20 kg Premium Bladesmith Anvil, Cast 6150 Steel

20 KG Cast Steel Blacksmith/Bladesmith Anvil 

See "options" for freight cost. Free freight to metro NSW/ACT/VIC/TAS/QLD/SA, $40-$100 elsewhere in Australia.

Premium cast steel anvil in 6150 carbon steel, good for knife makers wanting to forge their own blades. 

This our smallest anvil but it sure packs a punch!

Designed by us in Australia and cast in China in premium 6150 steel, just like the bigger versions.

The anvils are cast and then fixed up so weight is 20 kg +/- 3-4%.

Being big fans of old anvils we use the old hundred weight system and mark it with 0.1.15.

• Anvil face is 250 x 70 mm
• Cast 6150 steel hardened face to approx 57 HRC
• Stable base at 250 x 100 mm
• Anvil height is 180 mm
• Hardy hole is about 1"  (25-27 mm) for hot cut or rounded tool to use as the horn
• Pritchel hole is 15 mm, drilled after casting
• Bolt holes are approx 218 mm apart and are 10 mm diameter
• Anvil height 212 mm, footprint approx 292 x 165 mm
• weight is approx 20 kg +/- 3-4%, most seem to be slightly over

6150 Steel: Premium anvil steel

There is nothing wrong with standard anvils in 1050 shallow hardening steel. We use a couple of them ourselves in the workshop, they are a good beginner anvil.But 6150 is a step up, this is a much tougher steel and hardens deeper down from the face of the anvil.

6150 is a medium-carbon spring steel not unlike 5160 but with added manganese and chromium, tough enough to be used for knife blades and even machined parts like gears. As a testament to it's choice for premium anvils is that Master Blacksmith Uri Hofi cast his brand of Hofi Anvils - as well as his famous Hofi Ergonomic Hammers - in 6150 steel in Germany.

6150 has a typical chemistry of Carbon 0.50%, Manganese 0.80%, Silicon 0.30%, Chromium 1.00%, Vanadium 0.15%. The main features making 6150 so attractive for anvils is not high HRC but toughness, wearability and the ability to harden deeper than for instance 1050 steel.

Design:

• The shape is tall and thin providing the double benefit of having more of the weight under the hammer, as well as letting the blacksmith stand closer to the work than a stockier, wider anvil face.
• The anvil is a scaled version of our 40 kg anvil without the horn and upsetting block, scaled down to hit 20 kg.
• An elegant little anvil for smaller projects like knife blades and other smaller stock.

Dressing the anvil face:

Dressing the anvil is done by rounding the edges using a flap wheel on an angle grinder, or hand files. This dressing makes the anvil more useful, as forging with the sharp corners tend to pinch the steel and create cracks. We highly recommend you dress ANY new anvil to make it more useful and reduce the chance of cracking off pieces of the sharp corner if mishitting.

These are cast from premium 6150 steel and should with minimal care be the last anvil you ever buy. We call this one our Monster model, or Daryl for short.

We ship these at a very reasonable cost, check Options for cost to your location.

Freight is free toMetro NSW/VIC/ACT/SA/QLD/TAS.

There are added fees for "remote areas" (check this link to see if your area is considered remote by TNT): https://www.tnt.com/dam/tnt_express_media/en_au/download_documents/Support/remote-list-nov-2022.pdf