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Photos of my Peter Wright anvil that I set up on a stump


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Well one is a candle stake, it is the long skinny one. They are nice for making small rings and tubes of thin sheet metal. It also looks like you got one that is all bent up or maybe I should say down for some reason. You also have what I believe is called a buck horn stake and it looks like a bigger version of the candle stake except that the horn part is much bigger like the horn of the anvil. These are buck horns a very nice for shaping compound curves for sculptures and such things but originally for sheet metal work. The flat stake looking thing may be a hatchet stake but I can't really tell from the picture. The good looking candle stake and the buck horn stake will sell for around $125 to $175 respectively. A better shot of each stake would help a lot.

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Pictures are awful small, but the other "attachments" look like tinsmith stakes. They would better be used in a stake plate, I would think. Nice anvil, though.


Go to the link on the first post, the pictures on my site are HUGE.
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Well one is a candle stake, it is the long skinny one. They are nice for making small rings and tubes of thin sheet metal. It also looks like you got one that is all bent up or maybe I should say down for some reason. You also have what I believe is called a buck horn stake and it looks like a bigger version of the candle stake except that the horn part is much bigger like the horn of the anvil. These are buck horns a very nice for shaping compound curves for sculptures and such things but originally for sheet metal work. The flat stake looking thing may be a hatchet stake but I can't really tell from the picture. The good looking candle stake and the buck horn stake will sell for around $125 to $175 respectively. A better shot of each stake would help a lot.


Hi Bentiron, Here's a very detailed picture with every piece numbered. Number "1" is an anvil, we all know this. :) Number 2 is a cone mandrel, I think.

But what about other numbers?

Here's the big picture:

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After looking at the picture and other comments, here's how I interpret the items on this picture:





1 - Anvil
2 - Cone Mandrel
3 - ?? Hatchet Stake ??
4 - Needlecase Stake, see Peddiman Needle Case Stake
5 - Blowhorn Stake, see ebay item 110360263619. These stakes were used by
tinsmiths to shape tinware such as funnels and the sides of dish pans.
6 - Needlecase Stake

12579.attach

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I think you'll find Thomas P. knows his stuff, ichudov. Don't discount anything he says about smithing, equipment, or the like. The man is a walking encyclopedia of blacksmithing knowledge. I'd bet anyone would be hard pressed to picture a tool he doesn't know the name, use and history of.

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