jmcquirt Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 The anvil is a 9" piece of railroad track I picked up for $5 from an estate sale. The stand is 4 - 2x8s about 2.5' long attached to a .5" plywood base. It is filled with adobe (cat litter clay and sand). The railroad track sits vertically on top. I later added a fullering tool. The setup works well for knives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted T Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Nice, very Nice!!!People who start out with humble but effective means always gains my respect. Blacksmithing is all about inovation. And that is to get good at using what you have and never let anyone else limit your dreams and ability! Very nice start, and I expect that we will be seeing some nice work come from your shop!The best to you and Welcome To I Forge Iron!!!Ted Throckmorton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old South Creations Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Nice inexpensive first anvil. I like your stand. Best of luck to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Very impressive. I'm liking that fullering tool design and just might have to 'borrow' it from you. What's that piece of square tubing on the side of the stand doing? Does it work with the guillotine in some way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I think it holds the fullering tool in place; but could be used for a range of tooling designed to fit there. This is an excellent example of getting started without needing a london pattern anvil and the washtub forge is pure neo-tribal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlissStreet Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Nice work. I found that starting this was very fulfilling, more so then if I had went out and bought a forge and anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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