Homemade Anvil with a Hardy Hole - plus Hardy Tools

When I made my carving gouges in a recent video I realised I needed a hardy hole to help with certain blacksmithing tasks. As my little anvil doesn't have a hardy hole and the fact a proper anvil is out of my reach, I put my mind to how I could get around it. This is what I came up with and I reckon it will do the job just fine!
I called it a '$20 anvil' as the steel cost me $5 plus a small amount of mild steel (a couple of dollars), 4 coach bolts and welding wire. $20 would be about correct!
Hopefully the video will be useful to others and show that there's quite often ways of getting a job done even if you don't have the correct tools!
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