After a hammer a fire and something for an anvil (even just a curb or a flat rock)
the next thing you need it help holidng metal so you can work on it... one answer is tongs...
But befire even that, i suggest a vice..
Harb freight has small engineers vices for a very reasonable price..
For blacksmithing make sure you can flip the jaws round to the smooth side so you don't mark up your metal.
Bigger is better, the more solidly mounted the better.
Best of all what's called a POST vice, or a Leg vice... they are stupid expensive on ebay, but if you search around craigslist and auctions, or goto blacksmith gatherings, you can get them much more reasonably., they come in all sizes... bigger is better, but you can do alot on a small pne...
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