[TheForge] Re: Minimum Tools (RE: [blacksmiths] Hi, and soit begins.)

[Andy Vida]

Michael Horgan wrote:
> 
> Nice list Andy. I'll have to look into the goat horn hammer.
> 
> A Stake Plate  is indeed nice to have, although you can saw a hole through
> a steel plate and bolt it to a stump as well.  One of the neatest tools I
> have is a nicely polished snarling iron I made years ago for working the
> insides of deep vessels.  It drops into the hardy hole of the anvil or into
> the stake plate. I've used it for everything from reshaping silver pitchers
> for repairing  pewter mugs that had been fallen on.  

	I've always wanted to try one of those.  Interesting
	concept.