Yeah, that cone mandrel is pretty cool. I don't use it much, but Liz does in her artwork.It was stuck upside down and buried about 2 feet deep in some...

Our primary anvil is a 150# Fisher. I do have a "huge piece of steel" that I use for some special operations in knife making. This is a 200# bar ...

Congratulations on passing the performance test.That was the easy part 😀 You now have 3 years to prepare your presentation set.I worked on ...

Well, it's not the shop tour you were hoping for, but this is the current setup. The smaller table to the left of the anvil with some drifts, punches,...

We have a rectangular anvil stand with tool racks on all four sides. I posted a pic in your anvil stand thread. We also have another anvil stand I mad...

I have made two anvil stands and this is the one I use currently to hold the anvil. It used to hold a 200# Peter Wright (shown in photo) and now holds...

Yesterday was my first time back at the anvil after almost a 7-month break and I forged an 8-inch chef from 1095. Starting stock Normalizing fini...

@Michael Samdahl, this is all done in the press.

Welcome to the ABS and the madness of this craft!Post your work and not just finished pieces. Post progress shots along the way.

and made a bar out of it.  V2-Finished-bar-2.JPG

I took one of these  W2-slice.jpg

When I first started out, I built my first forge. There wasn't the plethora of tutorials and YT videos, etc. showing how to build a propane forge that...

Welome Wu. I am always interested by how people from other cultures make knives, set up their shop, and what their processes are. The ANS forum is a g...

Another thought: Get yourself enrolled in whichever school you decide you are going to pursue. There you will meet other students and teachers who c...

A few suggestions: You will be looking for commercial space, which can be pretty spendy. Especially considering the perceived dangers around the hot...