Buying anvils 101

[faultroy]

Great job and very informative

[FrankandMaxprods]

Very nice video!! 

[savage99ain308]

Thanks for the Great Info on Avils. I just bought a peter wright after watchiing your video. thanks for your help

[Trooper1090]

Nice video, I learned a few things. Thanks for posting.

[freqeist]

I have been offered a 51kg anvil for £50. I dont know if is wrought iron, steel or what but I have a picture and it looks ok, just needs a clean, comments please.

[Lakesideforge]

@freqeist That is a little high, I would not buy it for any more than 20pounds. I would do the pien test and if it rings, it is wrought or steel. That's what you want.

[freqeist]

@Lakesideforge ok thanks.

[Ublerritter]

Another thing I was told to watch out for when testing the rebound is the ringing noise. If you hear a buzz instead of a ring, then the steel plate is starting to come off. Best just to avoid that mess altogether. I have the benefit of living in New England where you can find anvils aplenty in antique stores and sales. Bring your own hammer for testing! I got two 150 pound (ish) Peter Wrights for less than $100 a piece with sharp edges.

[dennisjonesjr]

very informative, thank you

[goodolarchie]

Nice work kid, keep it up, you have the makings of a master smith

[TheDeputydawg24]

Hey kid, you are awesome! You know what your talking about, you get the key points out concisely, and you make great videos! I'm subscribing! Thanks for teaching me.

[EGOSUMFILMS]

this kid makes better videos than most adults on the tube...

[digger9million]

informative video, thanks man.

[dml129]

This kid is awesome

[nubreed13]

i would avoid welding the edges as it can take the temper out of the anvil unless you had it heat treated afterwards.  i have heard many horror stories about people ruining their anvil doing that

[pockEclipse]

i see someone else asked about knife making - i was wondering same thing - what weight anvil would be best for the job?

[Lakesideforge]

@pockEclipse Well I would use about 75- 125 lb for knife making. Though The bigger the easier it is to move metal.

[beng19951]

fag

[spurrit]

Pritchel hole, not prittel. A Pritchel is a tool we use when we make the nail holes in a horseshoe.

[pockEclipse]

@spurrit probably a contraction of the word that developed in the region over time due to a certain pronunciation. words have a tendancy to degrade into shorter versions of themselves with use, for the sake of expediancy.

[EtownMurderJunkie]

thought all peter wrights were steel?!

[Lakesideforge]

@EtownMurderJunkie they have a steel top plate welded to wrought iron body.

[4micaman]

You've given me hope that my late step-fathers old Anvil may still be usable. Last time I was at the farm I noticed the face had some indentions in it.

[shawtyshawts]

Thanks for the information, I'll be sure to keep those things in mind!

[shawtyshawts]

Great video, very informative. I was wondering what weight anvil would be best for knife making, I was thinking somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 pounds?

[TheLongerIRun]

A very informative video, its great to see someone young with a passion for smithing :) keep it up!

[Conan568]

Great tutorial Steve, but I would have to disagree with you about ebay.

I got my mint 200 lb. Brook anvil there, as well as a post drill, 3 Wilton bullet vises, about 20 tongs, a bunch of great hammers, my hardy cutter and some other hardy tools as well.

I pretty much retooled my shop on ebay, lol.

[alwaysmrknifeguy]

@Conan568 yea but buying on ebay is kinda a crap shoot you can get really good deals and good items there but i kno from experience u can get screwed over even if the seller doesnt mean to due to their inexperince they can give false information

[Conan568]

@alwaysmrknifeguy

I got lucky several times on ebay, and as you say buyer beware..

Merry Xmas Steve.

[FRUNTCASTER]

Steve, the round hole on an anvil is called a "pritchel", not "prittle". ;)

[harryfaber]

@FRUNTCASTER I think that all around the world, there are different names for all sorts of things, I was always taught that what you call the horn is the beak, but the smith I knew always said 'bick'. No doubt that was what his granddad called it!

[FRUNTCASTER]

@harryfaber - - - Too true Harry. The comment was indeed not a slight against the youngster. . . I think it's great that he's smithing instead of rotting his brain in front of a video game!

[greatwf]

good job!

[rlewis1946]

Very informative! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills. That's a great looking "reclaimed" anvil you have. I've looked around for a good used anvil, as new anvils of any quality are really expense and your video is very helpful. In the meantime, I'll keep learning from you!

Best wishes and keep these video coming, please..

Roy Lewis Atlanta, Georgia, USA

[Lakesideforge]

@rlewis1946 If you can try to be at the madison confrence it costs $60 to get in but if you can make it it is totaly worth it.

[TechnicusJoe]

Good video, only I feel sorry for the anvil, because now it's been welded, you changed the structure of the face plate and lowering it's hardness, sadly. there is sadly no way to prevent this though.

[Lakesideforge]

@TechnicusJoe On sir we didn't. I re-hardened it after I was done. I did it with an oxy acetlyene torch.

[TechnicusJoe]

@Lakesideforge so you re-heated the the face of the anvil to a red and then cooled it?

[Lakesideforge]

@TechnicusJoe yes.



[TechnicusJoe]

@Lakesideforge The entire anvil and cooled it...........?

[Lakesideforge]

@TechnicusJoe No just the face because a steel plate was welded on to make the anvil the bottom is wrought iron.

[TechnicusJoe]

@Lakesideforge but otherwise the anvil will suck the heat out of the face place, and how did you cool it?

[ArtistBlade1972]

It's called a pritchel hole. Also, the area you are calling the step is called the table. The step is the transition from the face to the table....