Finally had time to try out my new anvil and a new hammer yesterday. Made two blacksmith kinves with leather wrapped handles.

The new hammer started life as a 3# drill hammer. Reground to a square face and a cutler's face. I really like the way it moves metal.

All comments are welcome and thanks for looking,

Very Nice work Mike! Looks like that new anvil and hammer are working out great! Nice work on both the knives, and hammer.

nice lookin' knives and what a hammer.
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I love the knives! I like the wrapped handles

Nice blades. I like making those style knives. Is that a TFS anvil?

Thanks guys. Donnie, thats a 137# Hay Budden made in 1875.
If you want a water proof wrapped handle, wrap the handle with 1/4" wide wet rawhide and let it dry throughly. Then carefully saturate the rawhide with super glue. After it's dry, water won't touch it.

1875? And the face is that shiny and barely chipped? Whoah... Really nice knives man. I like their beautiful simplicity.