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2 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said:

Low for fine work---little stuff or blades. Spot on for doing heavier work.  Do you strike flat? (put a thin piece of wood on the face and see if your natural hit leaves crescents or rings: Rings good, Crescent open away from you=too high; Crescent open towards you=too low.)

I will try this tomorrow!  Thank you!

Oh wow!  I paid what the seller wanted and what I felt reasonable for what I needed right now.  The anvil top is about to the middle of my palm left at my side.  From a bit of working tonight, it didn't seem to cause me any sort of problems.  Thank you for all of your help!

You all are definitely right.  Arm and Hammer.  Not planning on grinding anything, seems to work out just great so far for me.  Was $100 a reasonable deal for this and the stand?  Not sure exactly where to price it, but even for a low-end anvil, the price worked out for me.

Thank you, everyone.  I took a couple of extra pictures.  I am not planning to do any grinding or any of that, just curious about what problems it could make.  Glad to know it won't cause me problems.

Hello all, my father and I just picked up a new anvil and I am looking at trying to identify it and fix up some of the dings.  Any and all info would be great.

I am located in Traverse City sorry for my vagueness I sometimes forget that there are other parts of the world... :/

Wow thank everyone for all of the advice and knowledge that you have. I am in northern Michigan for all who needed to know. I have started scavenging some supplies but and not sure on what I have so far. I am learning as much as I can before I start doing anything so I don't make too many mistakes. Thank you all for being so gracious with everything.

Hey I am a new and interested in blacksmithing. I would like to know where and how to acquire the equipment and supplies for the craft. I would also like tips from experienced people like all of you! Thanks!!!