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I generally only care about my hands and my eyes. The rest can stand a bit of wear and tear.

I don't mind cold. When you're swinging a hammer you get real warm real quick. The worst imo is light drizzle rain combined with a lot of wind. You get wet and cold. It doesn't freeze that often...

Those are excellent anvils. And from what I understand, if it was cast like that, it doesn't ring as much.

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No worries Jimmy.

Yes, depending on your definition of cold. :)
If it's freezing -25 celsius, steel becomes fairly brittle.

Not really. It takes a heck of a time for an anvil to even notice the red hot steel you're banging on top of it.
And forge fires are built to keep heat inside, as much as possible, nevermind the...

I have heard of felling axes breaking off the edge when they're frozen, and the guy advised to keep the axeshead under your jacket on the way to the job to get them at body temp. Forging at -20 C is...