November 10, 20169 yr Author 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
November 10, 20169 yr Thanks for posting. It's neat to see what materials others re-purpose as anvils.
November 10, 20169 yr 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.
November 11, 20169 yr Just preference. Both would be fine if u don't abuse it. Under abuse, soft might bend and hard might break.
November 14, 20169 yr 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.
November 20, 20169 yr 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!
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