[TheForge] How bad are the HF cast anvils?

Sat Dec 29 00:24:27 2001

I know a kid who makes damascus swords on a 55# HF anvil, so who knows.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Whiteson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] How bad are the HF cast anvils?

> I would bet $$ that "cast steel" in this case is really just cast iron and
> cast iron is not a great material for an anvil.  Someone in this list did
> say, (this is a while back),  that he bought a bunch as student anvils for
> a class he ran and that they did the job.  I guess it's surely better than
> no anvil at all.  But they still cost $100 and that is too much to spend
on
> something that's really just a stopgap.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> At 09:28 AM 12/28/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> > From another list I've seen a request for information on the Harbor
Freight
> >110lb anvil.
> >
> >http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=46707
> >
> >They say its "cast steel."  Anyone ever seen one of these beasties?
Their
> >products are generally, uhm... "less than desirable", but you can still
> >find some good deals.
> >
> >I know their cast iron anvils aren't any good, but I hadn't seen the
"cast
> >steel" before.  At 1/4 of the price of a Czech anvil, its starting to
look
> >good, if it isn't just a boat anchor.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Michael
> >
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