Acciaio Anvil: Will it Survive? (Cheap Amazon Anvil)

[@wesleymccravy901]

I have this anvil. If you appropriately radius the edges it holds up even better. And when you deform an edge from an errant blow you can reshape it with the flat face of your hammer pretty well. These anvils work harden also. Ive had mine for about 4 years and it has seen almost daily use many hours a day and barely looks used

[@birbbirb6078]

That’s good to know, I need something to use as an upsetting block because I have my main anvil mounted and Its too heavy to take it off and put on the ground

[@saintmichael3879]

Cool. Thanks for the review. I'm dying to know what kind of metal work you do. I want to start knife making.

[@ValhallaIronworks]

I'm actually super impressed with how that held up...

[@brianfalls5038]

I have one of these very same anvils that I recently purchased. It's great to see that it should stand up to some serious forging

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Yeah it shouldn't have any problems holding up to regular forging

[@stevenb.3655]

Came to the comments to say the same thing... polished mine up a little but lad to see how durable this thing is. Well worth the money for an amateur smith.

[@stevenb.3655]

Happy to see that I made a good buy for my first anvil. This thing is solid for the price!

[@dizzydad4708]

Wow! That held up really well. I am impressed

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

I Was impressed as well

[@Jayknifemaker]

Thanks for doing this. I recently bought the 88 lbs version of this, nice to see it will hold up to extreme abuse. Very cool. God bless!

[@believeinjesus8300]

Did ya get your anvil and how is holding up ?

[@Jayknifemaker]

@@believeinjesus8300 it’s really solid! Had it for about 2 months now. Forged a few things and it’s great. I use a 4lb hammer to move and shape, 2.2 lb to finish. 4 lb is probably a bit much for this anvil but I’m careful and light on the swing.

[@believeinjesus8300]

@@Jayknifemaker 🙏🏾 thanks for responding! Iam thinking about getting the 132 lbs one on Amazon

[@Jayknifemaker]

@@believeinjesus8300 good choice! I considered saving a bit more and getting that one! Making knives for the most part the 88 lbs is about all I need.

[@jerrodlopes186]

The anvil brand is Vevor. Accaiao just means "steel" in Italian. If you search for one to buy search for Vevor 66lb anvil.

[@NewWorldHoarder]

Vevor is just one of dozens of importers selling these Chinese anvils. Vevor don’t make anything, they just import and brand stuff.

[@paulorchard7960]

Thats a tough anvil, that was a destruction test and way beyond normal use!

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Definitely 😁

[@morgangrisby8107]

i have one of these and use an 8 lb regularly for big work (drawing out tongs) has a few mishits but is holding up very well

[@benjaminzedrine]

Given a cold morning you can break a Refflinghaus that way too.

[@Carterironworks]

I've been thinking of picking several of these up for when the public comes to forge. And another for a tracking anvil. I'll try to keep the affiliate link in mind when I'm ready to buy

[@brittinghammerforge9441]

It looks like the anvil was case hardened so the shell cracked. I noticed the stump split, impressive. Y’all were heeding that anvil the biscuits for sure.

[@mystificateur]

Thank you guys.

[@nicholasgarland6653]

I love this anvil! I couldn’t be happier

[@shadetreeforge]

Not bad! Definitely better than the blue HF boat anchor! Still thinking about getting one of these, also I need to get a better forge also! the 1 brick that I have is kinda small.

[@mattwyeth3156]

It survived reasonabley well considered the price size and composition of the anvil and what you put it through and if my grandchildren would be interested i might get one of them for a bigger anvil to practice on

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

It will definitely hold up well for regular forging for sure

[@bretnmannn]

@@ChristCenteredIronworks how many pounds did this anvil weigh???

[@Tom-hz9oc]

My first anvil is a Blue Turd. Within a week I welded a 1” thick steel plate to the face. I had to weld the horn back on the first time I hit it with a 4# hammer. My next anvil will be an acciaio 50 kilo (110 lb).

[@RyanBarnes]

Super glad I settled on this anvil's bigger brother (MD60). Glad to see it holds up to insane abuse!!

[@michaelhayes1678]

Holy Smurf-a-roni! That baby took a beating, and really held up! I assumed it'd do better than the HF anvil, but thought your sledges would get her. Thanks! Even after all that, it could still smith a lifetime's worth, I'll bet.

