[TheForge] big anvil

Wed Jun 19 21:16:00 2002

All valid, if a bit overstated, points. No one mentioned that these
people had no right to do whatever they please. On the other hand,
the same rights accrue to those of us who wish to express our
opinion that what they are doing saddens us. All in all, your reply
seems a bit excessive for a rather light and entertaining thread.

John Frankl

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 [email protected] wrote:

> 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
>
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