Now are you the only one who acknowledges that being stared at while working is distracting, even intimidating (when you realize your helpers may become your competitors), especially at the very beginning, when they're definitely strangers and to be considered initially as a safety risk, their inexperience also a possible risk to the tools, when they're not just constantly assessed for safety glasses and earplugs, but progress on their assignments, then an honest and respectful attitude towards the tools and other workers to maintain productivity, now, after all those conditions, add that the audience isn't even shop help but a neighbor and you have a piece of red-hot steel in your hand and a hammer as that neighbor is slowing your production rate and literally wasting fuel and money, at THAT point you better love your neighbor as yourself.
There's a certain joy I get from watching your videos. You have that voice that I find so easy to learn from, and the way you talk and explain stuff just makes it so much better. Your videos are so wholesome. Keep up the awesome content!
How have I missed this? I'm binge watching these videos tonight. I'm lucky enough to have a forge and anvil, but have not really used it as much as I've wanted. I'm not much on Patreon donations, but that's where I'm headed right now. Brilliant!
I just watched this video through my lunch break. Yes. I sat through an anvil class, by choice, through my lunch break. What an amazing teacher delivering an amazing class. This was awesome. Thank you.
Enjoy that he explained the parts and surfaces plus holes on most anvils, then showed rare tools and their use, love to see more applications of hardies and hot punching!!
Last August I traded a Romanian pump action AK-47 for a 190 pound Hay Budden anvil. I'm not a blacksmith but I've always wanted a large old anvil. I've got to clean up the rust off the fact but otherwise, its in very good condition, and it looks just like the anvil in the video. Now I need to make a base for it. I have no idea what I'll use it for but I like it better than the gun I used in trade.
Just starting blacksmithing, found a Hay-Budden anvil about 40 miles away. I bought it, it is 127 lb. Just received “Anvils In America”, enjoying the info on Hay-Budden. Thanks spurring my interest in this craft.
I have stared doing metalwork as a hobby and as a side hustle. I have watched your videos on anvils many times. I am continuously looking for an anvil and your videos are a wealth of knowledge. Thank you
You are an absolute inspiration Sr.I fear that the younger generations are going to lose this knowledge and its a real shame. To be so diverse with everything you know is truly amazing. To be this diverse you must truly believe that you can always learn from any experience or any person,
You remind me of my father Steve Gustafson R.I.P. who was a well knowledge and respected blacksmith in northern California and his knowledge and passion for blacksmithing. Thank you for your content it's helping motivate me to get The Smokey Forge back up and running again..
I am impressed over and over when watching your videos. I would like to visit that shop and just look around, it's a museum on what built this country. Well done, keep me coming.
"Dissipating energy", a very important aspect in anything being hammered. And, a great way to verbalize it. For instance, I love processing firewood and although I use a splitter mainly I still enjoy doing it manually. Recently I wrestled home a 32" wide stump that I found on the roadside. It was cut perfectly on both ends so it sits just right and at the right height for me. Also it is Cherry I believe so it is very hard. Anyway, to make a short story long, when I strike a log on this chopping block it splits so much easier because of the mass. So, the ratio of hammer (or axe) against the anvil or block is critical. You might say the results are "striking" ? 😉 ✌
1:57 , I just bought an anvil that looks just like this one in Dec. 2023. One gentleman I emailed has one also, he said mine was forged somewhere between the years of 1750- 1790. I haven’t scraped enough rust off the sides to find any markings, all I did was spray some WD-40 on it to help stop it from rusting more.
I have no idea why suddenly needed to know about anvils but I had to. And I'm glad that I found a grown up to provide me with the information. Thanks.👍
I also learned the skill of straightening nails. Didn't understand until I read that when ready to move on pioneers would burn their cabin, wait for it to cool and then pick the nails out of the ashes as nails were expensive. We were raised by men from the transitional generation. My dad disassembled a building on his parents farm to build a garage at our place. I still straighten nails sometimes.
