[TheForge] To ring or not to ring[was anvil i d]

[Hochewa at aol.com]

To All,
I have two types of anvils; ones that are steel and ones that are cast  iron. 
 The steel ones ring like a bell, so to speak and the iron ones  don't.  The 
cast iron ones that are gray iron all the way through, i.e.,  cheap, are dead 
and lifeless.  I have one with a chilled face that is  harder than any of my 
steel anvils and has an excellent rebound even though it  goes thud when you 
hit it.  Striking on the horn does make a feeble  ring.
They all have their own personalities.
 
Hochewa