Gs4 Security: Blacksmiths Tools

Saturday 5 January 2013

Blacksmiths Tools

The anvil was the simplest of all the blacksmith tools. The anvil is nothing but a block of hard iron that is used as a surface when the hammer is used to shape an object with a hammer.The anvil was basically shaped in such a manner that it could easily sustain blows from the hammer. Even today the anvil is used by many metal workers as a surface,when they need to shape metallic objects.The 'face' of the anvil was used by the colonial blacksmiths to shape the objects as it was a plain and smooth surface While shaping the metallic object in a circular manner, the smiths used the 'horn' of the anvil. The bending of metal was done using the Pritchel hole and the hardy hole.Read more at BuzzleA vise was a very effective clamp that was used to hold the metallic object, when the black smith could not use both his hands, to hammer and hold the object at thesame time. The vise can also be effectively used during the cutting process and filing process