kindrage Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 hey its me again with ( you guessed it another question) ok well a friend of mine gave me a really good looking 10 pound anvil he used it to make knives and some of his knives look really good. Well my wuestion is I know just cause its free don't always meen its great. So will a 10 lb anvil be good for me starting out again I'm making knives. Starting out using rail road spikes cause I have like 40 of them. Any input will be great. O and I'm using a 2 lb oilfield hammer with a good flat end he gave it to me told me it was like a 200 doller hammer and a 1.8 lb trupper a little bit rounded ends but not much. So with thouse hammers is the anvil still ok or will I break it faster than I can make lnifes.thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 You really want a larger anvil even if it's just a piece of fork lift tine. Makes forging so much easier. Generally you want a 50:1 anvil weight to hammer weight so you're off by a factor of 10---the wrong way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Ra Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 A ten pound anvil sounds like a jewelers bench Anvil. Hopefully it is not a Harbor Freight (HF) Anvil Shaped Object (ASO). Drop a hammer on it and check for rebound cast iron does not have much rebound and is the mark of an ASO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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