Help regarding anvil purchase

[RainsFire]

my anvil's just a little bigger than that.. A 75lb Carolina short sugar (farriers anvil.. I know) and it treats me fine.. big ol'e stump and Iv'e beat out everything from katana's (work in progress) to clay tools on it..
seems like a steal to me.. but ya never know I guess..
like said before, if you dont want it gimme the guy's info..

[ergoman]

thanks for the information. Now I need to try and find a used gas forge...brother is giving me our one grandads leg vise and our other grandads ancient drill press. Ive collected some of the tools over the last 10 years or so. I'll post a pic of the anvil next week if someone could take it as an email. never posted one on the www.

HWooldridge... Are you insinuating theres a coorelation between the size of a mans anvil and .....

[ThomasPowers]

After doing work on a small anvil getting a good sized one will surprise you at how much easier it is!

[HWooldridge]

Ergoman,

I never knew what he kept under the hood - but you never know...:-0

(No, the old feller had heart trouble, was about 5'0" and weighed around 100 lbs or so near the end of his life. However, he had been a high school shop teacher for much of his career and knew how to command order from people.)