[TheForge] Anvil stuff

[Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer]

At 09:21 AM 1/22/02, you wrote:


Andy, here on the west coast, that would be a fair but not great 
price...perhaps the price you would pay to someone you know.
They are reputed to be a fine anvil.........Pete F




> > Thanks for replies on Trenton anvils.  I didn't think that got thru.
> > Anyway, is $3 a lb. a good price for a Trenton anvil?  Also in I believe
> > it is the latest Hammer's Blow, there is a brief article on an Israeli
> > smith who made a jig to hold roundstock for piercing and punching.  Does
> > anyone know what kind of anvil he is using?
>
>I'm pretty sure I've read that Uri Hofi makes his own anvils out of S-7.
>Cool setup, and he prefers quite a narrow working surface- something like 3
>1/2 or 4" on a large, heavy anvil.
>
>Quite different from the American ideal of a surface you can serve dinner
>on. Since reading about his anvils, I've noticed that the only time I wish
>my anvil was wider is when I'm not using it for an anvil: i.e. setting
>things on it to make sure they stand up straight, and so forth... usually 4
>1/2 inches is too wide, if anything, though I wouldn't give up weight for
>slimness. (It's a Trenton 242, and BTW a fine anvil)
>Andy G.
>
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