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The Quick and Dirty on Anvils. Nothing fancy, just an overview of finding your first anvil and what to look for in a real one.

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Batman! : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Batman!

6 votes NegativePositive

673 days 1 hour ago...

Another interesting, informative video. I`d still like to see the kinds of stuff you make.
5/5

Smoking Kills : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

Smoking Kills

1 votes NegativePositive

673 days 1 hour ago...

Just followed this over to youtube, theres a cool video of him working in the shop there. Also glad I went over there before I asked how to make my thousand folded steel katana :P

Led Zeppelin : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Led Zeppelin

4 votes NegativePositive

673 days ago...

Purg sorry if you have already answered this; I would read through the comments of your other videos but all the nerdy commments regarding 9/11 conspiracy theorists and people wanting to make swords and armor so they can dress up in front of the mirror and be retarded made me want to kick someone in the nuts.

but how long have you been a professional smith? top notch vids btw

epi : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

epi

1 votes NegativePositive

672 days 23 hours ago...

Is this how you make your living?

Another easy 5/5 for this video, and im glad you`re able to get them up on here so often! I look forward to checking these out as often as you can put them up

Tath : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Tath

3 votes NegativePositive

672 days 20 hours ago...

This is really interesting stuff! Keep it coming :D

nova1999 : LVL 44: VP 5: said:

nova1999

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672 days 19 hours ago...

The things that southerners do late at night???!!! No dude don`t have sex with your sister.

tman : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

tman

2 votes NegativePositive

672 days 18 hours ago...

Awesome videos Purg. Very informative. Allot of my Australian friends really appreciate the vids. Can`t wait to see some of the techniques. Will you by any chance, be doing anything on casting?

purgatoryironworks : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

purgatoryironworks

5 votes NegativePositive

672 days 15 hours ago...

Zep, I`ve been a smith for alittle over eleven years now. I do alot of demonstrating. I travel over the South East US doing Renn Faires, French-Indian War, Civel War, etc. Thus my comfort in front of the camera. I was actually justt a few hours short of a dual degree in pysch and bio when I decided to go the way of the smith. Theres a story behind it and perhaps Ill have the chance to tell it on a vid someday. It involves and old master smith. Good stuff. And by the Way, don`t sweat the qeustion Smoking, its just the price of being the smith :)!

velocity73R : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

velocity73R

1 votes NegativePositive

672 days 15 hours ago...

Steel when hit gives off a frequency of 20kHz. The reason the Cast Iron gives off a different pitch is due to the pockets of gas trapped inside the metal. These pockets do two things when compared to steel. 1) They deaden the sound, by slowing down the travel time of the sound wave as it makes its way through the metal : Hence the thud, compared to the ring. 2) It weakens the structure, in this case an anvil, and thus is more prone to breaking, and or denting. Which explains why Steel > Cast Iron, in Metal Working...Thanx for the video`s, keep em` coming...

L3b3rt : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

L3b3rt

0 votes NegativePositive

672 days 14 hours ago...

What do you make primarily? whatever you feel like? or do you take orders. if possible i`d like to see you make something simple, real quick like, maybe a hammer or a pot or something

chechnya : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

chechnya

-2 votes NegativePositive

672 days 13 hours ago...

Iced tea fuck yeah!

Dusma : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Dusma

0 votes NegativePositive

672 days 13 hours ago...

i have a harbor freight right here. wonder if they have them too. That would be cool.

chinup : LVL 41: VP 4.9: said:

chinup

-1 votes NegativePositive

672 days 13 hours ago...

I just want to know how to make decent size steel hammers & axes .. the ones you find in hardware stores are uber crap.

grumpybear : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

grumpybear

-1 votes NegativePositive

672 days 12 hours ago...

very very interesting :)
i like educational videos rather than something than makes me sad.
lol if u let the door hits u on the way out, u might be a redneck :P :O iced tea!! i want soooooooooooome!!
*goes to youtube and watches more:D*

Fredrick_chilton : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

Fredrick_chilton

4 votes NegativePositive

672 days 12 hours ago...

Hey purgatory, I have a little off beat question for you.

Do you have a noticeable difference in strength between your dominant and non-dominant arms? Do you take any extra precautions or conditioning to even out your muscle strengths?

Just something I`ve wondered about, considering that you wield a 6 lb hammer all day long.

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