[TheForge] Old Anvils

[Andrew Vida]

Where in Joisey?

woolley wrote:
> I have a couple I would part with. They are in South Jersey, 
> Philadelphia area.  Contact me off list if you want.
> 
> 
> 
> On 2/28/2011 7:53 PM, Ben Barrett wrote:
>> I bought a ~210# fisher about 5 years ago, through the local classified ads,
>> for $200 from a knife-maker, but that was an overly-reasonable deal from
>> what I've seen (and some edges and the tip of the horn were badly abused,
>> although the body of the anvil is great and has good rebound.  I haven't
>> seen anything under $2/pound, since, and more often $3-$5/pound, but just
>> want to make clear that the market value does not represent the unique
>> circumstances which may be found :)
>> There are a few anvil dealers around the country, whose listings I sometimes
>> see on craigslist (one in SFbay and one around Phila, IIRC) who seem to
>> regularly get top dollar for their resales.  I realize that a good anvil is
>> generally "worth it" although I sometimes see them in the hands of
>> collectors or even store-window displays going unused and mostly unloved,
>> which is frustrating.  Here is a site-specific google search which should
>> show you some blacksmithing anvils (and not the anvil roadie cases which
>> commonly come up when searching just "anvil")...
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=site:craigslist.org+anvil+-case+blacksmith
>>
>> hope this helps,
>>
>> Ben
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 4:31 PM,<dann at wctatel.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> 20 or so years ago,  I bought a ferriers' anvil  (guessing that it
>>> probably weighed about 140 pounds) from an aging blacksmith. He was a
>>> friend who had mentored me. That anvil had been in the blacksmith shop
>>> when his grandfather had taken over, in 1925.    Last Fall,  I was
>>> visiting with the son of my blacksmith mentor.  When I told him that I had
>>> his grandfather's anvil, he was delighted at the chance to buy it back.
>>> He remembered his grandfather working on that anvil, and wanted to share
>>> those skills with his adult son and teenage grandson. So I did the "right
>>> thing" and sold it to him for the same $280 (estimated $2 a pound ) that I
>>> had paid his father, all those years ago.
>>>
>>> Tonight I had a call from a different fellow looking for a good used anvil.
>>> As I am down to my last good anvil, I don't have an extra to part with.
>>>
>>> Its been 3 years since I've seen a good anvil sell at auction, but the
>>> last one that I remember was a high school shop close out, and that 120
>>> pound anvil went nearly $500.  Anyone know what anvils are selling for
>>> today.   I haven't priced the new ones,&  haven't been to one of the UMBA
>>> meets at Centaur Forge / Burlington, Wisconsin in nearly 8 years.
>>>
>>> Dann
>>>
>>>
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