Look for stamping die blocks. Absolutely amazing to forge on.
Look for old anvils that you can resurface. I'm always surprised by what you can find in old barns and camps.
The Sec/Treas for ABS used it and my hammer and dinky one brick forge at the Youth Hammer-In and he kept commenting on how nice the forge was and then on the hammer and then the anvil. He wanted to know where I got each one and repeating how impressed he was. I paid paid as much for the hammer as I did the forge and not much more for my 165 lb anvil. The anvil came from Terry Jones in MS. The forge was made by my buddy "Bear" in Bristol TN. The hammer came from the guys at Big Blue Hammer.
Look for old anvils that you can resurface. I'm always surprised by what you can find in old barns and camps.
The Sec/Treas for ABS used it and my hammer and dinky one brick forge at the Youth Hammer-In and he kept commenting on how nice the forge was and then on the hammer and then the anvil. He wanted to know where I got each one and repeating how impressed he was. I paid paid as much for the hammer as I did the forge and not much more for my 165 lb anvil. The anvil came from Terry Jones in MS. The forge was made by my buddy "Bear" in Bristol TN. The hammer came from the guys at Big Blue Hammer.