1. Most of the earlier comments; I agree with ! 2. I really am not Mitsuko. She is my wife who turned me on to YT and neither of us can figure out how to get MY name on here and NOT hers without losing Google lost for her and my fear of gaining Google which always trys to take over my pc. 3. Do any of your videos provide any info on you? You seem like a very interesting person/craftsman. 4. My dad, 60 + years ago introduced me to my 1st. blacksmith. He did work on my dad's farm equipment. He was a skinny little guy who looked like the guy who always got sand kicked in his face on the beach...but boy! … could he swing a hammer!! Thank you for my walk down memory lane and a very educational and entertaining bunch of videos!!!
I was watching the video of you working on the storage shed for your son. You showed the concrete anchor you were going to use and you pointed out the end of the anchor had and "upset" on it. I knew you must have been a blacksmith right there. Great channel and videos!
I've just started blacksmithing about a year ago. I don't have an anvile yet. I have a block of steel that I use for now. I love your videos. definitely earned a subscription from me.
Essential Craftsman Just got my first anvil the other day! It's a Fisher 100lb. anvil for $325, and it's in near perfect condition. it had 3 coats of paint on it, but before that, it was actually well used by some smith somewhere. Big improvement over a 32lb. block of 1045 I had lying around. You advice has really helped me!
I have a Peter Wright Anvil that is quite rare. Its also Huge at just under 600 pounds. it measures 6.5 across the face and 41 inches long . At one time we had three of these all the same. they came the Canadian National railway to our shop in 1946. I have one left and still using it for the last 38 years. These were never out of service from the 40s until today and they are in excellent condition. Sent one out to have the face surfaced and we quickly discovered this to be a mistake. An Anvil with a slight sway is far more useful than one that is perfectly fact, so no more were sent to be done. sway was minimal so best to leave it alone. thanks great video .
My recently deceased father found a 128 lb Peter Wright for me three years ago. It came from an 89 year old blacksmith who was only then retiring! Because it was going to a blacksmith, me, Dad got it for a song and a good conversation (which provided the history of my PW). The only thing "wrong" with it was that the tip of the bick was a bit blunt. I easily fixed that. I radiused the edges to removed the minor dings and it's just fabulous. I am still looking for a big shop anvil since, after using a large 500+ lb (don't remember the maker), bigger is better.
Thank you for the history and brief on anvils in the US. You're lucky to have had a father who exposed you to the blacksmith craft. I see the skill coming back to the US. It's the most basic of industry in the world. You're filling a valuable need for the younger generation.
Man right in the feels, this year someone stole the 200kg / 440lbs anvil, my grand-grand-grandfather purchased, when he started blacksmithing around 1861 which was in the families workshop and in use for a good century. It was screwed to a one by half a meter solid piece of oak. Who the hell would do something like that? The occasion was my uncle renovating this 500 year old house and the Anvil was the Center of the Museum.
Really enjoy your channel. Reminiscent of my old shop teacher, and if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be where I am today. Your teaching is excellent, as well as your flow. Can't wait to see more.
Sir, will you please do a video on the different types of hammers and the use of each? The ones you use the most and why. Thanks and keep up the good work
I'm glad I found this. The blacksmith I studied under was a bit shorter than me. When we worked with the power hammer, everything meshed. When we were at the anvil, my blows felt awkward. I felt like I had to stoop.
Always good leson from you Thanks I check my buddie's case iron anvil and my 1" bearing went crazy...near edges rebound around 8" from 10" drop (as best as I could judge), often inwards in test the bearing from 10" drop would drop near 2" ...don't know much of the anvil history but friend proably got at barn sell auctions. Hay thanks for more info .
I'm not sure if you have a direction you're trying to take your channel but I think some videos on getting started with blacksmithing, even just as a hobby, would be amazing. You have an awesome voice for teaching and obviously a great deal of knowledge and I would personally love to.keep learning about blacksmithing or construction in general from your videos. Regardless keep up the good work. Your videos are fun to watch.
We had a huge anvil in my dad's tractor shop when I was a kid. I killed many pieces of steel back then just fascinated by the visual movement shaping of the steels.... and that was before I learned how to use the oxy/'acetylene torches!!
