I got an anvil (150kg Brooks), a vice and a bench shear for a birthday and Christmas combined when I was around 15 from my parents - all used of course, but in good condition. Dad took a trailer away on a work trip to bring them back from 5 hours south of home, when a farrier replied to an ad in the local paper for blacksmithing gear
. They were (and still are) very understanding of teenage boys with strange hobbies - I guess it kept me out of trouble and was cheap at the price! Still got them all (and they have some friends). Presents like that last a lifetime
Geoff