October 20, 20169 yr Finally finished up my anvil stand and had some good fun. Started out by turning a round bar stock, into a square then into a leaf. Dang its tiring!!
October 20, 20169 yr Can you show some pictures from different angles? I don't really want to comment on what I see because it might be a trick because of the angle of the picture.
October 20, 20169 yr 2 hours ago, loneronin said: ...you could also rotate the picture I think he means from different camera angles, in order to see the anvil more fully, making sure some aspects aren't just a trick of the light. I'd like to see more of it too- How are the welds? Are they full penetration? Did you harden and temper after welding? How's rebound?
October 25, 20169 yr Author On 10/19/2016 at 6:20 PM, Michael Cochran said: Can you show some pictures from different angles? I don't really want to comment on what I see because it might be a trick because of the angle of the picture. My apologies for late reply... Here are some more pictures. I'm not sure if they are full penetrating welds. But the shop I took it too, told me he used some high impact resistance rod. He gave me a number, but cant remember. On 10/20/2016 at 3:26 AM, Ridgewayforge said: I think he means from different camera angles, in order to see the anvil more fully, making sure some aspects aren't just a trick of the light. I'd like to see more of it too- How are the welds? Are they full penetration? Did you harden and temper after welding? How's rebound? Here's a video clip of rebound. It's not too bad I guess.. 20161023_181758.mp4
October 25, 20169 yr That looks pretty stout and nothing like what I thought I saw. It looks like you have an anvil, now let's see what you can make.
October 25, 20169 yr Author 5 hours ago, Michael Cochran said: That looks pretty stout and nothing like what I thought I saw. It looks like you have an anvil, now let's see what you can make. Thanks! Took me a while to make a leaf and this knife. My arm was pretty tired! But I had a lot of fun with these two projects!
October 25, 20169 yr Great texture on that leaf. Nice to see how you made your anvil . Thanks for sharing.
October 25, 20169 yr I've yet to make a leaf in the few years I've been doing this lol. What kind of steel did you use to make the knife?
October 25, 20169 yr Author 4 hours ago, tdaleh said: Great texture on that leaf. Nice to see how you made your anvil . Thanks for sharing. Thanks! There's a video on YouTube: "Jesse James Blacksmith part 2" He goes to Israel and works with Blacksmith Yuri Hofi, Yuri states he still learns by making these leaves. If it works for him...means I can learn a lot. 1 hour ago, Michael Cochran said: I've yet to make a leaf in the few years I've been doing this lol. What kind of steel did you use to make the knife? I used the obligatory leaf spring...LOL. Can't wait to finish it! Still need to quench the blade and leather wrap the handle.
October 25, 20169 yr Just be careful using used/mystery steel. Many times it can lead to bad things happening.
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