ThomasPowers Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Looked over "Mechanicks Exercises", Moxon, published 1703. No mention of hardies or hardy tooling and the anvil illustrated does not have a hardy or pritchel hole---(he does mention the face should be hardened so a file "races" on it)Checked the indexes in "Practical Blacksmithing", Richardson, published 1889,1890,1891, and found a reference to making a hardy by taking a triangular file and removing the ends and laying it flat on the anvil face and using it to cut stock on. So definitely a cutting tool and was used without reference to a hole in the face of the anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksw Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 looks like a chain making set. if the one long one has a dip at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarry Dog Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I might be being silly, but I could see that long one being very handy hanging off the edge of the anvil, used like a smaller heel, maybe with a pritchel hold-down to keep it from popping out if necessary. I know there have been times when I was making small hooks or tight multiple bends that I wanted the heel to be thinner and couldn't get quite what I wanted with a bick or a bridge tool. I ended up clamping some flatbar in a vise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 6 hours ago, ksw said: looks like a chain making set. if the one long one has a dip at the end. No dip in the end of the long one. Quarry Dog, you're not being silly. That's a good idea, tho for me it would still need clamped in the vise since the hardy hole on my anvil isnt big enough for these. I also have a smaller rr track anvil that comes in handy for that as well with a smaller horn as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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