Felt called out at the beginning lol. Never enough content on anvils, those are some pretty sweet ones. I've got 3 proper anvils at the moment, a 90 lb Chain makers made around 1800, a 190 lb Colonial pattern, and a 300 lb Trenton made around 1943.
Amazing story. I also leave in Cambodia. Hopefully we can meet one day. I am in Phnom Penh. I have build my own «Anvil » from IPN. Just to add on your story, those anvils arrived in Vietnam at 1st as at the French colonial time all ship arrive at Saigon port. Sihanouk Ville was not build yet.
Looks good. Is the twist gonna be part of the handle? Nice idea for grip. Tongs have been my hurdle. I'm a year in, and have picked up all of this pretty well. A lot of carpentry skills just follow suit. An inch is an inch. And I've worked foundries on and off for 5 years so hot metal ain't new lol. For some reason it took me loke 10 tries to get my first set of tongs done. Ive already done like 30 decent various blades, a set of punches/chisels, hot cutter the works.But. them dang tongs man. So much wasted material. Well ignore my rant of a paragraph. ⚒🍻🎄
Yes, I use the twist for a handle. I take along time making tongs, but they are getting better. I have my first pair of tongs (which suck) on a shelf to measure my progress.
Great stories! Beautiful Anvils. Glenn's channel has helped me tremendously in my blacksmithing journey! Love his style! I watch a cambodian blacksmith make knives, axes etc.. some of the most talented smiths I have seen . Humble, and very basic tools,but that is all you need ! Fire ,hammer something to pound with and on!! New subscriber here!! 🤘
Thanks for your really nice and intresting story. I completely understand your passion. Myself I have 3 anvils. The oldest one is from 1899. I can't get enough of them ;-) Greetings form Germany.
That is a nice story. I have a couple of anvils, but for me they are just something to beat on. I did have a nice little one I was partial to, but I wasn't using, just admiring it. So, when a fella offered me more money than it was worth, I let it go. Nice history on that one, thanks...
Great job. I see you got your touch mark from Glen as well. Great tools. I like how you can kind of play it by ear and make something. I have to follow a video pretty close to get it right, most of the time. I have more failures than successes but, I have fun... Thanks for showing my your process....
