[TheForge] Dont put your tongue on a frozen anvil round 2

[Schade]

On Oct 1, 2004, at 7:37 AM, Grover Richardson wrote:

> Yes. Mike.  How's it going, I think I agree with what you said.
>
> Wouldn't constant use of an anvil also cause "micro-peening<G>," but 
> in a
> bigger way<G>.  I have a real cheap anvil, and I have dents in the top
> surface of it where folks have missed the hot metal, sometimes me I am 
> sad
> to say.  Yes, I do understand that a "good" anvil shouldn't have dents 
> in
> the top, but it works, I can afford it, and more importantly, it's 
> something
> I can lift easily<G>.
>


Grove,

I have a Trenton anvil that is a bit soft. Most hammers will leave a 
ding. I put
my forging hammers in the vice and run out the tempering colors with a 
torch.
More than once if I need to to soften the hammer till it won't leave a 
ding.
It's easier to clean up a hammer than an anvil.

Bob