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After the long preheat to the proper temperature a skilled blacksmith and welder-teaches welding at the local college spent 5 hours using industrial equipment building a face back on it using the correct alloy rods and correct post heat. I had a friend who had had his first anvil milled flat with sharp edges-(another bad thing in smithing as they result in cold shuts on your work.) He found that the face was then too thin to use as an anvil. So he paid good money for an anvil and paid good money to have it ruined-he kept it for around 20 years until there was an Anvil Repair Day hosted by an ABANA Affiliate only 225 miles away from him. Trying to replace material ground off can often ruin an anvil if not done absolutely correctly, (most welders do NOT know the proper process!!!!!) And it is generally quite expensive. Removing DECADES of life from an anvil that didn't need it to be usable is generally considered by blacksmiths to be a bad idea. If your car got a bit out of alignment would you then grind the tread down on all your tires to make them smooth and even and matching again? Or would you fix the alignment and rotate the tires and continue driving on them? What would happen to the use life of your tires if you did grind them to match?Īnvils generally do not need to be FLAT, my favorite blade straightening anvil is the one that has the most swale to it for example. The hardened face of an anvil is of limited thickness it's thickness also controls the uselife of the anvil-think of it like tread on your car's tire.

Do hay budden anvil serial numbers start with a