scottorious

yah im pretty bummed. I couldnt have gone and picked it up before monday anyway so I didnt have much choice. I think they educated themselves. It went from bing listed as "antique anvil" to "peter wright"

well somehow since last night the price changed to 325 dollars. A little out of my price range for just getting into it. Darn.

ok im gonna pick it up. Thanks for the pressure. I just hope the face is better than i think.

so in its present condition at 170 dollars its a deal? I just am such a novice that I dont want to go snag it up only to get back here to post about my new find and then everyone say I got hustled(which is usually the case). Its about an hour drive from me in central IL. So i just want to be pretty sure.

I will have to give better instructions on what i want a picture of tomorrow. I just assumed that someone must have just taken some punches and just punched that into the face for fun. Hopefully you are correct and its just on a different part of the anvil.

I cant be 100 percent sure. I just asked the owner to send a picture of the face and this is what i was sent. Why would you be inclined to think it wasnt the face?

Here is another picture of the face. It looks like someone really beat the tar out of it. Thanks for the advice. I cant get enough of this forum right now. Really great place full of information. I just dont know where to start. My railroad anvil just seems like a bad place to start. Its not flat and its 3 feet long. I dont really want to put any money into it so im trying to make due but the base i made for it still seems to bounce around which makes it really tricky. My goal is to forge knives. Is this still a good deal after seeing this second picture? untitled.bmp

I found a "wright" anvil for 170 dollars. It is said to be 172 pounds. I had pictures sent to my phone and the faceplate looks to be in pretty rough condition. Would the cost of resurfacing be worth it for the price of the anvil? it doesnt seem very expensive especially if the resurfacing cost isnt too high. anvil.bmp

hello, I am new to this forum as well as blacksmithing. I am in the process of getting my tools gathered. I have a railroad track that I have been making due with but I found this anvil on craigslist http://peoria.craigslist.org/atq/1979804087.html and I wondered if anyone can make any suggestions about it. I have contacted the seller with some questions and I am waiting on their response. I didnt know if anyone recogized the form or could visually see that its just a cast iron piece of junk.