Bought my First Anvil!

[ThomasPowers]

Mike sounds like you are already using my method.

Quenchcrack, most of Houston is new, try the little towns out in the "country"; I mean I've found 2 anvils here in NM (besides the 2 real and 3 copies at the last implement auction) and they are fairly rare here; except for the fellow who claims he has 700 of them---he's willing to sell but most folks can't afford the east/west coast prices he wants---ebay has a lot to answer for.

Vulcan anvils have a tool steel face and a cast iron body and so are a quiet anvil. They are not as good an anvil as a Fisher, the other major make made that way and are substantially lower in grade than a Hey Budden. On the other hand they are a heck of a lot better than an HF cast iron ASO! Do not grind on the face as the vulcans tend to be a bit thin there and one the steel is gone you are back to a cast iron ASO.

[Quenchcrack]

Picked up the anvil from Alvin Farrier Supply in Tomball, TX. Nicely finished horn and face. Good shape to the hardy and pritchel. Plenty of mass under the main section of the table. Bottom had been milled flat but it wasn't perfectly flat. A bit of filework cleaned up the high spots. Built a stand out of 2x6's. Hopefully I will have some time tomorrow to mount the anvil and check it out. Dropping a ball peen onto the face from about 4" gave an excellent return. Seems to be a lively anvil but does not ring appreciably.

[steponmebbbboom]

congratulations.