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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: spraypilot on October 05, 2010, 10:15:00 AM

Title: Anvil Question?
Post by: spraypilot on October 05, 2010, 10:15:00 AM

I am in the market for an anvil to use in the blade forgeing process. How do the cast iron anvils work compared to a steel anvil? I was looking at the 100 pound grizzly cast iron anvil. Is this a good choice for blade building?

Title: Re: Anvil Question?
Post by: Jeremy on October 05, 2010, 12:12:00 PM

The cast iron anvils are generally known as "anvil-shaped-objects" for a reason!  If they are all you can get, then go for it, but there are alternative anvil options that are far better.

Check out the series of anvil articles on anvilfire.com
  Anvils (http://www.anvilfire.com/21centbs/anvils/selecting.htm)  
also Anvil making (http://www.anvilfire.com/21centbs/anvils/making/index.php)  

  http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=110;t=000193

Title: Re: Anvil Question?
Post by: SCRAP on October 05, 2010, 12:28:00 PM

A good thick piece of forklift fork works pretty good , I would steer clear of cast china made stuff , I see some from time to time on craiglist , they have one now in Louisville it looks pretty rough on one side but i cant really tell about the face , you might want to check it out .

 http://northmiss.craigslist.org/atq/1977770541.html