[TheForge] Russian 110 # Anvil

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> The Yellow Truck just delivered  a  Russian 110 pound cast steel anvil.
>
> I haven't  broken open  the wooden  crate , but it looks like  a step up
> from  the abused  "Sears" type anvils that are commonly found on farm
> auctions selling for a buck a pound.
>
> Over all,  it looks pretty good.  The horn looks like it would benefit
from
> some polishing with a flap disk / side grinder.   I thought that it might
> be about the right size to take to  a hammer-in  so that a few more of
> the  on lookers can  try their hand.
>
> Re: [TheForge] Age of Iron- what fun ;-)
>
> Phlip
>
> I enjoyed  hearing about your blacksmithing weekend at the Shakers site.
>
> Dann Johnson

Thanks, Dann ;-)

OK, as I mentioned, one of the things I was demonstrating at the Age of Iron
was how to get the tools you needed inexpensively- and one of the tools I
brought was the 110 lb Harbor Freight cast steel anvil. Not sure if it's
Russian or not, but I do know that it's a very nice little anvil. As you
mentioned, ideally, it will need a bit of clean-up- differently for each
smith, I imagine, but it's quite useful as it is.

The things I like less (there's nothing I actually dislike about it) are the
things that it doesn't have to make it a farrier's anvil- to my taste, it
needs a clip-maker, a more highly undercut tail, and a differently shaped
horn, but that's just a matter of my personal preferences- I just prefer
farrier's anvils to general smithing anvils. I do think most of you would
want to radius the edge of the table- I like it sharp, but I know many of
you would prefer gentler bends.

I think it's a great buy for the money- a very reasonable step up from a RR
track anvil, and very useful as it is- but also easily modified for more
general smithing.

After all, guys, let's remember- it's not the quality of the tools that
matter, so much as the quality of the smith ;-)

Phlip

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....