gpworks Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Somebody put something up about which way should you point the horn on the anvil.Heres my question ,what hand do you favor hitting that anvil with?left or right. i stared a lefty but have adapted to a right hand world... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasper77 Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I would be a righty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlander Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 either or, however i prefer to hold the tongs with my left hand, so that usually leaves me hitting with the right hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teejay Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 ambidextrous myself, maybe favor the right a little more. learned that from an old farmer when I first got started smithing. Now all my shirts fit right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodeye Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I am right handed and hit with my right hand. My anvil has the horn set on my right side. This way with tongs in left hand I can bend down and to the right and seen under and behind the horn to see what the heck is going on down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I am right handed but prefer to use the horn to the right. That puts the hardy tools on the left and I can draw over the horn more easily. I've worked with the conventional style of the horn pointing to the left but I am more comfortable with this arrangement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyshackleford Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I'm a lefty, horn to the left, and I prefer to hit the steel, not the anvil (ooh, couldn't resist!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainsFire Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 lefty, point horn to the right unless I'm working on hammering a bevel for an edge.. then I turn it around and use the "saddle" where the face ends, and the horn begins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I hit with my right hand but like the horn to the left I prefer the harder hole to my right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgtwister Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 i hit with my right and facing the anvilhorn usally to the left but if i need it theother way i just pick up the anvil and the oak stump and turn it of corse its only 130 pound anvil i guess its around 200 all together i'm still using the muscle over brains some day i'll learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnr Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hit right handed, the horn points to my left. Finnr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironrosefarms Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Right hand dominant and typically I keep the anvil with the horn on the right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Aspery Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I swing a hammer with my right hand and have the bick or horn of the anvil oriented to my left. This allows me to chamfer eyes and do bevelled scroll work -where I have to move completely around the bick - without interfering with my hammer hand. I would prefer the hardy to be to my left over the mass of the anvil. This is not a safety concern as I rarely use a hardy cut off - favoring a hot-cut chisel, but a pragmatic want to get more return to my hammer blows. Alas I have a London Pattern anvil and the hardy hole is in the heel and so to my right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayco Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I'm right handed. When I started out, I turned the horn to the right. I found that handy for some things, like keeping my hammer hand away from sharp hardie tools.....But I seldom used the heel of the anvil for any thing. It was just awkward, I guess. I rarely turned the anvil the other way because the old shop was so cramped. When I moved to a larger shop, since I then had room, I began turning the horn to the left. I started using the heel more since it was much more accessable. I still like the 'horn to the right' for some things, but I was surprised that it was so easy to get used to 'horn to the left' as well. I may twist my anvil and stump around a couple times a day, searching for what 'feels right' I learn something new every day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruityloops31 Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 hammer with my right , horn on the right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hammer with my right, horn to the left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Yes! and also pointing directly towards me and directly away from me. (right handed; but my main shop anvil has a hardy hole at either end so that's a non-issue) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammered Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Swing with my right, and horn to the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbeard Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Im a lefty too horn to the left but im ambi so hit with any hand Bb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyshackleford Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I need to work on my ambidexterity, just for giggles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Rover Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Right handed and use the horn on my right. I have an old 400 lb Wilkinson anvil sitting on a hard wood stump buried 3 feet into the floor, it took me a long time to make up my mind on this one! Moving that thing is not something I want to do often. If I need the anvil the other way I simply step around it, the metal ain't gonna cool that fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 My anvil (having two horns) is placed such that the position of the hardy hole is closest to the hand that holds my tongs - away from my hammer hand and lessening the risk of injury when cycling from the anvil to the cut-off hardy when it is placed in the hardy hole. This also puts the upsetting block toward me and the preanvil at the far side of my manvil face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBrann Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Horn right, hammer right, working on left hammer, but thats a work in progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbalist Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hammer with my right and the horn to the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hammer right handed, horn in whichever direction I need it. I turn the 125 lb and walk around the 200lb. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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