Where Was The RR Anvil When Needed??

DanF

DanF

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Couldn't find any years ago when I was looking for it, but eventually found a 12" piece for around $40. Back then, I was ecstatic.
Today I found a guy selling 40" long sections for $25, Hate to pay shipping on THAT!
 
R.C.Reichert said:
Not railroad track, but I did see some 110lb cast steel anvils in Princess Auto today.

https://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/110-lb-steel-anvil/A-p8688442e
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Wow. Even its pricetag as Kanukistani Kopeks, Dammed expensive considering its dubious source & what it is.
On the other hand, it is classic Italian style & if legitimately cast steel, still a bit steep. But should not be too bad.
Probably then on par with the Famous Harbor Freight Russian anvils of 15 years ago. Those were around 75$ freedombux.
It would be interesting to see a compentent review of them.
 
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The ones I've seen looked pretty crusty. Half tempted to try rebound testing one at the store
 
The best thing to use rail road track for is to forge it into knives on a real anvil. It's actually rather nice high carbon steel.
 
JTknives said:
The best thing to use rail road track for is to forge it into knives on a real anvil. It's actually rather nice high carbon steel.
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A few weeks ago I read a thread from a few years ago that you participated in JT mentioning that. So, I bought 7+ feet of track for that purpose (wonder how many knives are in there?). I hope my HF bandsaw is ready for a workout.
I was also wondering if it would be suitable standing on end (several pieces welded together) for a small power hammer anvil? At around 1080- ish carbon content, would it be too hard for that purpose?
 
Standing multiple rails on end would be Ok,
and no, rail wont be ”too hard”.
But going to effort & expense of building a powerhammer, might as well use something with better mass to length ratio.
Otherwise, Its great steel. Use rail to make the hammer dies & other forging tools.
 
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