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[Saint Phlip]

Ries, I've seen people buy anvils for ridiculous prices, for
ridiculous purposes. 20 years ago, when  reasonably good anvils (used,
but not beat to Hel) anvils were going for $1-1.50 / lb, I watched a
couple guys get into a bidding war over one. It was a decent anvil,
couple hundred lbs, and a guy who wanted it for his (automotive) shop
lost out to the Dr who wanted it for his home decor, at over $1000.

Also, I've noticed that you guys over on the left coast tend to pay
about twice as much as people over here- in fact, I'm looking for a
#400+ anvil at a reasonable price, for a knife-making friend of mine
because of that.

That $4500 anvil is in Massachusetts. Granted there are a few guys
around here that will squeeze ever penny out of everything they can,
but I can't imagine any of the serious smiths I know around here even
considering that kind of price.

OTOH, I've gone to a few auctions around here, and seen yuppie looking
types bidding silly amounts of money for anything they think might
possibly be an antique- including anvils.

On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Ries Niemi <ries at riesniemi.com> wrote:
> I have never seen a yuppie anvil collector.
>
> Yuppie, of course, means Young Urban Professional.
>
> I know cranky old rural anvil collectors, many of which have bucks, even though they try to hide it.
> I know eccentric young hardcore blacksmith anvil collectors, who work 70 hour weeks fabbing at $100 an hour and amass tools.
> I know retired doctors or lawyers or professors who now wear overalls and can spend as much as they want.
> I know professional smiths, most in their 40's and 50's, who employ guys, who buy good anvils, and use em.
>
>
> But Yuppies? around here, we practically invented yuppies, and I have never seen one buying an anvil.
>
> A lot of the guys I see buying anvils at prices like these, the guys who buy new Nimbas, for example, which cost MORE than this, are guys who work full time, and want to buy a known, good anvil, as they have no time for scrounging- Union machinists, full time firefighters, Community College welding instructors, Boeing employees- I have personally talked to guys in all 4 categories who have spent money like this for an anvil.
>
> Maybe its different in the midwest, but out here, the young kids scrounge, and the old guys are the ones with the FW's (fat wallets)
>
> ries
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 17, 2011, at 9:06 PM, Kim George wrote:
>
>> At $3.00 a pound  it's only $1350. He's looking for some yuppie
>> collector with more money than sense to buy it and it probably won't
>> see any work again.
>>
>> On 12/17/11, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:
>>> Take a look at the price.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kohlswa-Blacksmith-Anvil-405-lbs-37-1-2-inches-RARE-/300464407491?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f51303c3#ht_1566wt_1087
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