[TheForge] Tool sale near Milwaukee

[ries niemi]

I dont. I think they are selling to people who have incomes.
current pricing on anvils, at 3 bucks a pound, is pretty common.
sure, there are always those of us who bought stuff dirt cheap, 20 or 30 or 40 years ago, who scoff at current prices.
but that doesnt mean they arent current prices.
A new anvil is more like 7 bucks a pound.
3 bucks a pound for quality isnt out of line. nobody makes laminated cast/plate anvils anymore, or forged/plate anvils, but if they did, it would cost MORE than the 7 bucks a pound Nimba gets for a cast alloy steel anvil.

I remember when used cars were $100, and houses were twenty grand.
Doesnt mean only collectors buy $30,000 cars now- thats the average price for a new car in america.
New tongs are forty to fifty a pair, minimum. I have paid more than that for brand new ones made by some of the friends of mine who make high quality modern tongs.
A new, well made hammer is easily above a hundred bucks from the dozen or so blacksmiths I know who make good hammers.
Beginners today, who didnt have our access to lots of really cheap stuff 30 years ago, willingly pay these prices where I live.

Ries


> On Dec 13, 2016, at 11:28 AM, Kim George <klgeorge at kent.edu> wrote:
> 
> I think they're trying to sell to collectors and interior decorators.
> 
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> Kim George
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> "Why for you try to bury me in cold,cold ground?"
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