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Forgot to mention, I wonder if the bellows and hearth unit for the 1905 forge was stripped out of a military forge wagon?
The forge wagon in the 1846 aide memoire to the military sciences has this type of hearth and being a photo of a yeomanry unit instead of regulars they have adapted an old piece of kit?

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Forgot to mention, I wonder if the bellows and hearth unit for the 1905 forge was stripped out of a military forge wagon?
The forge wagon in the 1846 aide memoire to the military sciences has this type of hearth and being a photo of a yeomanry unit instead of regulars they have adapted an old piece of kit?


I was wondering the same thing but think it was probably dismounted rather than stripped out.

Having looked at pics of military portable forges I always thought they'd be okay for short stops but a pain in the butt for a regular working smithy.

I know I've been able to do most things I needed to with a field expedient forge but if I'm going to be on location for more than a couple days it was worth the effort and time to make a more permanent arrangement. By that I mean arrange the forge, anvil, etc. in the way it is in a permanent smithy.

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If I remember correctly there is a picture on the Library of Congress web site that shows several wheeled Traveling Forges being used within a building as a long-term blacksmithing military facility.

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Not really field forges but interesting,
The knife grinders cart is a model but I have a copy of a sketch showing one from the time of the napoleonic wars being drawn by a donkey.

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I had a friend that bought one of the military "forge in a box" in unused condition. We think it was a naval version as it did have an electric blower built in on the bottom. He's added a hand crank blower and uses it on a regular basis.

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