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Well, I know for sure that all three anvils will need major restoration. One of them was hit at least four times with something heavy (can see the dents in the top) and a piece came off from under the top layer of steel. One is definately a vulcan. One has no markings and the other has what looks like a crescent moon on it, but can not make out the writing on it. I think it may say Sou"""" something. We plan on trying to restore life to them by cleaning, heating, and welding them. May be iffy, but it kills me to just see them sitting there. The three forges all need work on the legs, blowers, one needs a leather belt, all blowers need to be taken apart and cleaned really really well. One for sure has all the metal blades rotted on it. We are thinking about cutting new ones out of tin and riveting them onto the part that holds them. The leg vices all need something or other done to them. A few are missing the sleeve that holds the screw and some are also missing the back nut that the screw turns in. Two legs are bent, but can be straightened. ETC ETC! As for these items being put up for sale, of course. The only thing that is on my mind now is determining what I would like to keep and what to sale. I currently have (not counting this stuff we just bought) is a 100# Hay Budden, 100 # Fisher, 210# Peter Wright (needs some light welding done to it), and a 175 # Arm and Hammer that is in excellent trim fighting shape that I am currently paying on. I do not own a post vice, decent coal forge or a blower. Out of the stuff I have showing, one of the post vice is about 5" wide and is quite beefy at about 70ish lbs. Definately a keeper. I will probably keep one of the extra 4" vice for a second one. As far as the blowers go, we will have to replace the legs on the two that came with stands. I would like to keep one of those. Also, I would like to keep the forge that came with the twisty handle and blower just for ole times sake. Any recommendations on how much equipment a smith should have would be appreciated. I am not a believer in the more the merrier. I guess what I am suggesting is, Ex. "How many post vice would you have in a shop?", how many blowers would you suggest a smith keep around?, ETC. Also, if you have any ideas on how to fix these items, any hints, leads, how to make parts, etc would be appreciated. Send me a PM and I will answer. Thanks, Bryan

Picture that I took of the post vices didnt come out but this is the rest of the stuff.

Hi. I have been lurking on this forum now for the past four months. Slowly accumalating tools, anvil, post vice, and a homebuilt forge. A good friend of mine called and let me know that he found a place in MS that had some blacksmithing supplies. I believe at last count we got 3 sledgehammers in the range of 12-16 lbs, 7 blowers, 3 anvils, 6 post vice, 1 dayton 1/3 hp motor (buffer), 4 pipe wrenches, 2 pipe wrench, 3 cross peen hammers, 3 coal forges, 1 tuyere, 1x 25 gallon pot, 1x 35 gallon pot, 1 large drill press, an old chesse cutter and 2 corn shuckers (something like that). This gentleman has more stuff than you can shake a stick at. All these items need work, but I figure that if we restore them all, I will learn alot about the fundamentals of the tools we use.