[TheForge] Free at Last!

[Rob Fertner]

Peter,
Congratulations! 
Unless that anvil belongs in a museum, go ahead a dress it to suit your
needs. By the time someone inherits that anvil from you it will be an old
blacksmith antique tool again.

I've restored a few blowers that were froze up and I love how PB Blaster
loosens them up. It's good stuff.

Enjoy your stake anvil and swageblock for many years to come.

Rob





I am alittle torn about whether to dress the anvil.  Its obviously very old 
and I certainly won't touch anything but the working surfaces, and some 
deformations at the ends of the horns.  I would like to grind and polish the

face and horns, and use it for fine work.  What do you think?  Should I 
leave it as is or dress it up?

Thanks to everyone for all of their input on freeing the stake.  The time 
and attention really paid off.  I hope this will be useful to others 
sometime.  I think I used a little bit of most everyones suggestions, and I 
would be glad to post pics when I can .

Thanks again, everyone.

Peter Hirst

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