[TheForge] 700 lb Hay Budden

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

At that price I'm inclined to buy a new anvil from Old World or
> Euro to get quality, or the 110lb cast steel from Harbor Freight to just
get
> started.  Oh well..I wouldn't have had room for the 700 pound Hay Budden
> anyway!
>
> Larry

Go ahead and pick up the Harbor Freight cast steel 110 lb- it's a decent
anvil- I used it all last summer, demonstrating to my students that they
could get started without having to buy a Peter Wright, or some other high
dollar anvil. I also like it, because if some yahoo busts it doing something
stupid when I'm not looking, I'm not out a bunch of money and history. The
55 lb anvil isn't too bad either, although I don't like the horn very well,
but reshaping it, and a bick would get me what I want.

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....