by Tobia Blackthorn » Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:13 am
First, I'll say that the $10 anvil tandy sells works great for me, especially since its small enough to slip into a project if I really need to. It made a world of difference.
As for peening, I put the peen on the outside as well. Not sure why I started doing that, but always have with a few exceptions. And you really do have to make sure that you make sure its good and flat. I was at Ides of March, and warming up with the Soldato, the leader of New Dawn. He came in and initiated the grappled (I was wearing armor, he wasn't.) Well, I put my foot behind his, kind of like you do for a sweep, but just to provide more stability for myself. Thing was my greaves were the first armorwork I'd done, and I hadn't peened them completely, as I didn't even have a real anvil yet. Sure enough, he got a nice clean cut from the front of the shin around to the outside. Needless to say, I went back to the Cu Sith camp, and Haggis was kind enough to let me use his tools to fix that. Never had a problem with anything after that.
Note: 2X4's will not suffice for anvils...
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