My NEW anvil!

NickWheeler

NickWheeler

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I went up today and got a brand-new Nimba Gladiator anvil. This herculean monster is 450 lb.!!!

Why would you care???

Because there are several collectors from this very forum that have knives on order that will be forged on this beautiful new tool of mine.

I feel like a little kid at Christmas! (except I had to pay for it) ;)

Russell and Willene Jaqua are the owners of Nimba Forge and Nimba Anvils. They were the most fantastic people. I very much enjoyed their company, and would urge anyone to see them about both an anvil or architectual iron work.

Anyway... just wanted to share my new toy. This is on the same plane as you guys coming home with your new, dream bowie or folder! :D

-Nick-

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WHOA! 450 lbs? So who carried it into your shop? ;)

Congratulations on a truly impressive piece of iron!

Will
 
That's a biggun! Moving that thing around must be like raising the Bismark! Happy for you, bud. Now get yourself hammerin'!

BTW, ain't got my dream bowie yet! ;)
 
Yyyyup...
It's called an ANVIL GRIN.
It usually takes a while to wear off..

Enjoy !
 
HeeHee, I can move the 260 by myself just fine... I won't even try to pick this one up. My best dead-lift to date was 585, and that had handles!!! ;)

Only about 100 lb. less and no handles = Nick killing himself :eek: :D

There will be some new threads soon about those blades being forged on this monster :)

Thanks Fellas! :)
-Nick-
 
WILL YORK said:
WHOA! 450 lbs? So who carried it into your shop? ;)

Congratulations on a truly impressive piece of iron!

Will
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You kiddin' me? Nick probably just stuck it in his hip pocket to free up those biceps for something really heavy. :p :D

Congrats Nick - looking forward to some of those up-coming knives (being one of those lucky aforementioned collectors). ;)

Roger
 
Yay! - that looks mighty impressive, I look forward to seeing the outcome from its use ;)

Stephen
 
RogerP said:
You kiddin' me? Nick probably just stuck it in his hip pocket to free up those biceps for something really heavy. :p :D
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Yep--kinda what I was thinking. Any anvil too big for Nick to lift = one monster chunk of iron. :D
 
Nick, that is one HELL of an anvil. I completely understand why you've got such a big smile on your face. I'm jealous :).

Matt
 
Hey, that looks just like the anvil that keeps falling on the coyote's head in the Roadrunner cartoons. :D
 
Nick- congrats. Do you find that a much bigger anvil is that much more useful? In what way?

Also, how did you build your stand?

JD
 
Thanks :)

A bigger anvil makes every hammer blow more efficient... meaning more of each blow is maximized from so much more mass hitting back.

The stand was made for my Centurion, but I just took a level off the top since the Centurion was 9" tall and this one is 13" tall.

I took a bunch of 4X4's from some giant 22' pallets, cut them and plained them down to nice even blocks, then pre-drilled, glued, stacked, and screwed them all together (3" deck screws with 1-1/2" in each board).

My shop looks like a big fat mess in the back-ground, and it's actually NOT :)

-Nick-
 
Ive got the NIMBA 260 lb. and its the best anvil ive worked on (almost bought the big one, but too hard to move alone etc.). I can tell you this, the NIMBA's rebound like no other ive used, the hammer really comes back at ya! Matter of fact, when i first started using it i almost lost a few teeth from the hammer rebounding and my bad habits :D

I bet that 450 rebounds like a rocket, makes for fast work.
 
Nick, you better be careful where you walk around that thing. Those points look like they could have someone singing suprano.
 
Matt-

I had the 260 for about a month and decided to bite the bullet and get this one. The Centurion is more than any knifemaker would ever need and I LOVE it.... but I just always wanted a mammoth anvil.

It puts a 1" ball bearing almost back in my hand when dropped from 24" If I add just a touch of spin to the ball, it bounces right back past my hand. I'm glad you mentioned that, because I could easily see a 4lb. hammer rebounding right back into my teeth if not careful. :eek:

Keith-

The 260 #'er had a really sharp point and I walked past it and caught my pants.

I was pissed because I wripped about a 4" hole in them, and I liked those pants!

I realized a couple minutes later that my leg had a bit of a stinging feeling. I dropped my drawers, and there's a 3" long gash about 1/4" deep in my right quadricep.

I probably should have gotten it stitched up, but it was nothing some super-glue and neo-sporin couldn't handle.

With that in mind, I dulled the horn, and shortly after I brought the new one home I cut about 1/2" off each point. I could get bruised by them now, but not gored. :)

-Nick-
 
I like the "flat" area on the end of the tail (opposite the horn). It comes in very handy for choil work.

Forgot to add, Russell does amazing work, anyone considering any Ironwork in there home should definitely give him consideration.
www.nimbaforge.com
 
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