May 23, 20224 yr Both of my pairs of coveralls have the groin/thigh torn wide open from a little hole getting caught on the tip of the horn as I slipped past... I don't mind the pointy horn necessarily. That is to say I wouldn't purposefully remove it, nor would I "sharpen" it. I agree, if you need something with that small of a radius a bickern makes more sense. Most of the time if I need the smaller bick I'm working on something small and potentially fiddily. It helps to have something that goes into the hardie and brings the piece higher up than the horn on my anvil. I have a double horn mini anvil and a second one that has a rectangular cross section tapering in both directions. They are both useful in their own ways.
May 23, 20224 yr Author ok thanks you that's kind of what i thought but wanted to be sure On 5/21/2022 at 9:47 AM, Frosty said: The end of the horn on my Soderfors is about the size of the end of my little finger and leaves a bruise that can take weeks to fade. It'll teach you to watch where you're going. Frosty The Lucky. this one is the size of my thumb or a little more
May 24, 20224 yr On the subject of the depth and healing time a good collision with a horn can do you. Try the corner of the heal some time, heck square on the end will leave a lasting bruise and teach those close by now many swear words you know or can make up on the fly. Frosty The Lucky.
May 24, 20224 yr nb: Frosty you are supposed to hammer *steel* on the anvil not yourself! (Forge welding of small stock where you are moving *fast* and watching the billet(s) rather than the anvil is my dangerous activity.)
May 25, 20224 yr Yes I can see where hammering yourself will upset and make the item thicker, but by swelling not by decreasing another dimension.
May 26, 20224 yr Author Thomas i did that on the weekend stamping a piece of work and the 3# hammer and missed by 1/2in my thumb was found under i had a string of characters out of my mouth to the effect of "!@##@!##$#@@#$%^&*^^%%"
May 27, 20224 yr Is that all? Wait till a hit hurts so bad you can't cuss for a few minutes. Unfortunately it doesn't really give you time to think up anything new. Frosty The Lucky.
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