flint and steel. The aroma of the coke burning. I am a novice and have much to learn but I am throughly enjoying the journey. I am currently building my own blacksmith shop and forge. Any Alabamians out there, feel free to give a shout.
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Thank you. Sorry I should have researched that but I was excited to hear a company name. Thanks again.
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I did buy it. Going to get a cedar stump to put under it. It also came with a rivet forge and small blower. I asked a guy on eBay that had one similar in Italy and he said that it was a Gebr. Böhler & Co
Mark: two fir trees printed diagonally on both sides of the front facade of the anvil bodyso I reckon that’s who made it. Anyone know anything about that company as to when they started making them and when they stopped?
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I did a rebound test with a 3 pound hammer from about an inch or two. Rebounds great. Nice clear ring. No bathroom scale yet. I was more curious if it was forged or cast steel? I believe it’s cast steel but I know little to nothing when it comes to anvils.
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How much do you pay for coal?
in Solid Fuels: Coal, Coke, Charcoal, Wood, etc
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Moore coal and company in Bessemer Al. It is lump but I don’t mind it.