[TheForge] big anvil

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Sure it's a lot of money.  But don't forget someone else bid $3.550.00.  The 
price is only what the market will bear.  

I'd gladly sell anyone a 500# Hay-Budden or 450# PW for $6.50 per pound.  I 
guess I could consider that a bargain.  But I know better than to use ebay as 
a barometer for the worth of anvils or anything else.  Perhaps I could 
interest someone in a one-piece Nazel 1B or a few 9" leg vises.  Sure as heck 
I'll piss off someone and I'll be called a rip off behind my back because 
everyone is worried about what everyone else is doing and can't mind his or 
her own business.  Things of such quality are no longer made and no one could 
afford them if they were.  Say what you want but there is NOTHING made today 
like it was in the past.  Any forged anvil is better than any new cast anvil. 
 Today's open die hammers cannot compare to what was offered just 50 years 
ago.  I don't care what anyone says.  They can try to give you the smoke and 
mirrors bull about a fabricated hammer and cast anvils.  Give me some real 
steel or real iron.  I would much rather have an old Rolls Royce in need of a 
paint job instead of a new nicely paint Hyundai or Daewoo.  You only get what 
you pay for and quality comes with a price.  We shouldn't concern ourselves 
just because someone is discriminating enough to afford it.           
 
Who cares what plans the purchaser has for the anvil?  It's his or hers to do 
with what they see fit.  I don't give a crap if they intend to stick the horn 
up their butt and break it off.  After all - they're only renting it.  The 
anvil will still be around when they are long gone from this earth.  It will 
remain for further generations to bitch about it's worth.  I'll agree 
$3,650.00 is a lot of money and I wouldn't have payed it.  But I'm glad 
someone did.  It wasn't the only 515-pound forged anvil made.  But it's one 
saved from the scrap yard.  We should be praising the purchaser.  We all have 
bigger and better things to worry about other than what someone is willing to 
pay for something.  I think we should all mind our own business.  I try to 
avoid posting here as often as possible because sure as *@#~ my thoughts will 
piss someone off.     

Bruce R. Wallace
Wallace Metalwork
www.anvilfie.com/wallace
www.united.forginghammers.com