The Abandoned Anvil ~ DISCOVERY, RESTORATION, & REPAIR with a Custom Built Anvil Stand

What's your favorite part? I'd LOVE to know your thoughts!

Fantastic video! Fave part is finding your anvil. As a kid i lived pretty rural in the mid 1950s.... We didn't even have TV because the signal couldn't reach us! There was a really old man in my neigbourhood who'd a rough farm holding where owners brought their horses to live out their last days (that's what my mother told me but i later found out it was their last stop before heading off to the petfood factory)... The old guy was the area blacksmith, made and shod all the local pony club and farm hack horses. He'd a big falling down shed where i recall all the old tools, the dirtfloor , dust and the roaring coke fired (furnace) and a neat smell! He fixed anything & this day my dad took in the anchor off his boat that needed fixing. I remember the day so clearly because the blacksmith had one of his big anvils hanging in the air and a big section cut from old oak tree log that had laid outside for years under it plus a pile of fresh horseshit. My dad helped him hump the stump onto the pile and they lowered the anvil down following by lumps of chain that were laid around it nailed in with huge great big nails into the side the log with a really big hammer... I was fascinated as the horse poo squished down in the dirt on the floor.... and i recall the blacksmith dropping the big hammer on the anvil and say something like that feels real good... He was a character too, he drove a near new Desoto car, the one with big tail-fins and on the back of it cut into the bodywork was the vice, a coke furnace and swing out thing with an anvil and a trunk filled with tools... The car was really tail heavy but he traveled everywhere to jobs on farms with that car for years...

I couldn’t stop watching once I started. That one has seen a lot good days. If it could only tell us some tales. The best part for me was you saw what that anvil was in its day, and you chose to return splendor to it and let it shine to tell its story. A job well done. Your work speak more than my words ever will.

An abandoned tool, lovingly restored and put back to use. Fantastic! For me, there is nothing like a blacksmith anvil. Depth of history. Great job.

Bringing a shine to that old anvil. I remember you finding it and loading it! Would have been cool to see it getting milled flat but you did a great job!

That is bad-ass! What a complete transformation. Great to see it being once again used for what it was designed for!!!

Your nuts and bolts collection is better than any of the home improvement stores.

Keeping your shop that clean is an art in itself

Imagine the history of blood, sweat, and tears that this has seen. How many hours and projects has this thing been a part of? Amazing. Mind blown.

Such a beauty. I like the corner of the anvil with the radius, instead of welding them sharp all around like people often do in restoration videos. So much more useful with that large set of radi.

I watched just to see what could be done beyond rust removal as it looked fine at the start. But, boy! You really did a number on that beast! Beautiful stand! Nice work.

First class rescue and restoration. You've given new life and purpose to an anvil that will live forever. Great workmanship!

Fantastic job! My wife asked what I was watching, that had me smiling so much. It was this restoration! 👍

The finished product is a work of art. In fact, it's a masterpiece!

Stunning work by a true craftsman with passion for what he does. 10/10

I grew up with anvil, forge, and tools on the farm and loved working with it all. Thanks for doing these restorations!

What a wonderful gift this video is to all of us who have a deep attachment to man's unique desire to create and build such substantial implements while realizing the tremendous worth of the rescue and restoration of a tool whose very linage predates antiquity. The rescue, restoration and tender, loving care of this magnificent anvil insures, for the time it may remain in the care of this craftsman, that it very well maybe in service generations into the future. But only if there maybe artisans, craftsmen and men of such desire and knowledge, as the Master Craftsman who produces 'Salvage Workshop', and only those who follow who may instinctively value this anvils innate worth in the scheme of things.

Percussive adjustments, for the win!

It's absolutely stunning. If a piece of inanimate iron could purr contentedly like a fat tomcat, that old anvil would be doing it now. I love the stand, the colors, and all the design features as well. All in all, 5 well earned stars. (Who are the people who dislike this, and why do they hate superior craftsmanship and attention to detail?)

He said ooo baby 🤣👌