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

[Mike Porter]

Cast iron can be very hard, but I don't understand the term "chilled face."
Could you please explain it?
Mikey 

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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
 
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