[TheForge] Tool sale near Milwaukee

[CGRAF]

   Ries, you are correct on all counts.

The case is that the price is still some weeks of groceries.

I sometimes wonder if the resurgence of smithing we saw years ago was it 
for a while. At least as far as amateur/hobbyists go.

I am a classic weekend warrior myself, strictly mental health time for me.

When I started, pretty nice stuff set me back some, but I still had cash 
to feed the family.

At the prices today ....

Well, if one fancies oneself a commercial smith, then it is that type of 
investment, and reasonable. I know I will spend real money on something 
for my sheet metal shop. I sometimes even convince myself that some new 
toy for the smithy has applications for the tin shop. <G>

I am just happy most of my smithy was bought and paid for years ago.

Mike Graf



On 12/13/2016 8:57 AM, ries niemi wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> Ries
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