[@americanfreedom2324]

That's actually pretty impressive. I would never do that to my anvil. I only work hot steel on my anvil.

[@DanielSMatthews]

That anvil showed you something else too, no matter how hard and many the blows, just keep on singing.

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Wow that’s very cool to see stuff like this I KZbin. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friends Tom and Roy. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God bless.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Thank you brother Jared God bless you as well

[@SchysCraftCo.]

@@ChristCenteredIronworks your very welcome

[@KeithBair]

Rather surprising results. I figured the blows to at least the heel would have snapped it.

[@billwoehl3051]

It's alive! Did alot better than I expected 👍

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

It really did!

[@brysonalden5414]

So now, for comparison purposes, I assume you'll release a video of the same sledges smacking Olga's face! Obviously not, this is anvil abuse in the second degree, a gross misdemeanor in most states.

[@carsemonkey1]

That's first degree. With malice and forethought

[@tedkocot8987]

This hurt my soul to watch but told me what I needed to know.

[@DBacaMaker]

Similar kind of cast steel anvil, but mine is a ProGrade. It performs like you demonstrated there. Good to know my regular use won't destroy it...no.matter how many miss-hits I make 😏

[@timhorton555]

I'm stil curious about the hardness as shipped and hardness capabilities. I used one for my first anvil and it rang like a bell until I took Jason Knights advice about silicone.

[@melgross]

I’ve seen the blue versions test a bit harder than the 50RC they’re rated at. My black one is rated at 55RC, which is at the high side of what an anvil should be. I tested it to about 55RC. Pretty good. Mine is the 132 LB, but I don’t think that’s why.

[@MadebyKourmoulis]

Looks like it did pretty good. How about a video or a Facebook post of it after taking a grinder to it? Really curious how it would clean up.

[@Lee_Roy_LB]

I have a question is a 66lb cast iron anvil good enough for a beginner blacksmithing and for making knifes?. I honestly don't know that why I'm asking.

[@the_sharp_carpenter]

Anything to get started as cheap and quickly as possible. I started with a 6lb chunk of D2 held in a bench vise with shim under the jaw to keep it stable. Learn where and how to hit and you can move plenty of steel on a smaller anvil. Biggest thing is secure it so it doesn't move around 👍

[@Lee_Roy_LB]

@@the_sharp_carpenter oh okay thank you then I'll get one because I wasn't too sure about it being "cast iron" and if it would be strong enough

[@the_sharp_carpenter]

@@Lee_Roy_LB cast iron (like the pans) is different than cast steel.

[@metalmanproductions9267]

Wow, it did really well. Thanks guys

[@zerocool9774]

Not sure what they expected. Anvil is just a piece of forged steel, you can smack it all day long, it will just deform, but will not crack or break to pieces.

[@jensdavidsen4557]

But how does it hold up against sledgehammer blows to Olga?

[@JohnDoeRando]

This thing held up pretty dang well.

[@drstrangefart]

It did pretty much exactly what I thought it would.

[@andyc750]

tough little thing evidently

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Definitely 😊

[@Charlie-dx6bv]

nice! thanks for the test

[@Mountainmonths]

wow I thought you would have knocked off the horn. super impressive

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Me too

[@Vikingwerk]

The horn is actually softer than the face, I have this same anvil, and have dented the horn with a sloppy swing with a 4lb hammer , but the face has held up just fine to my misses. (I broke my wrist last year, and it took a while to get my accuracy back 😕)

[@melgross]

@@Vikingwerkit’s normal for the horn to be softer. Back in the old days of anvil making, the body would be either CI, or later on in the 1800s, wrought iron, and then later still at the early 1900s, mild steel. Then the high carbon steel striking face was hammer welded on. So everything was soft except for that face. Now, most good anvils, are made of solid cast tool steel, as this one is. But most still don’t harden the horn. Tradition, I suppose.

[@donaldappelhof2059]

Has anyone ever checked to see if they are radio active? A friend of mine that is an engineer for California told me that they got some rebar from China and it was radioactive. They went ahead and used it for a bridge because it was going to be encased in cement. Just curious. 🤔

[@kidkv]

Did I miss something with live streaming videos? I've not seen any for 3 weeks?.

