[TheForge] Anvil shaving 101

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> > Along the same lines...
> > 
> > my spare anvil is a 275 pound peter wright that's pretty flat but
> > seriously chipped up on te endges and more than a little dinged on the
> > face. I was thinking of hard surfacing it or at least grinding off the
> > chips to a nice rounded edge. Thoughts about hard surfacing?
> > 
> > I was also musing about whether it would be possible to reharden....I
> > wondered if you could build a good coal fire and heat it up by hanging
> > it upside down in the fire and then quench it and then temper...dunno,
> > pretty heavy piece of iron and I really don't have an idea about the
> > specs. Thoughts?
> > 
> > JRF

Dan said go for it- I agree- I wanna watch ;-)

Saint Phlip, 
CoD

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

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And never a rider who cain't be throwed....