Any blacksmiths here?

Cope said
I would love to get into it. Please keep us updated as you progress.

I have the HF anvil. It has taken quite a few blows. I have seen a picture on line of one broken in half and its interior metal was not melted. You could see the old screws and junk it was cast from.

Mine is not mounted very solid so it has a lot of bounce. That may be one reason it has survived this long.
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I plan to mount my rail road rail on an old tree stump. I see people wanting to get rid of tree stumps all the time on craigslist and Facebook market place. A tree stump is the perfect base cuz it absorbs most of the shock when you're hammering on the anvil.