I teared up today.....

[KYBOY]

Today I saw a beautiful nearly unused 150# ish' Peter wright setting in a yard spray painted black for a yard ornament..Not for sale.......Just my luck

[Avadon]

ugghh that kinda xxxxxx me off when people use tools for aesthetics only purposes and deprive people who can use them or want to use them to create. When I die I want all my tools to go to apprentices who have tons of heart but shallow pockets.

[inazuma_x]

hmmm that sucks...perhaps if you offered them a substitute antique piece of farm equipment they'd let you have it? like an old plow or something...cant really imagine an anvil being absolutely necessary for a yard ornament...

[chyancarrek]

Yeah, it's aggravating but let's not leave our own community out of the discussion. There's an awful lot of anvils owned by collectors that will never see hot metal again. Many of these collectors are smiths who are fully aware of their collection's potential.

Collecting anvils that are rare or have some historical significance is one thing but when there's a stack of usable anvils in some smith's shop just to be looked at - that's a shame.

[ironrosefarms]

We have a couple of those collectors in our area. They will pay $5 a pound for even poor condition anvils. The one that will sell is $8 a pound for a sway back broken anvil. The one I know has over 1000 anvils and buys anything that comes along.

Considering the concern that many here have stated about the possibility of some one taking our tools for the insanely high scrap price, you have to wonder about someone who leaves such a large chunk in such easy view?

[inazuma_x]

do a disappearing act on it at 2am

for the dude who has 1000+ anvils i kinda resent that...and i am sure the anvils do too...they're made for hammerin...and if they are rotting away in some guy's collection...its kinda sad...doesnt he know that everytime someone buys an anvil without being intent on using it for what it was made vulcan kills a kitten...

[kovacija(blacksmith)]

1000 Anvils?????? (take a cargo boat and steel all of them...)

[Glenn]

Originally Posted by inazuma_x

do a disappearing act on it at 2am

I do hope your not suggesting anything illegal.

At 2 am the local dog may think HE owns the anvil, and might discuss the matter with you on his terms. The dog may ask the property owner and his hunting rifle to support the dog's views. Dogs can get real possessive.

[kovacija(blacksmith)]

hahahah
running away from the chasing dog with 300lb anvil don´t seem to be a good idea

[ChrisB]

Go buy a ASO and some Mums and Panseys and a couple of bags of mulch. Ask to swap them out.

I meet one of those collectors once. He had a real nice place with anvils everywhere. I realized then that searching for an affordable used anvil was a waste of time when there are "collectors" willing to drop serious coin to get "old tools".