[TheForge] Little Anvil

[Aaron Silver]

Personally I'd say this is a bit high, but that's just me. I'm in the 
northeast, where about $1/lb is a great deal, $2 is reasonable, and $3 
starts getting a bit high. Also, while another member of the list said that 
there is a lot you can do on a small anvil, I'd be worried that 75# is a 
little too small, depending on what you want to do. For small work it would 
be fine. I've got a 50# that is great when I need to do rivets and such, 
but when I'm pounding on a 1/2" piece of metal I don't want the anvil 
bouncing around. A ~140# anvil is a wonderful anvil for me, and I have yet 
to do any work on it for which it is too small/light. I met a gentleman 
yesterday that has a 140# Hay Budden he's looking to get $2/lb for, so for 
$55 more you could almost double your anvil weight and have a more 
versatile anvil.

Just remember all the above is worth exactly what you paid for it, value 
not to exceed the $0.02 or the value of a plugged nickel. :-)

Aaron Silver

At 07:05 PM 6/23/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Being anvil-less at present, I am always looking.
>This morning I came across an old anvil in a flea market.
>It is a Trenton and the claimed weight is 75 pounds.
>It is heavily rusted. All edges are severely rounded - say a quarter-inch
>radius. The asking price is $225.
>
>It is smaller than I would like and it looks like it would take a lot of
>work to get into shape.
>
>What say you; reasonable price or not?
>
>Rick
>
>
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