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.
Up here in North Maine, every one of the anvils I've seen had a large number of divits in the sides. An old timer explained that those were made by setting the pick in a peavey, or cantdog
Actually, many of the little divots are from testing a freshly hardened and tempered punch, as trying the same on the face of the anvil is a Biblical Deadly Sin. The one in the right foreground is quite a bit older than the one on the left, as evidenced by the shape of the feet. All of these are London Pattern anvils, years ago, when I was still smithing, mine was a South German Pattern. Best days of my life.
A blacksmith store!
ReplyDeleteI wonder what he collects...
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZBiN21RTfQ
DeleteUp here in North Maine, every one of the anvils I've seen had a large number of divits in the sides.
ReplyDeleteAn old timer explained that those were made by setting the pick in a peavey, or cantdog
Actually, many of the little divots are from testing a freshly hardened and tempered punch, as trying the same on the face of the anvil is a Biblical Deadly Sin. The one in the right foreground is quite a bit older than the one on the left, as evidenced by the shape of the feet. All of these are London Pattern anvils, years ago, when I was still smithing, mine was a South German Pattern.
DeleteBest days of my life.
The actual value of all of those anvils would drop your jaw.
ReplyDeleteThat is true. A rusty, dirty old one in a barn is worth a good chunk o' change.
DeleteNo joke. Depending on the manufacturer, those little ones are worth over a grand, each!
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ReplyDeleteGreat comment, ron.
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You beat me to it. I was thinking Wile E. Coyote's basement.
DeleteTurn an average 18 year old GI loose in that place, come back at the end of the day, and 2/3 of them would somehow be broken.
ReplyDeleteTurn your anvils into rifles. You'll need them for the war the demonrats are trying to start.
ReplyDeletePloughshares into swords is the expression, I believe.
DeleteI was told by a guy $100 per pound for value.
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