Appreciation post: the old smith down in Abilene who showed me a bent railroad spike trick for drawing out thin tapers

Val Webb · 2026-09-30T01:45:04.302889+00:00

I was burning through steel trying to forge a set of 6 inch hooks when he told me to pre-bend my stock over the horn first, and it cut my taper time from 20 minutes down to about 7, so what little quirks do you all use to save time at the anvil?

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