[TheForge] Anvil Orientation (seriously)

[Rowland Smuck]

You guys have the anvil pointed all wrong mine is pointed straight up. I use
it that way for guys that ask me if I shoe Horses!
Rowland of Roseburg, OR 97470

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Worsley" <worsley at verizon.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Anvil Orientation (seriously)


> Phil,
> After working my way through 35 completely useless postings from
> theForge, I arrive now at the most unimportant of all!
> Glad to see this topic pop up again, zzzzzzzzzz.
> I am now standing the anvil on its heel, using only the tip of the horn.
> Of course, I am right handed, and use a coal fire.
> If a left handed person wants to use the anvil, that person is free to
> change it if he can move 225 pounds.
> (John Allgood was not "all good" I guess)
>
> Actually, Aaron is right. It is all preference, and personal common sense.
>
> In reality: Horn to the right-with room to dance around the anvil,
> Chris
>
> Phil wrote:
>
> >First off, whatever Chris Worsley says is wrong,
> >wrong, wrong.
> >
> >Second, the reason that the anvil horn points to the
> >left, when you're on the working side is that when I
> >was at Colonial Williamsburg, there were two right
> >handed smiths, John Allgood (the old master) and me,
> >and 5 left handed smiths, including Peter Ross.  If
> >John came to use the forge and the anvil was pointed
> >the wrong way, the previous user would be verbally and
> >physically abused.
> >
> >
>
>
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