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the_jason•3d ago

Bought a $180 "beginner" anvil off a guy in Tulsa and it dented on my 4th heat

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john430•3d ago

Spent 3 hours forging a bottle opener from a railroad spike and burned the tip off at the last heat

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elliotburns•5d ago

Warning: stop quenching in used motor oil, ruined a 4 hour Bowie blade in my Boise shop last month

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hayes.tara•5d ago

Switched from a coal forge to propane in my Wichita garage and I can finally see what I'm doing

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finley_flores28•5d ago

My forge blower died mid quench on a 1084 blade and I finished it with a hair dryer

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reese_singh87•7d ago

Found a trick for stopping scale buildup on my anvil face and it cost me 50 cents

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lopez.linda•9d ago

Hot take: shimming my anvil with a strip of leather killed the ring and my ears thank me

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elizabethp93•9d ago

Two-brick forge vs my old coffee can setup, night and day difference

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wren806•12d ago

That $150 power hammer attachment was a complete waste

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claire378•13d ago

I finally compared my coal forge to a gas forge side by side, and wow

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patel.daniel•16d ago

Coal vs propane forge, one taught me the hard way in February

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barbarahill•18d ago

Bought a cheap anvil off marketplace, lost $85 and a month of work

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james92•19d ago

My first hammer was a $12 flea market find, now I can't go back

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dylan413•19d ago

Hot take: blade show demos are overrated for learning heat treat

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bethcarr•19d ago

Quenched a rail spike in used motor oil, got a surprise hardness

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