[TheForge] Old Anvils

[Jerry Frost]

Good of you to put that anvil back into it's family Dann. Especially if it 
isn't going to be hearth or garden art.

The Home Depot carries Rigid tools and Rigid bought out Pedinghaus(sp?) a 
few years ago though they don't keep them on the shelf, here in AK anyway. 
They will however happily order one for you and have it delivered to the 
nearest store. I asked at the local Home Depot some time back and all they 
wanted to know was which one I wanted and my CC number. There was even a 
break on shipping if I didn't mind waiting till they could put it in a 
regular shipment.

Jer
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From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Old Anvils


>
>
> 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.
>
> I've not seen even ratty anvils going for less than $4/# these past few
> years.  Last I looked, several years now, Centaur ranged up to $7/# for
> Peddunghaus and Refflinghaus anvils.  If you are smithing
> professionally, they are well worth that much - it is just another tool,
> and central to one's ability to get work done.  For hobbyists the story
> is a bit different, unless you have plenty of disposable income on
> hand... something I've not had for 10 years now.  Boo hooty hoo.
>
> Anvils are way up, largely thanks to the dickhead collectors who are
> willing to pay stupid money for them... but them's the breaks of
> comparatively free markets.  I would expect $4-$5/#. If you can get them
> for less and they are in good shape, pounce.  One problem I see is that
> some really shitty looking anvils are getting the $$.  No idea who is
> buying them or for what purpose, but a good chance they are collectors
> on their speculative missions.
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