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58 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said:

Most bladesmithing does not need a flat face on the anvil.  For that which does---have you looked for a large chunk of steel with at least one flat surface?

Not yet

Ok thnks

2 minutes ago, Steve Sells said:

I suggest you read through the knife making classes, this has already been covered there

where, right here?? Im new

Thnks

I currently have a pin hammer and a ball-peen hammer.

Thnk u so much

hello people, greetings from Puerto Rico, I have a question, I don't know how to stretch the material, or how to make it wider, for example, if I want to make a wide blade to mince meat, I don't know how to forge it so that it stays wide, I don't know what hammer to use or for what direction to hammer I hope you can help me thank you very much

I am not an expert forger, in fact I have only been here for a short time and I want to learn the art of knife making, the only problem I have found when forging is that it does not fit straight, I take the blade a little, and how I see these great forgers with their anvils flat I think that by fixing it I could make something flat

9 hours ago, George N. M. said:

As previously said, trying to "fix" an anvil unless you are very skilled or have access to those skills is generally a BAD idea.  You are much more likely to turn a usable anvil into a piece of junk only suitable for an anchor or door stop.

That is the anvil.

2 hours ago, Jobtiel1 said:

Why do you need a flat anvil face? is there any specific thing you want to forge that needs the flat face? what problems have you encountered during forging because the face was not flat?

Knife making

  this is the anvil 

13 hours ago, JHCC said:

Generally speaking, "fixing" an anvil can leave it in worse shape than when you started. Some photos would help; often, anvils that seem "damaged" are actually in fine shape and perfectly usable.

Oh, wait a minute -- that's for flattening an anvil. If you want to flatter an anvil, just tell it a lot of nice things about itself.

The top of the anvil is not flat

I have a colonial anvil but it is somewhat damaged. I would like to make the top surface flat, fix the edges and make the horn point... how do I do it?

1 hour ago, Irondragon ForgeClay Works said:

Your English is much better than my Spanish. My wife's family emigrated to New York in the 1940s from PR and she is 1st generation born in the Continental U.S. and is fluent in Spanish. My vocabulary consists mainly of swear words that can't be repeated on this forum.

Jajaja great, bad words are part of Puerto Rican haha

1 hour ago, TWISTEDWILLOW said:

My Spanish is limited to food names lol

haha you know the most important food lol

1 hour ago, ThomasPowers said:

Una Cerveza demasiada grande y fria, Bitte

If you come to Puerto Rico or go somewhere that sells beer from here, ask for a medalla or a shot of pitorro is the best 

58 minutes ago, TWISTEDWILLOW said:

One beer… something… big… cold?… something lol 

I guess I don’t have a future as a translator lol

Yess that's

Thanks for the advice of linseed oil, I didn't know, and thanks for the link, any advice is appreciated, my respect helps everyone, sorry if my English is not good

Thnks I'll look for the books it says

Thanks

Here in my country blacksmiths do not exist what little I have learned from reading and videos, I am a beginner

1 hour ago, TWISTEDWILLOW said:

Do you have any pictures of the stuff you have made? 
 

Yes i have a forge,making knife,thong,chizel exct,the anvil have good rebound 

1 hour ago, ThomasPowers said:

Like the ones they learned the craft making.  

You thinks is a 200 year anvil?? Thats is great only paid $90

how did they look?

Have another handing hole in the botton

Equal to mousehole

The country is Puerto Rico

Hello, some time ago I got this anvil, a super cheap price, it weighs around 100 pounds, looking for I do not see any marks, I only see that it has 4 hardie holes, one of them is on the bottom I would like if someone can give me an idea of how old It is, apart from that it has a very good rebound, the person who had it before me cleaned it with a polishing machine had it for decoration, thanks in advance I hope you can help me