I teared up today.....

[orgtwister]

go buy a aso there even go nuts on the price of them the clown on ebay is back with the russion anvils again and he just found 3 more and its a buy it now for 349.00

[NateDJ]

Originally Posted by Avadon

When I die I want all my tools to go to apprentices who have tons of heart but shallow pockets.

How you feeling man? You doing ok lately? LOL Just kidding!

I was told last night about a person who bought an old farm with a blacksmith shop on it that should be about 100 years old and they have cleaned it all up and then locked it up so they can say they have a historical blacksmith shop on their land! I plan a trip by some time this week if possible.

[ThomasPowers]

If there is a collector in your area you can still find anvils that they haven't!

We have a collector round these parts but I had a member of my church give me a swedish cast steel anvil in great shape which I passed on to the Fine Arts Metals class at the local U as they had broken their previous anvil...

The collector may get the ones at local auctions and sales but you want the ones hiding in basements and garages and sheds anyway---they tend to be cheaper!

[KYBOY]

I am amazed at the lack of anvils in my area..It really is confusing..Several years of weekend searchs, wanted add's, combing every flea market and yard sale within driving distance...Ive seen two for sale and they were not worth buying..Im a gun collector from way back so Im usually pretty good at digging up items..We are just flat anvil poor...Thats all there is to it...

[keykeeper]

KYBOY,

Try farm auctions, there is usually a few going on any given month. Use auctionzip.com, put in your zip code and search radius, under keyword put in "anvil" and get busy. I've found a few auctions coming up I'd like to hit near me, but the cash flow isn't happening right now to do that.

Here's one coming up within hour or so of Eastern Ky, I'm might try to hit this as it is not far from here, either. http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/au...143&category=0


Anvils are out there, you just have to dig a little deeper.

[KYBOY]

Thanks, I never did know how to get a leg up on those auctions..Ive dug about as deep as I can without going to prison I never thought another shop anvil was asking for too much....

[MRobb]

Don't feel bad KYBOY. You're not alone.
Keykeeper, thanks for the site info. I tried it for my area. Using "anvil" as the keyword, the closest auction is in SC. And they were "mini cast anvils". I'll just keep looking. Who knows, maybe the next stone I turn over.

[KYBOY]

I dont really..Ive just pretty much come to accept it... Too many dead ends, to many miles and to many trips to sale just to find out their "Anvil" was in actuality a piece of railroad track .. ....Id say unless I shell out $700-$900(which isnt likely) Ill have to keep forging on my old broken down, rebuilt 70 pounder..Oh well, she helps move hot metal. I guess thats what counts .

[Scratch]

The first anvil I bought was a 150 pound Peter Wright "yard ornament" for the last 12 years. I placed an ad in the local farmers paper looking for anvils and blacksmithing equipment. I got a bunch of calls one of them being that one. The guy was happy to sell it to me for 150.00 as long as I promised I wasn't going to sell it for scrap and actually use it!

Maybe he'd take something on trade for it... maybe if you made something on that anvil that he'd like, and could use, he'd possibly be up for a trade...?

[buddy215216]

you'll find one soon enough i was lucky when i got mine, one of my dads co-workers had it laying around and gathering dust so he said i could borrow it for a while