[TheForge] Anvil repair workshop in NJ (was: Old tools)

[Bruce Freeman]

Well, in NJ you can get cheap Chinese anvils at Fazzio's any time you
like.  As one fellow asserted:  "That's a better anvil than you are a
blacksmith!"  (True for many of us, but certainly not all.)

Meanwhile, if you have a beat-up anvil that you like, NJBA is holding
another anvil-repair workshop on Nov. 13 in Howell, NJ.  See our
website for details (http://njba.abana-chapter.com/ then click
"upcoming meets")



On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net> wrote:
> I have never seen a $20 anvil, but I came close.  I got my main anvil, a 170
> lb HB, for $75 from a friend who got it for $25 the day before.  He fell
> into a great deal and so did I. That was 13 years ago.  I sometimes see old
> beat up anvils at flea markets for under $200, but given the condition, they
> aren't really that good of a deal. If you keep your eyes open, and have some
> cash in your pocket you can still find an ocational deal, but they are
> getting fewer and fewer.  I like making tools so it doesn't bother me to
> spend time on tools, even if it ends up costing me more in time than it
> would have to just buy it.
>
> In BAM we have some members that like to go to auctions, they frequently by
> stuff just to bring to meetings and resell. They make a little profit, and
> the members that don't have time for auctions get some tools at a reasonable
> price. Like the kick press I got this summer, a friend got it at auction
> just about for free, and I traded something for it that I just had lying
> around, that my friend needed.
>
> It's not gouging to make a profit. If the price is too high it won't sell.
>
> PS: I do remember when I would see anvils in the hardware store along with
> the other shop tools, it's been a while.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
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Bruce
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