or the stove.

plus, my vise/anvil is very securely mounted to a worktable built in the basement, I'd have to disassemble it to get it outside.

That is freaking cool. Great find.

We always used short lengths of railroad track for anvils.

...much to the railroad's chagrin. :angry:

When f3 and I were youts, track was being left unused or being torn up and not replaced quite widely. Railroad right of ways were falling into disuse and people were actually trying to gain control of them by adverse possession. Even our high school metal shop had a stack of used rails. It was the end of useful railroading, we just didn't know it.

True, much of the track near my house has been salvaged or buried, and at crossings, paved over.

Oh, we just waited until the trains passed...

I'm sure the engineer counted that a kindness.

"rights of way" dumbass
I swear my writings of the Engrish have deteriorated since we stopped with the political battles here.

No, "right of way" goes with youts. ;)

Some places in the south. Law forbids use of rail. A left over from when the dude make neck ties of them.

Yeah, it's "rights of way". You need to sharpen your iron. Speaking of iron, I'd forgotten about this chunk just a few feet away from my portal to teh cellar.

Like this?

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That's the fellow!

Just get your farrier certification and be done with it!
We loves us some farriers, hereabouts.

The old way? Not necessarily.