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Main => The Armoury => Topic started by: Sir James A on 2012-01-13, 19:15:58
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Finally got my own anvil! :D
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(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t8/jba3/medieval/tools/2012-01-13135554.jpg)
And I call it "The World's Cutest Anvil" because it's so tiny....
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(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t8/jba3/medieval/tools/2012-01-13135627.jpg)
Medieval blacksmiths would have loved the new "pocket sized portable anvil", right? 8)
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Sweet! How much did that run you? :)
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Also Highly useful for field repairs.
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You just add water to grow it to full size, right? :)
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Sweet! How much did that run you? :)
$14.99 at Tandy Leather Factory. :)
http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/en-usd/search/searchresults/3101-00.aspx (http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/en-usd/search/searchresults/3101-00.aspx)
Also Highly useful for field repairs.
It seems like it could be; I think it would need a firm base to hammer upon, though. I'm going to attach it to my workbench for little things like peening rivets. It's a great replacement for my "vice that happens to have a flat part" that I used until now.
You just add water to grow it to full size, right? :)
That would be awesome, especially if I could just dry it out and have it shrink again so I could move it easily. I would try it, but I'm afraid I'd only get a visit from the rust fairy. :(
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hahhahaahhahahhahah and i shall call him, mini me ;)
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Also Highly useful for field repairs.
I also carry a mini anvil for just such occasions ;).
A nice purchase James.
G.
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Where'd you get yours Sir James? Harbour Frieght only sent me a message saying that their supplier no longer produces them. I was highly dissapointed, as that paper isn't at all useful for riveting! >:(
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Nathan, theres usually a couple of these http://www.ebay.com/itm/Railroad-Track-21-Lb-Blacksmith-Anvil-20-INCHES-LONG-/110810005220?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19ccca7ee4 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Railroad-Track-21-Lb-Blacksmith-Anvil-20-INCHES-LONG-/110810005220?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19ccca7ee4) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Railroad-Track-Anvil-hand-made-/280806150282?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item416159d08a (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Railroad-Track-Anvil-hand-made-/280806150282?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item416159d08a) at any given time. I've had many over the years ( and have one right now ) and they're very handy. You can set them on a small stump ( I had a nice one on a stump block made from 4"x4"'s at working/waist hieght, that could be fliped on its side to use several different sized shallow dishes I made in it as well as attaching a small columbia bench vise to it and accepting several small stakes for doing shows ). These were made and used by farmers, miners, rail workers ect. for small work. Blacksmiths were expensive so being able to do some basic blacksmithing on small anvils like this wasn't uncommon.
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I got a 15 lb anvil off of ebay a while back, for maybe $20-$30. It's not quite as portable, but still pretty small. Works great for rivets. I'd be amazed if they couldn't still be found on ebay.
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(http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt47/reenactthis/DSCN0125.jpg)
not to hijack the thread, but here's mine.
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Leave it to Sir Wolf to have an anvil for all occasions! ;)
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Sir Wolf...such a braggart. lol ;)
I kid thee, Sir Wolf. Nice pickup, Sir James...I imagine it'd also function as a last-ditch weapon if all else fails.
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I'm watching a 6.75" 6 lb anvil on eBay now...why? I do not know...I just feel like I should have one, even tho I have no work area per se. lol
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there nice to have around thats for sure
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Chuck, nice stump stake in the foreground. Hang onto it, they're old, tough to find and desirable by collectors and hammerman alike.
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there nice to have around thats for sure
They certainly are! They’re great for armor and weapon repairs as well as dropping on the head of the occasional Wile E. Coyote when he gets too rambunctious! ;)
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Where'd you get yours Sir James? Harbour Frieght only sent me a message saying that their supplier no longer produces them. I was highly dissapointed, as that paper isn't at all useful for riveting! >:(
Gah! I was going to pick one up this weekend when I'm down near harbor freight (the 55 lb one). I would have been getting a good anvil from Allan back when I was supposed to go to NY for a family birthday party, but that's the same weekend my parent's beach house flooded and I went 6 hours in the opposite direction of NY. :(
Sir Wolf - nicely stocked shop area. Where did you source your anvil(s)? The 55 lb looks like it *might* be the harbor freight one. I need to find some local train rail scraps around here. There's a train that literally runs through town, must be some scraps somewhere.....
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ya the 55 lb is a HF one. i got it back when they had free shipping. the 2 railroad pieces and the huge anvil came from my uncle. the thing is in 2 pieces cause its so heavy. the one on the pole was free form a friend when i was in his barn.
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I'd be happy to provide a new home to stakes like that if your friend finds any more in his barn. :D
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when i was in his barn.
Barn sales are a goldmine for this stuff. I've never bought an anvil anywhere except for barn sales. At one point I owned 15 because I just couldn't pass them up. Never paid anywhere close to $1 a pound I was getting 90-100-110 pounders for $50-70 dollars. I've scored tongs, hardies, all sorts of stuff from barn sales. Never pass up a good old barn sale.
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My grandparents have a 400 acre farm, and my Grandpa (God rest his soul) was a pack-rat. I'll give all those places a look. I actually dug up an old cauldron last year!