Unusual home made anvil

[Marc1]

 

[Ridgewayforge]

That's some ingenuity, for sure! Doesn't look like it even moves an inch! 

[Marc1]

By the way Bigorna is Portuguese for anvil.

Comes from the italian bicorna or two horns. In some languages  like portuguese and spanish it becomes synonym for anvil even in the case of a single horn anvil

[Rmartin2]

Thanks for posting. It's neat to see what materials others re-purpose as anvils. 

[C-1ToolSteel]

I'd say he did a good job. Not so sure about 3 strikers though. The reason it doesn't ring is because of the U clamps he used in mounting it.

[C-1ToolSteel]

I also would have left the horn soft.

[redeeman]

out of curiosity, why would you not want a hard horn?

[C-1ToolSteel]

Just preference. Both would be fine if u don't abuse it. Under abuse, soft might bend and hard might break.

[ThomasPowers]

I think the soft horn dates back to the days when anvils were forge welded up out of a number of pieces and "tool steel" was quite expensive. (as late as the American Civil War, high carbon steel could cost 6 times more as wrought iron)  As it was traditional it became expected until finally a steeled horn was introduced as a selling point and in "modern" times the high carbon steel top (above the waist) was introduced.

[caotropheus]

Gentleman

Thank you very much for your kind words

Yes, I made this anvil (about 1000 years ago!), and sorry about the strikers they were my son and two of his friends when they were 15 years old. I assure you they are really good sledge hammer strikers as computer games characters!