chyancarrek, exactly...
I have no problem with a collector, but the collector I spoke of is very prideful and a braggart of how he takes advantage of people. When you figure a guy buys an anvil away from an auction at $5 a pound, that isn't a sin... I do believe though charging someone $8 a pound for that same anvil the next day then bragging to folks how they "duped the sucker and made $450 dollars off the deal" for a 150 pound sway backed anvil. That is where I have the problem. It is wrong no matter how I try and slice it...
It is a true shame too that a number of guys (or gals) who are searching for an anvil loose hope as they see anvils go at auction for far more than the normal market would bear. I think this in the long run negatively effects our craft and how people view blacksmiths in general (this guy claims to be one, though I don't see evidence as such). Now if we could somehow reach out to all of those frustrated folks looking every weekend for an anvil and hook them in to this site maybe we could convince them that they could make do with something other than a genuine anvil and give them a good start???
James
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