![]() ![]() These are cast from premium 6150 steel and should with minimal care be the last anvil you ever buy. This dressing makes the anvil more useful, as forging with the sharp corners tend to pinch the steel and create cracks. And the round horn ground nice and even to remove cast marks and any imperfections from the casting. This is our version of a classic London Pattern anvil, with rounded lines holes on the short sides of the base for bolting down.ĭressing the anvil is done by rounding the edges using a flap wheel on an angle grinder, or hand files.This allows for stock being upset to be based lower than the anvil face for more power. The anvil also has an upsetting block on the far side of the anvil, down on the base.The shape is tall and thin providing the double benefit of having more of the weight under the hammer, as well as letting the blacksmith stand closer to the work than a stockier, wider anvil face.The main features making 6150 so attractive for anvils is not high HRC but toughness, wearability and the ability to harden deeper than for instance 1050 steel. As a testament to it's choice for premium anvils is that Master Blacksmith Uri Hofi cast his brand of Hofi Anvils - as well as his famous Hofi Ergonomic Hammers - in 6150 steel in Germany.Ħ150 has a typical chemistry of Carbon 0.50%, Manganese 0.80%, Silicon 0.30%, Chromium 1.00%, Vanadium 0.15%. But 6150 is a step up, this is a much tougher steel and hardens deeper down from the face of the anvil.Ħ150 is a medium-carbon spring steel not unlike 5160 but with added manganese and chromium, tough enough to be used for knife blades and even machined parts like gears. We use them ourselves, they are a good beginner anvil. There is nothing wrong with our standard anvils in 1050 shallow hardening steel. Anvil height 241 mm, footprint 350 x 200 mm.Long, rounded horn thins to approx 1/2". ![]()
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