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drews55
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15h ago
A guy at the Midwest forge meet in Ohio watched me quench a 1084 blade in warm oil and said 5 words that changed my whole heat treat
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the_laura
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1d ago
Chose a coal forge over propane for my first setup and I'm still not sure I made the right call
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blake_owens
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4d ago
Why does nobody talk about how much easier it is to buy tongs than make them
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averyc94
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6d ago
Unpopular opinion: stop telling new smiths to start with mild steel, my grandpa's old anvil story proves it
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margaretc42
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6d ago
Sold my old coal forge for a propane one and now I miss the coal
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the_faith
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6d ago
Hit 1,000 hand forged bottle openers last Tuesday and realized what actually mattered wasn't the number
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rowanr88
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8d ago
I finally figured out why my forge welds kept failing and it was the anvil not the fire
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noahwood
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9d ago
Why does nobody talk about reading the coal fire instead of the steel color
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cora_west5
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9d ago
Just realized the anvil in that old barn in Hermann, Missouri was a Peter Wright
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averyc94
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10d ago
Why does nobody tell you that a $40 chunk of railroad rail beats a $600 anvil for learning to move metal
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wesleyshah
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12d ago
Why does nobody talk about how cheap mild steel really is compared to buying new bar stock
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sullivan.quinn
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13d ago
Shoutout to the old guy at the Rockford farm auction who sold me a 150 lb Fisher anvil for $80
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lucashenderson
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14d ago
My great uncle's 80 year old anvil has a crack near the horn, worth fixing or should I just leave it?
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logan271
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15d ago
My old mentor told me to stop quenching 5160 in warm oil unless I want cracked blades, and now I'm second guessing 3 years of work
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adam414
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20d ago
My forge blower died mid-leaf and a guy named Skeeter saved my whole Saturday with a hair dryer
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