had a friend who runs auctions call me and tell me about an anvil with a couple tools, 2 hardys and the anvil came on a stump. It turned out to be a Hay Budden Farriers anvil, 140+ lbs, not really in bad shape either, I'll let it go to a friend of a friend, but the hardy's are mine!!

How do you get over 140# when it's marked 127#?

American anvils are NOT marked in the CWT system but in pounds! It might be off a couple of pounds from 127 but not very many...

good catch, my mistake......

Nice score. I have a smaller version of the hardy tool on the left. Know what it is? I don't.

Frosty

beats me, but it's great for holding 1/2 inch stock and bending in it.

Sometimes used with a flatter to get exact size, sometimes for working on a short "T" leg.

i think there was an old blacksmith that made that hardy just so years later some one would be scratching there head whats that for

Could also be used to twist pieces of the right size square?

that is a good idea, it would hold the first 4 inches or so very tight, yessss hmmmmmm, now you've done it, I will have to give it a go and report back, what do you think Frosty???

Sounds plausible. I've seen enough around to know they're manufactured as shown so they must've been useful enough to make a bunch.

Sizing exactly, working short leg "T"s and twisting sound like good uses. I'd just like to know what they were manufactured for. I'm thinking sizing but . . .

The one I have is 3/4" x 7/8" x 3". I have another one but it's different being 1/8" x 1 1/4" but the bottom looks like it was cut with an acute chisel.

Bending and twisting with the larger one might work, I'll give it a try next time.

Frosty

I was told by an old steelmill blacksmith that they were for making star drills, you would need a top one to make the other side.

Orgtwister, you gave me a great idea! I'm gonna make some totally nonsensical hardy tools and tongs and put them on ebay! Imagine the conversations it could start!

Orgtwister, you gave me a great idea! I'm gonna make some totally nonsensical hardy tools and tongs and put them on ebay! Imagine the conversations it could start!

Do it! It will be interesting to see what comes of it. Instead of folks coming up with a useful tool to help make a job easier, they will come up with an interesting widget to make using an unknown tool. :)

How about a hardy hole version of a small trip hammer;

Orgtwister, you gave me a great idea! I'm gonna make some totally nonsensical hardy tools and tongs and put them on ebay! Imagine the conversations it could start!

I remember that Mr Rhoades (sp) of SOFA had a bunch of working hardy hole triphammers for sale one Quad-State. Cute and handy for folk with arm/shoulder/back troubles that didn't let them swing a hammer much but wanted to continue smithing.