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anthony_fox90•1d ago

Rant: stop telling new guys to buy a 50 lb anvil first

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jordan653•2d ago

I finally quit mixing my quench water by feel after a Tuesday that cost me a knife

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seth_green85•6d ago

Saw a guy at the Harrisonburg farmers market forge a hook from a railroad spike in 20 minutes, and it got me thinking about demos

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theawest•7d ago

TIL I was quenching way too hot for 3 winters, a guy in Tulsa showed me my 5160 was basically butter

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spencer_ross•8d ago

Bought a $180 propane forge burner online and it rusted out in 3 weeks

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wrenwilson•10d ago

Picked a 100 lb anvil over a new gas forge and I'm still not sure I chose right

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sean_foster52•12d ago

Hot take: a farrier in Amarillo told me my hammer was too heavy and now every heat feels different

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dixon.willow•14d ago

My ribbon burner in the forge backfired and singed my beard at 2am

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susan_wells•15d ago

Spent 4 hours forging a hidden tang knife when a guy at the Elkhart County show told me to just buy a $30 blank and grind it

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wright.cole•16d ago

My old shop teacher watched me burn a scroll and said something I keep thinking about

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sethc12•16d ago

Bought a $90 'vintage' anvil at a yard sale in Tulsa and it's basically a paperweight

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ben436•17d ago

Stop quenching 5160 in water, I cracked two blades in my shop in Gary before an old timer set me straight

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kim.wren•19d ago

Picked a coal forge over propane for my first setup, and I regret it every winter

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sandra715•21d ago

Why does nobody talk about the old guy who showed me how to read a hammer's bounce at a demo in Tulsa?

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jade221•21d ago

Appreciation post: the day my old mentor caught me quenching the wrong end of a railroad spike knife

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