I really wish that I could afford a new anvil. Perhaps this is an indication that it's really time to start supporting these businesses who are desperately trying to keep the industry alive for the backyard/small shop blacksmith. Also the diversity of anvil manufacturers will narrow down to even fewer sources then there are today. I look at it this way, if foundry's stop making new anvils (because of expense or lack of demand) and the old anvils (those in any kind of decent condition) start getting harder to find then the price of anvils are going to skyrocket out of rarity. It may make new smiths more serious about the investment in anvils and it will help those who are working on making superior brand new anvils stay afloat in these hard times. It may make smiths turn to new Anvils, save up a summers or twos worth of cash before purchase. You know there is one silver lining in all this hard to find anvil business. I still want to kick this anvil-hoarding guy in the head I still want to kick this anvil-hoarding guy in the head Edited Jby mod07 There's a 140# for sale a few hours drive from me, but the guy still hasn't sent any pictures. I hear murmurings that there's a guy in the area with 7 anvils for sale.he still hasn't bothered to contact me. I've put the word out there, asked everyone I know, cruised garage sales, ebay, craigslist. I also had some guy in an antique store start yelling at me and almost chase me out of his store with a broom handle when I pointed out that his "really nice" anvil was a harbor freight aso that looked as though it had been dragged behind a truck for several hours. I had some lady try to convince me that a 110 lb Vulcan was brought over on the Oregon trail. ![]() In my search for anvils I have had encounters with ****, OTOH we still have folks reporting getting good anvils for $2 a pound or even free by finding the ones NOT being marketed for profit.I think you guys need to spend less time complaining about anvil collectors, a little less time complaining on this forum, and a little more time looking for them and maybe then you will find one! (I got a lot of calls about "is that price firm?" to which my reply was "no I'd be happy to raise it a dollar or two a pound." And it was so much fun explaining I didn't need an intermediate sized anvil like that.got two over 400# for large work and two at 165# for most shop work and several travel anvils for teaching.) Probably could have held out for more from a dealer but didn't want to deal with dealers and flippers. I recently sold an anvil I picked up in the hoard and didn't need, 248# Peter Wright, I sold it for US$1000 to a new smith. I still think that there is a bubble going on, a lot like the classic tulip bulb market bubble and fueled a lot by blacksmithing shows on TV and internet. Being laid off in the early 2000's put paid to that dream but I haven't regretted tooling up back in the "Blacksmith's Happy Hunting Grounds". I was hoping to take early retirement and open a school. I think part of the problem is that a lot of people don't KNOW that good new anvils are easily available it's a very inefficient market in economic terms.īack in the 1990's I was buying a good condition, good brand used anvil a year for under US$1 a pound. When you see that used anvil for sale, you now have information to compare and make an informed decision about the purchase. The blacksmithing standard for NEW anvils in the fall 2019 is the $6.00 to $9.00 price range. Let us limit things to blacksmithing anvils in the 100 to 200 pound range. If you use the anvil just on the weekends, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and toss $1.00 into the kitty each day, you now have $2880. ![]() 20 years, times 12 months in a year, and 4 weeks in a month, you get 20 x 12 x 4 which equals 960 (weeks) which can be called $960 dollars or $1.00 per week. You plan on using an anvil for the next say 20 years. You will need to figure out what you plan on making and purchase the style and anvil weight to fit the work.Ĭalculate the price per pound on each anvil. Try out block anvils, single horn, double horn, London pattern, farriers pattern, etc. Go to the blacksmiths meetings and look at the different anvils and the purpose they were designed for. Some blacksmithing work goes a bit heavierĪn anvil is a life time investment, as it will most likely out last several owners if the anvil is treated well. Farriers go a bit lighter as their stuff is mobile by necessity. ![]() The anvil weight is 100 to 150 pounds for many blacksmith shops.
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