Hardy

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Hardy, Hardy Glump, Hardy Chisel, Hardy Swage, Hardy fuller. Blacksmithing tools related to anvils. Hardy tools are fitted into a square hole the tail end of a anvil. Different shaped hardy tool impart shapes or cut metal. The swage is used to make metal round for final use as nail, bolts, rods or rivets. The fuller is used to make help bend metal, make dents and shoulders. Many hardy shapes have corresponding hammer shapes to help form metal, for example a "V" shape fuller is used with and inverted "V" shaped hammer to form angle iron shape.

Hardy may also refer to:

• Hardiness (plants), the ability to survive adverse growing conditions
• Hardy (surname)
• The Hardy Boys, a detective series
• Hardy Boyz, a wrestling team composed of Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy
• The Hardy Wine Company, an Australian wine company.
• Edgar Hardcastle

Hardy is also the name of several places in the United States of America:

• Hardy, Arkansas
• Hardy, Kentucky
• Hardy, Virginia
• Hardy, Mississippi

For people named Hardy, see Hardy (surname).