[TheForge] Results of smoking crack...

[Andrew Vida]

On 12/18/2011 11:56 AM, Saint Phlip wrote:
> 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.

	It is aggravating, but that is life in the free market.

	I bouthg a 417# PW from Jim McCarty (where is he these days?) that came 
out of a railroad shop.  I paid $1.80/# and it was well worth the money. 
  I would not (could not) pay $10+/#, unless of course it was made of 
fine gold in which case I would ask mom for a loan.

>
> 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 sort of equipment is hard to find in the left.  Prices in AZ were 
high and equipment was barely available in WA and OR.  When I was living 
in Portland I bought a 168# PW that cost me under $300 WITH motor 
freight from MA.  I could not have gotten a paperweight locally for that 
money.

> 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.

	There is a part of me that wants to beat such people with an iron bar 
but I keep him locked securely away lest he get loose.