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

Mon Dec 31 14:56:58 2001

Something I did when I first started collecting Blacksmiths tools.  I placed
an ad in the local Buy/Sell paper (called the PennySaver around here).
"Wanted Blacksmithing Tools...Call ..".  Let those looking to sell find you.

Ended up with two anvils, forge, various hand tools, tinners stakes and
books.  Got a 175 lb. anvil for $75 Canadian.  Good luck in your tool
hunting.

Paul McComb
Fat Raccoon Forge
[email protected]

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 9:04 AM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Of anvils, and buying them...

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 <[email protected]>
>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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