Suitable anvil?

Bobbyz24 · Nov 23, 2013

Friend of mine found this for me. If I ground it flat would it play the part?

the picture is dark. It's a piece of rairoad track.

A.McPherson · Nov 23, 2013

Probably, how big is it? Mount it to something really heavy and you'll probably be good. That being said, I am a complete amateur, and I really am just parroting what I have heard/read on this forum and others...

Jason Fry · Nov 23, 2013

Better than nothing, but not by much.

Bobbyz24 · Nov 23, 2013

Seeing as how I'm not even an amatuer yet, it should play the part, right Jason? I'm still in the design process of my forge. Been working 70 hours a week so haven't had much time to put my thoughts to practice yet. Definitely something I want to do thoigh

Jason Fry · Nov 23, 2013

Yes, it will play the part. If it's cheap to free, go for it.

Bobbyz24 · Nov 23, 2013

Thanks Jason. Your knives are beautiful by the way.

Bobbyz24 · Nov 23, 2013

They bear a strong resemblance to my role models, skip miller

quint · Nov 23, 2013

If you are just using it for knives you may think about standing it on end. Cut away a small portion of the foot so that you have the top rail portion sticking up. This doesnt give you much striking surface but it puts all the main metal right under the face. Kind of like in india and other places where they use a sledge hammer head but taller with more mass.

12345678910 · Nov 24, 2013

Quint is onto what I was going to suggest

Look at these, especially the poost shaped anvils

mass, especially under the spot the hammer hits is what you need.

http://www.bladesmithsforum.com/index.php?showtopic=12497&page=2

Bobbyz24 · Nov 24, 2013

Hey mr. Fry, if you're still haunting this thread could you on me? I have a question about buying a knife!