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To: ansel12

Good question. They now make a quiet anvil that only goes “thump” Thump” when you hit hot iron on it.

Mi PETER WRIGHT anvil RINGS! loud!


6 posted on 05/01/2014 6:26:29 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Mi=My.


7 posted on 05/01/2014 6:27:39 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

If you watch the old Gunsmokes, you can’t help but wonder what that noise does to the smithies hearing over time, and what people think of having the shop going all day, right on (dirt) main street in a small town, with all the windows and doors open, and no cars, and no noise making electronics.


8 posted on 05/01/2014 6:30:15 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Would you say a successful blacksmith of the day would have lost a large portion of his hearing?


13 posted on 05/01/2014 9:02:56 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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