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Topic: Anvil Restoration in Russia

Posted By: Alberta Phil
Subject: Anvil Restoration in Russia
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 9:45am

Pretty interesting video to restore anvil etc.

https://youtu.be/cablDS4Z04M" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/cablDS4Z04M

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Posted By: mhankins
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 10:22am

Interesting.He must have a lot of time on his hands though.

Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 11:14am

Winters are long in Russia!! Just like here!

Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 11:19am

Way to fancy to use now. That is art and needs to be moved into the house instead of the shop.

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Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 11:36am

Watching this work kind of a lost art of metalworking .
then blacksmithing is a lost art in itself .
Remember my granddad taking his double bit ax up to a blacksmith in a little town in WI , asked the guy to sharpen and thin it , fellow said he would have it done then next day.
So granddad goes to pick it up and it's sharpened with a file and marks are still on it.
Asked him if he remembered the other part of thinning it . The guy stood with a blank stare - so granddad asked if his forge is hot - yes it is ,
So he takes ax head puts it into forge , heats it , then hammers the area behind where cutting edge is , reheats and does the other end , hammering down in thickness again - then reheats and tempers it - this all the time the blacksmith is just watching .
Then granddad says - I could have filed it myself but thinning it makes it so it chips wood and not just acts like a wedge . Now what do I owe you for use of your forge .
REPLY - NOTHING - I should be paying you for the lesson of a skill I just learned .

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Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 7:06pm

That is an awesome video.
I have a few hand forged hammers that I’ve spent a lot of time on. Polishing and making handles.
I love this stuff.

Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 8:42pm

I too have several hand made hammers. One I made 55 years ago when i worked in a blacksmith shop. Still lots of tools in my tool box made at that time that are still in use.

Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 8:45pm

With the prices that good old used anvils are going for at sales, it makes sense to restore one as that fellow did. New ones these days are usually just cast iron and useless.