[TheForge] Of anvils, and buying them...

[dann]

Gabriel,

Hoarding Anvils ?     I think it starts out like a starving man looking for 
food.   You put out feelers to  scrap iron,  farm junk men,  auctioneers, 
etc , with  "if you  run across an anvil,  I am really interested"  After a 
while you have your personal quota of good anvils, but  now the word is 
out, and more of them keep appearing.

Dann

At 05:02 AM 12/31/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Gabriel
>
>Where are you located?
>
>Hook up with you local blacksmith chapter, group, club
>and find the guy who hoards anvils and other tools.
>There usually is at least one. If you are serious
>about smithing, you can get one from him.
>
>Check out EBay. They sell about half a dozen anvils a
>week. A bit high priced and the freight will kill you,
>but they have pictures and you can get a sense of what
>is selling for what.
>
>Network, network, network! I have three anvils and tow
>of them came from asking everyone I knew if they had
>any idea where to get one. One of them came from a
>co-worker who knew someone who collected tools. The
>other came from a friend of my parents who I met at my
>mother's 75th birthday.
>
>Keep your ear to the ground and you can get good
>deals.
>
>Frederick Faller
>--- Gabriel Cain <gabriel-theforge@dreamingcrow.com>
>wrote:
> > Hi hi.
> >
> >
> > I'm looking to get an anvil soon - Money has come
> > about to allow me to get a
> > real one, not just a bit of train rail.  What I'm
> > looking for is something
> > around 120 - 180 pounds -- Nice for basically
> > general smithing (as I'm not at
> > all sure exactly what stuff I want to make in the
> > long term.  (Coat racks go
> > over very well, though. *grins*))
> >
> > So then, oh wonderous Forgers,
> >
> > What advice/recommendations do you have for someone
> > looking to get a new (or
> > used, if doable) anvil?
> >
> > Very much thanks in advance,
> >
> > Gabriel.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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