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Yeah I know I need to smooth it some but I'm not planning on using it for pinning. I'm planning on using it as an anvil for forging blades. Correct me if I'm wrong but for forging it should be smooth...

Fire tongs are the next thing. That I probably just need to break down and buy from somewhere.

Ha HAAAAA!!!!!

I was at a friend's warehouse today buying some more hinges from him for a door job and he had this sitting on a bench.

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I said I needed a piece like that for an anvil...

I guess for me it's just sentimentality that makes me want a traditional anvil...also so I can drop it off a building and turn coyotes into acordians. My Dad's was like that Hay Buden mounted on top...

I can't tell what that is. I am with you on improvising and I may just have to jump back down that rabbit hole. As previously mentioned, I played around with file steel and was not successful but the...

Well I would love to but, alas, I have neither forge nor anvil nor tongs. All I have is a charcoal chimney starter and an air mattress inflater. Really I could potentially get by without the forge...

Hey, what about railroad spikes? I just thought about that because my son has one that is all bent but it looks like it's about 3/4-in square and about 8-in long.anyone ever tried that? I don't know...

That's exactly what I was thinking. Also I say "spitballing" too. Damn! I must be old too!

Not thick enough, really? Hm. I guess maybe I haven't looked that closely but the leaf springs on my 3/4 ton van seem thicker but I have never measured them.

A while ago I had the idea to make a razor from old file steel. To date I have had only failures but I have not given up on the idea. Never tried leaf springs but it seems like a handy size and...