[TheForge] RE: Old Anvils/ schooling

Tue Apr 8 12:20:02 2003

Bob:  You advice is right on the money.

                                        Grant Marcoux

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <[email protected]>
To: "theforge" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 7:24 AM
Subject: [TheForge] RE: Old Anvils/ schooling

> Aaron,
>
> A 248# Peter Wright for $350 sounds like a fair deal.
>
> You can be a good smith and be self taught. But you will get there faster
> with schooling in the craft.  As far as the price of your products goes,
> most people don't care what your education history is. They do care about
> the quality of your work. From that point of view the sooner you start
> making quality items the sooner you can ask and get a premium price for
> them.
>
> The only risk I see in formal training is that sometimes the student can't
> break away from their training and all the studend's products look like
> their teacher's, they seem to never find their own style. My son is a
knife
> maker and I see this when a beginner spends a lot of time with the guy
that
> got them started, they can set their tables up side by side and you can't
> tell the knives apart.  Of course if you have a lot of different teachers
> you will have a lot of different styles to draw from. And if you have a
> creative mind you will be able to build on what you have learned, using
> their techniques with your designs.
>
> Bob Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo
>
> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 00:26:27 -0600
> From: Aaron R Williams <[email protected]>
> Subject: [TheForge] Old Anvils
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>
> Hello group
>
> I have been reading the talk on refacing of old anvils and I have learned
> a lot but I was wondering if there is any of the older anvils that you
> shouldn't try this to or that it is not worth doing it to.  I have found
> an abused Peter Wright 248lb that is selling for $350.  Every thing I
> have found on used anvil prices is 1.00 to 3.00 a pound.  The guy that is
> offering me the anvil is going to help me fix it at no charge other than
> that I help.  He has been refacing anvils and reselling them for years
> locally.  What do you think?
>
> Also on another subject,  a little wile ago I asked for information on
> schooling  I was wondering if you thought it makes a difference if one
> gets a formal education in this art or if they are just self taught with
> going to workshops and reading books and lots of practice?  Will it make
> a difference on how one is accepted and will it make a difference in what
> they charge.
>
> Thanks
>
> Aaron
> Pueblo, CO
>
>
>
>
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