Turning a Princess Auto Acciaio Into My Ideal Anvil 

Tapered heels are very handy. I have a Scott with a tapered heel in my shoeing rig and I find it very useful. Somedays I miss it when I'm working in the shop. Thanks for the video!

An acquaintance, by Miquelon lake, has built a reciprocating grinder, for refacing an Anvil, driven off the line shaft in his blacksmith shop. Pretty cool I thought.

A hardy with a nice lock pin or lock bolt would be awesome.! Sometimes you want to set that portable anvil on its side in the sand. And use a long handle hammer. Locking the hardy in would be just grand.

Great video! I’ve said this 100 times,,,I wish Texas would get Princess Auto here. I really don’t like Harbor Freight. Have a good one brother.

You know, the way you discussed your dream anvil and even went as far as to customize one reminds me of how I am working on my dream rig for animation! In the past, I used rigs that were not very flexible and cumbersome to use. It was only until the earlier part of 2021 when I really experimented on custom rig setups and controls. Currently, I am in my fourth or fifth revision of the rig as I apply new ideas that crossed my mind recently. Hopefully, the next time I full test this rig means I won't have to make any serious adjustments. I'm glad God has provided you with the talent to work with metal and me with the gift for animation!

Very nicely done! What did you use for the welding repairs on the face?

Been using the 66lb version of that anvil for about 3 years now, it's been a great piece of kit as I've been learning blacksmithing and bladesmithing

And this is right off the bat a great introduction into what to look for in a decent anvil! Got dang son!

Great presentation. I love the absence of uhms. Subscribed

Very nice. I'm suffering from a not-90-degree-angled anvil body too, but mine has some sentimental value to me. Anyways great video.

That's the main reason I got interested in blacksmithing, i got tired of not having tools, so, im learning to make my own 👍❤️

I just want to make a point about the shape of the horn (normally i refer to it as the bick) that the flatter/broader shape can be more useful for forming than you realise. A conical ice cream cone is harder to take out tight spots in a ring, as an example.

Nice Tutorial 👍Going to look out for an anvil like that. How high should the Anvil face be from the floor? Can you do an Anvil stand build video? Thanks

Absolutely amazing job. Hopefully you get great use out of it for many years to come my friend. Can't wait to see more videos soon my friend. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Keep Forge lit. Keep Making. God bless.

I absolutely love my Nimba Titan anvil. I have had it for a couple years now. I highly recommend them if you can swing the price.

I've just aquired an anvil with a long tapered heel ...its a double horn but also has great hardy and pritchel placement for me. I think its an old Trenton but I could be wrong I like that you have managed to create something so useable for you, not many people manage to have an anvil or ASO that fits lots of what they want to do with it... thanks for sharing

😮 You did some pretty great work here on this anvil.

LOL, you've been talking to John Perilloux haven't you!? :)

Hey Ethan, I’m just starting out in the blacksmithing process. Any beginner tips and or advice on tools?

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How did you stamp the side? It is super cool looking and looks like it was there from the start! Did you do it cold?

Nice job on shaping that horn.

Melt it down & re-cast it into a more useful Euro-style anvil.