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Thanks, they're fun to make.

My pleasure!

There is another video where I make one, "Blacksmith, making a Brazeal style hot cut hardie" It's an old video, I need to start doing new ones. What is something you would like to see a video on?

Thanks!

Check just above this video on my page and I made one years ago on a power hammer. Hope you enjoy.

There is another video where I make one, "Blacksmith, making a Brazeal style hot cut hardie" It's an old video, I need to start doing new ones. What is something you would like to see a video on?

Me too!

This one is a 110 year old Trenton, my first real anvil, it’s a good tough one. About 175lbs plus base.

@@johnmcgee2693 Very nice! It sounds great when you hit it. Good ring, seems to have great rebound and the edges are awesome for a 110 year old anvil. Hope it is with you for many more years

3/8 plate pedestal with 3/8 bottom and 3/4 top, and full of sand. The base is aroun 250 lbs and the anvil is 300 so it’s a nice solid package. I think there are some good pics way back in my Instagram , monkeywrenchforge , so you can see it better. If you have any other questions ask away.

Volume of cylindrical materials vs the same size in square or use . 79 so 1 inch square material 1 inch long could be forged round/cylindrical and your length would be close to 1.21 inches. Likewise if you take 1 inch of 1 inch diameter cylindrical material and upset forged it into 1 inch square, your new length would be close to .79 inch long. Hope this helps, John

Been thinking about dooing some new videos, what do you need to learn? Punches ,chisels, hardening, tempering and stuff like that?

Great anvils, i think nimba has less rebound but i dont find rebound that important. Hot metal doesn’t bounce, so i look for toughness which the nimba has alot of. Plus, it comes with very crisp edges so you can dress the edges to your style and taste, most old anvils seem to have a worn or heavy rounded edge but maybe not where tou would want it. If mine got atolen i would call Jim Garrett and get another Nimba. Let me know if you have any other questions, John

Not sure, just a so g RUclips had on the video editor that i was enjoying listening to so i used it. I’ll try to find out

John McGee it sounds like it might be susan boyd's "gee baby aint I good to you".

It is a forge I built. The fire pot is cast by friends of Lyle Wynn in Mississippi, and i built the rest. The blower is a blower form blacksmith depot i believe, made in Korea, very tough lots of air, and i always run L Brand coke. Feel free to contact with any other questions.

I have no complaints, it has good edges nice rebound, but there are harder anvils out there. I wouldn't give this to a student prone to miss the work piece because they are very expensive, I would give them my Trenton, a harder anvil that isn't perfect. But the over all design is great and it has held up very nice over the last three years, if it got stolen, I would buy another.

John McGee what would you suggest for a beginner anvil that is currently being produced?

John McGee because I have an extremely hard time finding any anvil in my area. That's why I'm thinking about buying a new one

there are a couple of companies that make good anvils, ill get a few names together. also Andrew @blacksmithtools on instagram has a ton of stuff down here in Texas. What area are you in?

John McGee I live in Olympia washington, about an hour south (driving time) of Seattle. Thank you

I do, feel free to email me at johnjmcgee@yahoo.com and we can discuss how to buy. Thanks , John

I live In Bryan,Tx but I know a bunch of the guys down there so I drive over. Last year I didn't make it though, I was building a big sculpture and was getting close to the deadline. I should be there this year.

very true, my tools often get used in classes and demos by first timers so I just prefer to have most of them in a soft state in the case of a miss and a hammer hitting the bladed tool. Now several I use around the shop by only myself are definitely hardened and heat treated. Hope you like my vids, I'm going to start some others after the first of the year. Im a welding teacher at a college and this semester has been too busy to film video.

Brandon Edwards It's a Nimba brand, the size is a Centurion. Super nice anvils built in Washington state.

John McGee Thank you my friend, really unique look about them and thank you for the video!

Has it been a tough anvil so far is the face and corners holding up well. Trying to decide between that exact one or a 250 pound Fontanini

Nimba brand, Centurion size the anvil is made in Washington state, very nice piece of equipment I bought mine brand-new two or three years ago, no regrets.

from Washington state, great anvil!

It's basically a side set, flat on one side and quarter round on the other. I will try to get a photo soon and post on Instagram, maybe that will help you out.

+TheEvilways101 not the safest but the quickest.

your good dude! I'm gonna have to revisit this video when i get some metal stock in my suppy shed and try to make a owl opener like this one.. very good video dude! check out me and my buddies channel on here its really new called Workshop Of Death "forging a pineapple twist.."

3/4 x 1/4 stock . it does take a hand full of punches but in my other video i explain the punches a little more.

+Matt Behnke Daniel Lea has a video on his channel for the nose punch for this exact project. I haven't watched it but Daniel is normally thorough in his explanations.

Thanks. Actually, I saw he made an eye punch on his channel, so I asked how he would also make a nose punch. It turns out he made a video too! Thank you so much for the help

Thanks, I'm glad you like the video.

Its in Picayune Mississippi. Very near the gulf coast

+Derrick Welton thanks, I've been through there a few times.

Go for it, it's a fun little feature that will cause people to scratch their heads.

Alright cool. I will definitely buy one but it might take me a couple of weeks to get the money so I will work with my dad. I will let you know. Thanks

Alright so my plan is to try once more and if it doesn't work out I will buy from you. Thanks for all the help

+Matt Behnke sounds good, keep trying, when you finally get what you want using the tool seems that much more fun.

+Matt Behnke I'm glad the video helped, look for a video for the cutoff in the next couple of weeks.

+John McGee Cool thanks. I looked into taking a class with Lyle Wynn a while ago when I asked Brazeal if he does classes and he recomended me to Lyle. Only problem is that I don't got the cash and that I am too far away in NJ. I am sure it will be worth it though once I save the cash!

+Matt Behnke well, maybe ill just start a series of videos covering some of those lessons. I can also include in there Lyle and I building things, I'm in Texas and Lyle is in Mississippi but every year we meet at a conference in February and work together a few days in Texas and then I go to Mississippi in April. So, I should be able to make some neat vids. Then when you can get the funds together to travel you will already know the material you will just have to build it.

That would be so great! I want to learn how to Make Brazeal style tools so much but can't find any good videos and don't have the cash at the moment to take a lesson. Thanks so much!

+Johan Holmberg i glad you like the video, the anvil is a Nimba weighing right at 300 pounds.

+Johan Holmberg I meant to say earlier, I'm glad everyone seems to appreciate the unedited nature of my video, I don't want anyone tho think there is some kind of trick i'm not showing, and I want you to see a realistic timeline for the project. My future videos will follow this format as much as possible.

Go for it, if you have any questions just let me know and I'll try to give you pointers, or watch the first video too it has different angles

+John McGee awesome video and channel you got yourself a subscriber

Appreciate it, next month I'm going to start posting more instructional vids. So hopefully you'll like them too.

ok sounds great