Thread: Does anyone else shave with old car springs?

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 charcoal chimney actually worked pretty well. One improvement I would make is a bellows that is more adjustable. The air mattress inflator was one speed only. In that pursuit I didn't use an anvil. I saw these at an antique store yesterday though.

This is similar to the forge my dad had.


I really know nothing about anvils. These two the guy pointed out to me as the, "more sought after."

A Hay Buden
And this one
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A Fisher Norris.
They were marked at $800 for the Hay Buden and $750 for the Fisher Norris but offering 30% off. I wouldn't know from Shinola if those were good or bad prices but it was more than I could spend at the time. Probably wouldn't buy that from an antique store anyway, especially being totally ignorant.