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Hardy tools, also known as anvil tools or bottom tools, are metalworking tools used in
Hardy tools, also known as anvil tools or bottom tools, are metalworking tools used in anvil
An anvil is a metalworking tool consisting of a large block of metal (usually forged or cast steel), with a flattened top surface, upon which another object is struck (or "worked").
Anvils are as massive as practical, because the higher th ...
s. A hardy has a square shank, which prevents it from rotating when placed in the anvil's hardy hole
An anvil is a metalworking tool consisting of a large block of metal (usually forged or cast steel), with a flattened top surface, upon which another object is struck (or "worked").
Anvils are as massive as practical, because the higher th ...
.''The Complete Bladesmith'', p. 10 The term "hardy", used alone, refers to a hot cutting chisel used in the square hole of the anvil. Other bottom tools are identified by function. Typical hardy tools include chisels and bending drifts. They are generally used with a matching top tool.
Different hardy tools are used to form and cut metal. The swage is used to make metal a specific cross section, usually round for final use as nails, bolts, rods or rivets. The fuller is used to stretch or help bend metal, and make dents and shoulders. Many hardy shapes have corresponding hammer like tools with head shapes to help form metal, called top tools, for example a "V"-shaped swage is used with an inverted "V"-shaped hammer like top tool to form iron into an angle shape.
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