I was just curious if I had seen all your videos so I went back and took a look. This one was good (I'd like to see that follow up on the flat anvil used for circular saws, did you ever make one?). While this was a good video, it's really great to see how much you two have progressed in your video making skills. You've come a long way in a couple years so well done to both of you.
nice! I'd imagine you're busy, doing what and for I couldn't imagine. So I'll try to wrap this up short. Way before internet I brought my dad a few large chunks of RR track. Couple weeks later he brings over an anvil he made, and says "I made you something." His mind was in the garage his whole life. The anvil I know he cut from heart, common sense without plans or dimensions to follow. I've now spent weeks on end without leaving his garage, that has rolled over into more than 7 years of all day everyday, digging, learning about who he was. I still haven't discovered "everything" tool or project wise in there, Sometimes it takes weeks to make it to the other side of the garage and at the same time only 1 day to misplace something half way across. Two car garage with an add on total 750 sq ft, small. There's enough in there, it's where I'll be for the rest of my life. The anvil is sweet, mounted to a stump, now I know about the height, and hammer weight, thanks. Someday, somebody is going to walk into this garage, and I hope they know what they see, instead of scrapping any of it.
At my trade school we owned 3 anvils and now that what was extra is gone we have a huge guy left. I am a welder but I love and respect my fellow craftsmen and crafts women. No, Thank you for show those who have not been able to see Gods great things that he allows you and out fellow skill workers to do. I promise I will get back on Monday with a Name of the Anvil.
I just have a little 76lb SIsCo swedish cast steel anvil that I'm super proud of! One day I will have a dedicated smithy with a big 400 pounder, one day!
Hey, awesome videos. You should consider making some videos to get people like me with no experience in any of this started into whatever it is you want this channel to be about. I'll definitely be watching.
I love this channel so much! Thank you for making all of these videos! I am learning so much! Love the woodworking and woodworking tool videos. Keep up the great work!
he brings knowledge to RUclips, has a soothing voice, speaks deliberately, and he works with boy scouts... this guy is a saint
Want me to ask him if he's single for ya?
Amen!
But the way he hold that horn tho😗
Can’t tell if a saint working with young boys is supposed to be a joke, but I laughed nonetheless
You have said my exact feelings about this channel.
I'm sure I'm not the only one that would love to just spend a day in his shop watching him work on stuff and talk with him.
Now are you the only one who acknowledges that being stared at while working is distracting, even intimidating (when you realize your helpers may become your competitors), especially at the very beginning, when they're definitely strangers and to be considered initially as a safety risk, their inexperience also a possible risk to the tools, when they're not just constantly assessed for safety glasses and earplugs, but progress on their assignments, then an honest and respectful attitude towards the tools and other workers to maintain productivity, now, after all those conditions, add that the audience isn't even shop help but a neighbor and you have a piece of red-hot steel in your hand and a hammer as that neighbor is slowing your production rate and literally wasting fuel and money, at THAT point you better love your neighbor as yourself.
There's a certain joy I get from watching your videos. You have that voice that I find so easy to learn from, and the way you talk and explain stuff just makes it so much better. Your videos are so wholesome. Keep up the awesome content!
His knowledge is vast and his wisdom way beyond his years. His words are soothing as his voice !
They leave us with much to ponder.
I learned more in 7 minutes than during last 2 months on RUclips. Thank You :)
the pain i love your programs boys I am a Scots lad 74 and lost my ggrandfather's anvil ( Stolen ) one dark night
Yes correct.
I searched the whole RUclips for this topic but could not find any video as good as this. 👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
Before today, most of my knowledge of anvils came from Bugs Bunny cartoons.
Actually, the Roadrunner and Wylie Coyote should be given most of the credit.
mcbain752 Actually, the Animaniacs should get the most credit
Yeah, and the ACME Anvil Company!
Only way to learn about anvils
1 word Minecraft period
Wish all videos were this clear and efficient. Respect
My son enjoyed this informative video. We need more like this.
How have I missed this? I'm binge watching these videos tonight. I'm lucky enough to have a forge and anvil, but have not really used it as much as I've wanted. I'm not much on Patreon donations, but that's where I'm headed right now. Brilliant!
I just watched this video through my lunch break. Yes. I sat through an anvil class, by choice, through my lunch break. What an amazing teacher delivering an amazing class. This was awesome. Thank you.
Reddit sent me here. Never knew I cared about hammers and anvils until now. Here, have a subscription :)
it goes well with the primitive technology Forge lol
Me too
Enjoy that he explained the parts and surfaces plus holes on most anvils, then showed rare tools and their use, love to see more applications of hardies and hot punching!!
