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By *innie The Minx OP   Woman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Any on here?

If so do you do anything apart from hooves?

Is the job all you expected it to be?

Are anvils still a thing?

Do you have a leather apron?

Asking for a friend

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A leather apron

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know they do a lot of work on the hoof.

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By *innie The Minx OP   Woman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet


"A leather apron "

Would make a great pub name...The Leather Apron....I'd drink there

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By *innie The Minx OP   Woman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet


"I know they do a lot of work on the hoof."

See what you did there...

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By *atricia ParnelWoman
over a year ago

In a town full of colours

The army blacksmiths are

They wear leather aprons as well

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity


"I know they do a lot of work on the foof."

Really

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By *ig1gaz1Man
over a year ago

bradford


"Any on here?

If so do you do anything apart from hooves?

Is the job all you expected it to be?

Are anvils still a thing?

Do you have a leather apron?

Asking for a friend "

Just to note here a blacksmith does many a job

The reference you have used would be this

farrier not to be confused as a blacksmith even though has been trained in blacksmithing

Most horse owners or previous owners know this

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A farrier does horses hooves.

A blacksmith does all sorts of metal work

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And yes. Anvils are important, as are leather aprons, especially when half a tonne of horse rips their foot across their nether regions

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A farrier does horses hooves.

A blacksmith does all sorts of metal work "

Was just about to write the same!

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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago

Craggy Island


"A leather apron "

That was what the press was calling jack the ripper back in 1888.

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By *reasyMan
over a year ago

Caerphilly

Anvils are def IN they cost a bloody firtune on eBay.

I thought about getting one for hobby metalwork but £200 upwards hmmmmmmm

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By *ig1gaz1Man
over a year ago

bradford


"Anvils are def IN they cost a bloody firtune on eBay.

I thought about getting one for hobby metalwork but £200 upwards hmmmmmmm"

Rail track or fork lift tines are just as good but anvils are better

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By *innie The Minx OP   Woman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet


"A farrier does horses hooves.

A blacksmith does all sorts of metal work "

So in a Venn diagram the hooves would be in the middle bit?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Any on here?

If so do you do anything apart from hooves?

Is the job all you expected it to be?

Are anvils still a thing?

Do you have a leather apron?

Asking for a friend "

I don’t do hooves at all

I do a lot of knife making and general forging

It’s a hobby, it’s very difficult to have it as a full time profession

I sometimes wear a leather apron, mainly when I’m doing work on the bench grinder or angle grinder as the sparks burn holes in my clothes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh, anvils are still a thing. Modern ones can be very iffy on quality though.

I’ve got two, one from 1897 that weighs around 50kg and the other is around 125kg but unfortunately has the horn missing.

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By *ablo minibar123Woman
over a year ago

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I used to know a lady blacksmith, she had a leather apron. I still have a necklace that she had made and gave to me.

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By *acingblackCouple
over a year ago

coast

A Blacksmith does the hoof upwards to the back,

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

walsall


"A farrier does horses hooves.

A blacksmith does all sorts of metal work

Was just about to write the same! "

Iron work.

There are other “smiths” ie copper, silver, gold etc.

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By *innie The Minx OP   Woman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet


"Any on here?

If so do you do anything apart from hooves?

Is the job all you expected it to be?

Are anvils still a thing?

Do you have a leather apron?

Asking for a friend

I don’t do hooves at all

I do a lot of knife making and general forging

It’s a hobby, it’s very difficult to have it as a full time profession

I sometimes wear a leather apron, mainly when I’m doing work on the bench grinder or angle grinder as the sparks burn holes in my clothes

"

Fantastic

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By *he AmbassadorMan
over a year ago

IRLANDA. / Prague. / Cil Dara


"Any on here?

If so do you do anything apart from hooves?

Is the job all you expected it to be?

Are anvils still a thing?

Do you have a leather apron?

Asking for a friend "

Do everything except hooves,

Mostly chef and bushcraft knives,

Made an axe head from a draft horseshoe last year if that counts,

Leather apron is a must,

Preferred with a pocket,

And oggghhhhh God yes, Anvils are very much a thing,,

Seriously expensive and hard to get a big Good one,

Tell your friend if she wants any more info, PM me,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Any on here?

