[TheForge] cone price?

[theforge@mailman.qth.net]

Well, I am feeling better now.  I paid $75 for my five footer-- I 
couldn't get the guy down to $50 and wasn't willing to walk away, since 
I hadn't seen them for sale new or used anywhere else.     Years ago, 
someone on this list recounted  their cone mandrel lament.  As I recall, 
they had an uncle that lived in minesota that they visited every holiday 
season.  A year or so after he died, they mentioned at the family 
gathering they were in to blacksmithing  and looking for  old tools.  
The aunt's response was why didn't you say so sooner?   Evidently the 
uncle had collected several shipping containers of the stuff over the 
years that had been auctioned upon his death.   The poster lamented to 
the Aunt, I had no idea, to which she replied "How could you miss it -- 
the driveway was lined with twelve blacksmiths cones topped with a hand 
forged anchor chain."   The poster remembered the driveway fence, but 
had never seen it other than snow covered and never made the 
connection.   Its been about five years since he posted it, so he has 
probably gotten over it by now.


Charles

Ralph Sproul wrote:

>Bob,  In New England I've been seeing them for $300-800......the 800 being
>the 4-5 foot tall ones with the removable tops.  They are becoming more rare
>to see though.
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