[TheForge] Little Anvil

Mon Jun 24 13:46:01 2002

Aaron,

How close is that Hay-Budden to Boston and what kind of shape is it in?

JOhn

On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Aaron Silver wrote:

> 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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