If so do you do anything apart from hooves?

Is the job all you expected it to be?

Are anvils still a thing?

Do you have a leather apron?

Asking for a friend

Do everything except hooves,

Mostly chef and bushcraft knives,

Made an axe head from a draft horseshoe last year if that counts,

Leather apron is a must,

Preferred with a pocket,

And oggghhhhh God yes, Anvils are very much a thing,,

Seriously expensive and hard to get a big Good one,

Tell your friend if she wants any more info, PM me, "

Which steel do you use? I’m just using up the last of my 1075+CR, had some great results with it.

Currently got a 1080/15N20 Damascus billet that I’m working into a small bushcraft style knife, going to put a kirinite handle with carbon fibre pins on it.

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By *he AmbassadorMan
over a year ago

IRLANDA. / Prague. / Cil Dara


"Any on here?

If so do you do anything apart from hooves?

Is the job all you expected it to be?

Are anvils still a thing?

Do you have a leather apron?

Asking for a friend

Do everything except hooves,

Mostly chef and bushcraft knives,

Made an axe head from a draft horseshoe last year if that counts,

Leather apron is a must,

Preferred with a pocket,

And oggghhhhh God yes, Anvils are very much a thing,,

Seriously expensive and hard to get a big Good one,

Tell your friend if she wants any more info, PM me,

Which steel do you use? I’m just using up the last of my 1075+CR, had some great results with it.

Currently got a 1080/15N20 Damascus billet that I’m working into a small bushcraft style knife, going to put a kirinite handle with carbon fibre pins on it. "

wow, sounds cracking,

Most of my stuff is O1 tool steel off cuts that I get from a mill down the road

Or Pharma grade stainless I pick up in work from time to time,

And leaf spring as my mates owns a breakers yard,

I'm leaning towards more scandi blades these days so hidden tang, bone, leather, antlers mix,

And stock removal old axes to fit the backpacker remit.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I bought a dog off of a blacksmith once, when I got him home he made a bolt for the door.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I went to Banksy's Dismaland some years ago, and one of the many amusing "funfair" stands was Topple the Anvil, I believe devised by David Shrigley. Exactly as it sounds: if you could knock the anvil over with the three tennis balls, you could take it away with you...

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By *innie The Minx OP   Woman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

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By *innie The Minx OP   Woman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet


"Any on here?

If so do you do anything apart from hooves?

Is the job all you expected it to be?

Are anvils still a thing?

Do you have a leather apron?

Asking for a friend

Do everything except hooves,

Mostly chef and bushcraft knives,

Made an axe head from a draft horseshoe last year if that counts,

Leather apron is a must,

Preferred with a pocket,

And oggghhhhh God yes, Anvils are very much a thing,,

Seriously expensive and hard to get a big Good one,

Tell your friend if she wants any more info, PM me,

Which steel do you use? I’m just using up the last of my 1075+CR, had some great results with it.

Currently got a 1080/15N20 Damascus billet that I’m working into a small bushcraft style knife, going to put a kirinite handle with carbon fibre pins on it. wow, sounds cracking,

Most of my stuff is O1 tool steel off cuts that I get from a mill down the road

Or Pharma grade stainless I pick up in work from time to time,

And leaf spring as my mates owns a breakers yard,

I'm leaning towards more scandi blades these days so hidden tang, bone, leather, antlers mix,

And stock removal old axes to fit the backpacker remit. "

Swooning at all the sexy blacksmith talk

I don't know what a hidden tang is...but it gave me a twitch

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A farrier does horses hooves.

A blacksmith does all sorts of metal work

Was just about to write the same!

Iron work.

There are other “smiths” ie copper, silver, gold etc."

Mainly iron, but I also meant as in gates, axes, light fittings, all sorts.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


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And leaf spring as my mates owns a breakers yard, "

I’ve used spring steel with only around 30% success, after heat treatment they snap, for the effort put in it’s easier just to buy quality stuff for knives.

I have made a few punches and drifts from springs though, they work pretty well though.

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By *nplainsight200Man
25 weeks ago

portsmotuh

I’m a hobbyist blacksmith

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