I am 14 and I use a railroad bracket for an anvil. It works great!
Last August I traded a Romanian pump action AK-47 for a 190 pound Hay Budden anvil. I'm not a blacksmith but I've always wanted a large old anvil. I've got to clean up the rust off the fact but otherwise, its in very good condition, and it looks just like the anvil in the video. Now I need to make a base for it. I have no idea what I'll use it for but I like it better than the gun I used in trade.
Just starting blacksmithing, found a Hay-Budden anvil about 40 miles away. I bought it, it is 127 lb. Just received “Anvils In America”, enjoying the info on Hay-Budden. Thanks spurring my interest in this craft.
I have stared doing metalwork as a hobby and as a side hustle. I have watched your videos on anvils many times. I am continuously looking for an anvil and your videos are a wealth of knowledge. Thank you
You are an absolute inspiration Sr.I fear that the younger generations are going to lose this knowledge and its a real shame. To be so diverse with everything you know is truly amazing. To be this diverse you must truly believe that you can always learn from any experience or any person,
You remind me of my father Steve Gustafson R.I.P. who was a well knowledge and respected blacksmith in northern California and his knowledge and passion for blacksmithing. Thank you for your content it's helping motivate me to get The Smokey Forge back up and running again..
The education from this man!!! AAHHHHH!!! why can't everybody be this full of knowledge?
This channel. Top 5 in youtube at this moment. Easily. Thank you.
I am impressed over and over when watching your videos. I would like to visit that shop and just look around, it's a museum on what built this country. Well done, keep me coming.
3:41 that "Thank you" warmed my heart.
"Dissipating energy", a very important aspect in anything being hammered. And, a great way to verbalize it.
For instance, I love processing firewood and although I use a splitter mainly I still enjoy doing it manually. Recently I wrestled home a 32" wide stump that I found on the roadside. It was cut perfectly on both ends so it sits just right and at the right height for me. Also it is Cherry I believe so it is very hard.
Anyway, to make a short story long, when I strike a log on this chopping block it splits so much easier because of the mass.
So, the ratio of hammer (or axe) against the anvil or block is critical.
You might say the results are "striking" ? 😉 ✌
Just found out about the channel. Never knew I liked anvils so much
1:57 , I just bought an anvil that looks just like this one in Dec. 2023. One gentleman I emailed has one also, he said mine was forged somewhere between the years of 1750- 1790. I haven’t scraped enough rust off the sides to find any markings, all I did was spray some WD-40 on it to help stop it from rusting more.
Well, I’m a Carpenter/ woodworker and now I love and want an anvil!🙌
I have no idea why suddenly needed to know about anvils but I had to. And I'm glad that I found a grown up to provide me with the information. Thanks.👍
I also learned the skill of straightening nails. Didn't understand until I read that when ready to move on pioneers would burn their cabin, wait for it to cool and then pick the nails out of the ashes as nails were expensive. We were raised by men from the transitional generation. My dad disassembled a building on his parents farm to build a garage at our place. I still straighten nails sometimes.
1. Most of the earlier comments; I agree with ! 2. I really am not Mitsuko. She is my wife who turned me on to YT and neither of us can figure out how to get MY name on here and NOT hers without losing Google lost for her and my fear of gaining Google which always trys to take over my pc. 3. Do any of your videos provide any info on you? You seem like a very interesting person/craftsman. 4. My dad, 60 + years ago introduced me to my 1st. blacksmith. He did work on my dad's farm equipment. He was a skinny little guy who looked like the guy who always got sand kicked in his face on the beach...but boy! … could he swing a hammer!!
Thank you for my walk down memory lane and a very educational and entertaining bunch of videos!!!
Great narration and history.. BTW, you should have your own PBS show.
I was watching the video of you working on the storage shed for your son. You showed the concrete anchor you were going to use and you pointed out the end of the anchor had and "upset" on it. I knew you must have been a blacksmith right there. Great channel and videos!
I've just started blacksmithing about a year ago. I don't have an anvile yet. I have a block of steel that I use for now. I love your videos. definitely earned a subscription from me.
