[TheForge] Anvil Orientation (seriously)

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> > The entire argument in the past has condensed into just that...
> > Preference. Whatever works for you is what's best... for YOU!
>
> True.  Also I might add that anvil orientation to the smith isn't a
> static thing.  One thing I learned to do was to dance all around the
> anvil as need dictates in order to accomplish any given task.  I
> wondered about this until I spoke with Peter Ross about it and he said
> that I was dead on.  You do what you need to do to get the job done in
> the safest and most efficient manner possible.  As is so in life, nearly
> nothing is carved in stone in the smithy.

Yep. As a farrier, the most efficient usage of the anvil is with the horn
towards the tongs hand- watch someone fabricate a shoe sometime,
particularly shaping the branches, and you'll see why- consequently, that
tends to be my default. But, I also have my anvil and stump moveable so that
I can rearrange things to suit, if I'm working on a particular project,
including the distance from the forge to the anvil, and the general
orientation.

As far as those of you who leave the bick or a hardy in the anvil when
you're not using it, you deserve whatever damage you do to yourselves ;-)
One of my teachers let me, until I smashed a finger, then explained WHY he'd
let me, and I've never forgotten since ;-)

Meantime, out of curiosity, where to you guys place the anvil in regards to
the forge? I've always placed mine to the left of the forge, because it's a
quick twist to the left to place my work, and my blower's to the right, but
I'm wondering what you guys think.

Saint Phlip,
CoD

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 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....



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