Finally got the rebound right on a 19th-century pattern anvil restoration

Spent the last month tuning a beat-up Fisher that came in with a dead face and a crack in the heel. The rebound now rings clean at 80%—not perfect, but honest for a tool that's been through a century of hard use. It's headed to an old farrier who's been forging on a bent railroad track since the 70s; that's the kind of client that makes the late nights worth it.