I never knew all this about an anvil. Very informative
Essential Craftsman Just got my first anvil the other day! It's a Fisher 100lb. anvil for $325, and it's in near perfect condition. it had 3 coats of paint on it, but before that, it was actually well used by some smith somewhere. Big improvement over a 32lb. block of 1045 I had lying around. You advice has really helped me!
Glad to see that I'm not the only one that uses old filing cabinets for storage......Nice shop!!
I have a Peter Wright Anvil that is quite rare. Its also Huge at just under 600 pounds. it measures 6.5 across the face and 41 inches long . At one time we had three of these all the same. they came the Canadian National railway to our shop in 1946. I have one left and still using it for the last 38 years. These were never out of service from the 40s until today and they are in excellent condition. Sent one out to have the face surfaced and we quickly discovered this to be a mistake. An Anvil with a slight sway is far more useful than one that is perfectly fact, so no more were sent to be done. sway was minimal so best to leave it alone. thanks great video .
My recently deceased father found a 128 lb Peter Wright for me three years ago. It came from an 89 year old blacksmith who was only then retiring! Because it was going to a blacksmith, me, Dad got it for a song and a good conversation (which provided the history of my PW). The only thing "wrong" with it was that the tip of the bick was a bit blunt. I easily fixed that. I radiused the edges to removed the minor dings and it's just fabulous. I am still looking for a big shop anvil since, after using a large 500+ lb (don't remember the maker), bigger is better.
Fantastic explanation. I learned a lot. Thank you sir!
Great demonstration, history, and content!
Thank you for the history and brief on anvils in the US. You're lucky to have had a father who exposed you to the blacksmith craft. I see the skill coming back to the US. It's the most basic of industry in the world. You're filling a valuable need for the younger generation.
This is why I love RUclips.
Great video.
Thank you for upload, cheers from Poland 🇵🇱 🍻
This was really interesting. You are really interesting. Please continue to make more videos- it was a pleasure to watch:)
Man right in the feels, this year someone stole the 200kg / 440lbs anvil, my grand-grand-grandfather purchased, when he started blacksmithing around 1861 which was in the families workshop and in use for a good century. It was screwed to a one by half a meter solid piece of oak. Who the hell would do something like that? The occasion was my uncle renovating this 500 year old house and the Anvil was the Center of the Museum.
I love the dedication to your craft that you show in your love and knowledge of your tools.
BEST anvil video that I have ever seen on RUclips! Thanks so much!
Really enjoy your channel. Reminiscent of my old shop teacher, and if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be where I am today. Your teaching is excellent, as well as your flow. Can't wait to see more.
"I'd hate to give this up" I felt that. My little 66 pounder is a prized possession of mine. It ain't much but its a start.
Sir, will you please do a video on the different types of hammers and the use of each? The ones you use the most and why. Thanks and keep up the good work
I'm glad I found this. The blacksmith I studied under was a bit shorter than me. When we worked with the power hammer, everything meshed. When we were at the anvil, my blows felt awkward. I felt like I had to stoop.
This is amazing! Please make more, blacksmithing is so cool to watch.
Informative, articulate, learned, and a pleasure to listen to.
Always good leson from you
Thanks
I check my buddie's case iron anvil and my 1" bearing went crazy...near edges rebound around 8" from 10" drop (as best as I could judge), often inwards in test the bearing from 10" drop would drop near 2" ...don't know much of the anvil history but friend proably got at barn sell auctions.
Hay thanks for more info .
Interesting and entertaining. Great video.
your a brilliant man ,nothing but knowledge and a hard worker.
Keep the videos coming! Your shop is awe inspiring.
Thanks. Now I can show this to my wife to explain to her why I need a bigger anvil.
Your 448 pound anvil is awesome. That is just about as cool as it gets. I recently bought a 150ish pound anvil for $40. I love it.
I am grateful. Grateful I will continue to be.
very nice anvils and I appreciate the info you are sharing !
Honestly the best channel on RUclips
Just today i bought a perun 220 lb anvil for a pretty reasonable price. Its cast steel and made in Poland. i can't wait to use it.
Did not know there was that much to anvils. Thank you sir for the information.
