Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Well, I actually did find an anvil half-buried in my back yard, but the site had been a blacksmith shop/forge shop for 50-60 years. It was a pretty nice 250 pound H-B in excellent condition. Made my day. Not quite the same as finding one in the woods behind your house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaktelcom Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 I don't know or remember if I posted this, but here goes. After my son worked about 3 hrs to get it out of the woods and he come home and legs and arms trembling, I told him I'd give him $20 for the work. "pete46 Posted Today, 10:00 AM Can I take your son hunting? " He said he tried getting to his shoulder to carry out. Like he wanted to a few years ago with hunting. Of course with the deer I told him NO!!! you'll get your A** shot carry that thing out of here. He is pretty stout and loves a challenge and hates to be beat by anything whether its cards, sports, push-ups or weight lifting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete46 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 HA! that's good stuff I also threw a deer across my shoulders to get it home. Momma almost killed me for destroying [A GOOD SHIRT!],I would have rather taken a bullet when she was done w/me ! So safety first drag it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Pete I once picked up a bunch of army shirts that had been used to make a sling to carry a deer out with. They had thrown them away afterwards due to the blood stains. I washed them a couple of times with a blood remover and had my smithing shirts for a coupled of years. Course I would have worn them stained too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete46 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Thomas ;that happened when I was in high school[a long timeago ,but the beat'n seems like only yesterday!] Yea that day I was Momma's anvil. Heck,I didn't even shoot it, my friend did. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 No someone painted it and my son just found it today in the woods? The paint looks like the xxxx we used in the NAVY ....red deck paint ...here is some pictures The places I have clean looks black underneath(patina) Looks like the original owner was right handed and kept the horn to his left, as I should be..................mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip in china Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Plenty of people on this forum are making good stuff on anvils nothing like as good as that one. So get to work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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