And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I used to work in a forge shop for 18 years,that "mini " anvil is cooling down from the ~2000 F temperature used to forge it . And yes it's a tiny thing...note that it is sitting on a real anvil. ( A hardy hole just to the right in the picture.
That would be an interesting forge project! Forged anvils are far superior to cast ones.
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wonder how many BTUs that took to get it red hot.
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ReplyDeleteWhat do Blacksmiths call those chinese anvils again, the cast ones? ASO's - Anvil-Shaped Objects
ReplyDeleteI used to work in a forge shop for 18 years,that "mini " anvil is cooling down from the ~2000 F temperature used to forge it
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And yes it's a tiny thing...note that it is sitting on a real anvil. ( A hardy hole just to the right in the picture.
Lovely work , I'd love to have one like it.