mat Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 is an anvil the heaviest of all hand tools?,is it a hand tool?. if not a hand tool is it the heaviest non powered with non moving parts tool?just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Miller Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I think you need a philosopher not a blacksmith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 It is the backbone of blacksmithing. It is generally the most sought after tool in the shop. It is a hand tool only if you could lift it and strike your iron with it. It can be the heaviest tool in a shop but not necessarily. It has no moving parts yet it is able to help form almost anything the imagination can conjure. Mark<>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 a non moveing object to hammer on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fciron Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 a non moveing object to hammer on! Nonmoving? You may want to look up counterblow hammers. (Although the technical term for both parts seems to be 'tup'.) I find dablacksmith's answer as satisfactory as anything out of webster's. The question of whether it's a hand tool is a neat one. Perhaps it's 'hand equipment'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Note that an anvil may be only a few ounces in weight for silversmithing and watch work or may be 1000 pounds for anchor forging So your question seems to be "off" to start with. In my shop I have several anvils that weigh less than many of my hammers and I have seen hammers used as anvils. Hmm anyone have a chainmaker's anvil with the through hole? Be nice to stick a handle in the hole and post a picture of a "real hammer". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveh Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 it is a bottom tool of great importance along with the hammer. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 For all of your days be prepared, And meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - When you are the hammer, strike. Edwin Markham http://www.turleyforge.com Granddaddy of Blacksmith Schools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tala9 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 it is an object of beauty that helps me to create Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 If you don`t know what an anvil is,you`re in the wrong shop. If you were to come to work in any of the shops I worked in and ask one of the old graybreads "What is an anvil?" you`d likely get the reply,"It`s that thing under your hammer.Now get to work!". You`d probably also be given advice to the effect of "The trick is to kick it`s butt before it kicks yours". My anvil is the foundation that allows my imagination to become manifest. Is that an esoteric enough an answer for you? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBower Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 If a tree falls in the forest and lands on an anvil.... Can somebody loan me a chainsaw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge9001 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 an anvil is an anvil, because an anvil by any other name would still weight as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunsmithnMaker Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 The anvil is an essential tool to build a civilization. From a rock to a piece of metal to a London pattern anvil and even to the anvil of a power hammer. Nothing that can be imagined would have ever been made without it. What was the rock called that made the flint chips that became the arrow head? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 an anvil is an anvil, because an anvil by any other name would still weight as much. But what about an ASO? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbob Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 same as a work bench Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge9001 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 But what about an ASO? Phil I would say that if a rock can be an anvil then so can a piece of cast iron some person though to shape like a london pattern anvil, just not a very good anvil. I see that an anvil is more of a purpose and less of a shape or material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 AN ASO is a low grade anvil often lower than a good rock; but it masquerades as a higher grade anvil and is often sold to the unknowing as one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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