I have my great grandfathers hay budden 129. He was a blacksmith, immigrated from norway. He shoed race horses in Florida & NY.
your program on Anvil' s is a fantastic program grate to see them make tongs and axe ' s
Thanks for the information about the big pair of shears, I did not know about putting them in the hardy hole, great video Thank You
Well it's good to know how badly I need a bigger anvil. Thanks for the music too
High beam headlights looking for an anvil now!! Thanks Scott!
I'm not sure if you have a direction you're trying to take your channel but I think some videos on getting started with blacksmithing, even just as a hobby, would be amazing. You have an awesome voice for teaching and obviously a great deal of knowledge and I would personally love to.keep learning about blacksmithing or construction in general from your videos. Regardless keep up the good work. Your videos are fun to watch.
I scrounged a little Stanley combination anvil/vise from a building cleanout. By your formula a six ounce hammer is called for!
So an expert in carpentry and blacksmithing!
Love the knowledge. Some Brooklyn NY history.
Thank You for the recommendation on the book Anvils in America. Many a wiser man that I said learn your subject before you buy!
We had a huge anvil in my dad's tractor shop when I was a kid. I killed many pieces of steel back then just fascinated by the visual movement shaping of the steels.... and that was before I learned how to use the oxy/'acetylene torches!!
I was just curious if I had seen all your videos so I went back and took a look. This one was good (I'd like to see that follow up on the flat anvil used for circular saws, did you ever make one?). While this was a good video, it's really great to see how much you two have progressed in your video making skills. You've come a long way in a couple years so well done to both of you.
I know so much more about Anvils now
nice! I'd imagine you're busy, doing what and for I couldn't imagine. So I'll try to wrap this up short. Way before internet I brought my dad a few large chunks of RR track. Couple weeks later he brings over an anvil he made, and says "I made you something." His mind was in the garage his whole life. The anvil I know he cut from heart, common sense without plans or dimensions to follow. I've now spent weeks on end without leaving his garage, that has rolled over into more than 7 years of all day everyday, digging, learning about who he was. I still haven't discovered "everything" tool or project wise in there, Sometimes it takes weeks to make it to the other side of the garage and at the same time only 1 day to misplace something half way across. Two car garage with an add on total 750 sq ft, small. There's enough in there, it's where I'll be for the rest of my life. The anvil is sweet, mounted to a stump, now I know about the height, and hammer weight, thanks. Someday, somebody is going to walk into this garage, and I hope they know what they see, instead of scrapping any of it.
I would be very interested in a series of videos on the saw hammering anvil and the process of saw hammering.
Learned something new today - quite a few things actually, as the only thing I knew previously, was what an anvil is...lol Thank you!
Always enjoy your videos.
Very informative, thanks. You also look like Bob Gunton.
At my trade school we owned 3 anvils and now that what was extra is gone we have a huge guy left. I am a welder but I love and respect my fellow craftsmen and crafts women. No, Thank you for show those who have not been able to see Gods great things that he allows you and out fellow skill workers to do. I promise I will get back on Monday with a Name of the Anvil.
Thanks for posting this video
Another interesting video. I don't know anything about this stuff, but I do have to say this kind of old-school blacksmithing is intriguing.
It's great to watch good craftsmanship and expertise, thank you for sharing your knowledge
Wonderful, yet again. Thanks for sharing
finna go give my anvil some love.
Stuff I never wanted to know. Thank you...
That 440# is gorgeous also that's a fine power hammer you've got there also.
Wow! Lots of great info. Thanks.
Thank you
Really enjoyed this video :) What a fantastic shop! Please keep making videos!
Thank you!
Great video, awesome explanation on anvil types. More please!
I’m suffering from anvil envy! 😍
It’s funny he mentioned railroad iron. I happen to have a chunk of that in my garage that I’ve used as an anvil once or twice.
I just have a little 76lb SIsCo swedish cast steel anvil that I'm super proud of! One day I will have a dedicated smithy with a big 400 pounder, one day!
great info! thanks!
got my vote , subbed , this guy's voice though, keep it up man!
Hey, awesome videos. You should consider making some videos to get people like me with no experience in any of this started into whatever it is you want this channel to be about. I'll definitely be watching.
I love this channel so much! Thank you for making all of these videos! I am learning so much! Love the woodworking and woodworking tool videos. Keep up the great work!