Visited the old forge at the Pioneer Village in Salem and the anvil stand is a single oak stump.

It's worn down in the middle from a hundred years of hammer blows, but the wood is still solid. Makes you think about how much simpler things used to be. Anyone else seen a good old-school setup like that?

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anthony_fox906d ago

My grandpa's old shop had a workbench like that, just a thick slab of maple bolted to the wall. The surface was covered in old stains and nicks from every project he ever did. There's something about wood that just lasts forever under hard use, lol.

scott.mia6d ago

Oh that's a neat detail about the anvil stand. It really shows how they used what they had. @anthony_fox90, I get what you mean about wood lasting, but that's not always true. Wood can rot or get bugs if it's not the right kind or in the wrong spot. That oak stump survived because it was a perfect, dense piece in a dry forge. Most old benches or stumps outside would have fallen apart by now. It's more about the specific conditions than the material itself.