[@Redbeards_Forge]

Wow that held up much better than I thought it would.. but could have removed that ugly blue paint first Roy... haha 😄... surprised I didn't see a.. and that's why if you have one of these the sledgehammer treadle kit will go perfect with it.. just kidding, awesome video can't wait to see what's next 😁

[@brianlawson3757]

Thanks for abusing the hell out of that thing for the rest of us. I've been putting off purchasing one of these since I saw Green Beetle's video on them partly due to cost and also out of concern an errant blow would mar the face badly. Right now I use the upright of a forklift tine and it's about dead soft with none of the other features I could use in my work. If I have anything left over after the holidays, I think I'll get myself one.

[@hillbilly4christ638]

Do that to a peddinghaus!

[@EthosAtheos]

That was hard to watch. That anvil took some real abuse.

[@saintmichael3879]

I just clicked your link. "Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock." Darn it!

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

If we have the eBay link posted, try that one. I will see about replacing the Amazon link.

[@stevenparson0]

I have some questions for those being cheap anvils I mean 300 bucks isn't cheap but that's not extremely expensive either the thing held up to the abuse pretty well maybe I do need to get one of these I didn't think you can hold up that kind of abuse I think I might have to rethink everything of what I want now maybe I do need one of these and just be happy with it

[@BurntMushroomBlacksmithing]

I have one of the big ones, 132lb-er. It's held up great for near two years. I've only had to re-face it once due to me being a novice and had a few miss hits. Even after that it hasn't lost any of its strength (from my experience). It's a night and day difference between it and say a harbor freight cast aso, or something of the like. I would definitely recommend anyone who can afford it get one. Now just something I've noticed, after vervor started taking over selling them, I've seen a few vids of people getting ones that do seem a tad weaker per say.? Not sure if they were just beating it like this and talking smack or what. I got mine from the old happy buy link, not vervor directly. It used to be a different seller in belive. And not to trash on vervor, they sell some great products. I'm not sure if this helps or not, but for a total beginner or someone like me with a few years under their belt It's a good thing. 🍻

[@stevenparson0]

@@BurntMushroomBlacksmithing I have about 14 years on and off on and off on and off so yeah right now I'm using a sledgehammer head

[@BurntMushroomBlacksmithing]

@@stevenparson0 nice! I've seen that too. Whatever works. I watch a ton of smiths in the middle east and such, they use all sorts of stuff as an anvil. I recently saw a channel that had giant old arm and hammer anvil that was totally destroyed. The face was nearly an entire crater, so they just laid it on its side and bam! Well anyway, happy smithing my man!

[@ethanphillips8637]

I have a 20lb sledge if you want to do a sequel

[@wayneheitz8390]

Thank you for destroying things for educational purposes to save folks the trouble and help make educated decisions. 👏👏👏

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Your very welcome 🤗 I was pleasantly surprised how well it held up!

[@joeKisonue]

If you get it red hot you can hammer it more easily

[@E1337Jerk]

Well you sold them out

[@pondusenglanq8563]

Do this with Olga 🤷😅

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

1:23 to soft to crack.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

I've done plenty of other tests on this anvil and it had a HRC of 52-54 so soft it's not.. but another comment made the suggestion that it might be Case hardened.. might need to do some more tests and research about that in the future

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

@@ChristCenteredIronworks yeah case hardening would make sense.

[@edwardsdigital]

This makes me feel a little better about beating on my 40kg Vevor anvil.

[@firenbubble]

ah tien ça m’intéresse ça ^^

[@francobernardinojr316]

Can i have it i can't buy here in Philippines because no anvil available

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Shipping would be insane

[@rwdyeriii]

Brother, you can set the biggest sledgehammer head you can find into a tree stump and use that as an anvil. That's very similar to the anvils the Vikings had and you can make some really great stuff with that anvil.

[@francobernardinojr316]

@@rwdyeriii thank you for the information i will do it to do my project thankyou very much 😊

[@farmerboy916]

Now if only they carried a bigger size

[@WECian]

They go up to 60kg or roughly 132lbs.

[@basscase440]

I love my 60kg

[@dennisw7350]

I have a 50kg anvil like that. Seems ok.

[@lawrenwimberly7311]

send me that damaged anvil... I will restore it

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

😉

[@lawrenwimberly7311]

@@ChristCenteredIronworks You know I'd do it Roy

[@dirkventer8112]

Thats what i call a abusives relationship 🤔

[@adrianmorning.1555]

Ita a vevor anvil - actually says it on it ffs

[@dridahook7284]

That was dumb

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Stupid is as stupid does