{"product_id":"horned-bench-anvil-128-mm","title":"Horned bench anvil, 128 mm","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou are closing a rivet on a watch strap, or bringing a ring back round after it went oval in a drawer. A flat bench block gives you nothing to work around. A horn does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it is\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA single casting, 128 mm end to end, with the top face ground and polished. That face is 75 by 26 mm. From it the horn tapers to a point, so a ring, a bezel or a bracelet link sits on a curve — you slide it along the horn until the curve matches the diameter you want, then hammer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt stands 60 mm tall on a foot 83 by 41 mm and 6 mm thick, with four holes through it. Bolt it to the bench and it stops walking under the hammer. Left loose it still works, it just moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt weighs 600 g.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it is for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLight forming work at the bench. Riveting, doming, straightening bent findings, rounding small rings, flattening sheet, tapping watch pins. The same bench as a mini drill press, a vise and a set of files.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eSteel or cast iron, and why we are not saying\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe maker's own material line reads \"steel\". The maker's own product banner, on the same listing, reads \"high-hard cast iron\". Both cannot be right, and we are not going to pick the flattering one for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is not in dispute is the construction, which you can see in the photographs: a rough dark casting with a bright ground working face. That is how bench anvils in this class are built, and the face is the part that matters. Our sample arrives shortly. A file goes across that face the day it lands and this paragraph gets replaced with an answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat it will not do\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a bench anvil, not a blacksmith's. 600 g absorbs a jeweller's hammer. It will not take a two-pound engineer's hammer, and hitting it that hard will mark the face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe face is finished flat, not ground to a measured tolerance. If you need a certified flat reference for checking work, that is a surface plate, not this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt ships as the bare anvil. No hammer, no bolts, and no wooden block — the maker sells a block-mounted version separately, and this is not it. If you see 770 or 780 g quoted for this casting anywhere, that figure is the anvil plus that block. On its own it is 600 g.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eShipping and returns\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree shipping in the US, 5 to 15 business days. Returns accepted for 30 days from delivery. Return postage is on you, the price of the item comes back in full.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARVONELLE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46226570379455,"sku":null,"price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5826\/3743\/files\/horned-bench-anvil-photo-clean.png?v=1789687697","url":"https:\/\/arvonelle.com\/products\/horned-bench-anvil-128-mm","provider":"ARVONELLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}