Tapered heels are very handy. I have a Scott with a tapered heel in my shoeing rig and I find it very useful. Somedays I miss it when I'm working in the shop. Thanks for the video!

😮 You did some pretty great work here on this anvil.

Been using the 66lb version of that anvil for about 3 years now, it's been a great piece of kit as I've been learning blacksmithing and bladesmithing

A hardy with a nice lock pin or lock bolt would be awesome.! Sometimes you want to set that portable anvil on its side in the sand. And use a long handle hammer. Locking the hardy in would be just grand.

That's the main reason I got interested in blacksmithing, i got tired of not having tools, so, im learning to make my own 👍❤️

I've just aquired an anvil with a long tapered heel ...its a double horn but also has great hardy and pritchel placement for me. I think its an old Trenton but I could be wrong I like that you have managed to create something so useable for you, not many people manage to have an anvil or ASO that fits lots of what they want to do with it... thanks for sharing

Absolutely amazing job. Hopefully you get great use out of it for many years to come my friend. Can't wait to see more videos soon my friend. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Keep Forge lit. Keep Making. God bless.

@EthanHarty

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God Bless you too. Thank you for your comments on all my videos.

@SchysCraftCo.

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Thanks so much. Your very welcome my friend. Any time.

Nice Tutorial 👍Going to look out for an anvil like that. How high should the Anvil face be from the floor? Can you do an Anvil stand build video? Thanks

I just want to make a point about the shape of the horn (normally i refer to it as the bick) that the flatter/broader shape can be more useful for forming than you realise. A conical ice cream cone is harder to take out tight spots in a ring, as an example.

@EthanHarty

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Good point and I agree. I did leave this one slightly more flat towards the top but the way that it was it was just too extreme for the other things I wanted to do with it.

Nice job on shaping that horn.

@EthanHarty

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Thank you.

Very nice. I'm suffering from a not-90-degree-angled anvil body too, but mine has some sentimental value to me. Anyways great video.

I absolutely love my Nimba Titan anvil. I have had it for a couple years now. I highly recommend them if you can swing the price.

Great video! I’ve said this 100 times,,,I wish Texas would get Princess Auto here. I really don’t like Harbor Freight. Have a good one brother.

Very nicely done! What did you use for the welding repairs on the face?

@EthanHarty

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Just plain old 7018

@avmech2126

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@@EthanHartythank you!

How did you stamp the side? It is super cool looking and looks like it was there from the start! Did you do it cold?

@EthanHarty

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Just with your average letter stamp kit.

@williambrouwers5664

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Huh! It definitely must be soft! Did you just do it at the anvil, or did you use a fly press or treadle hammer?

@EthanHarty

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Just sat it on a stool and did it with a hammer, like a hillbilly would;)

Hey Ethan, I’m just starting out in the blacksmithing process. Any beginner tips and or advice on tools?

@EthanHarty

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I would take one of Alec Steele‘s online classes and beginblacksmithing.com, it walks you through everything if you’re a raw beginner.

@johnathang8568

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@@EthanHarty wow thank you for replying! I shall look into this immediately

Melt it down & re-cast it into a more useful Euro-style anvil.

LOL, you've been talking to John Perilloux haven't you!? :)

@EthanHarty

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Actually I haven’t! Does he have similar ideas?

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