ClaudeH

Okay, you guys "talked me into it". 

It was at a horse tack and consignment shop next to my office.  It was on consignment oddly enough, even though it was horsie stuff, so it was hard to haggle.  I'd been offering $1 / lb. for more than a year, but she's been down to $125 from an original price of $250 for months.  She wasn't going any lower.

So now I've got an anvil.  I better hang around this site and find some reason to beat on metal!

Need doesn't exactly explain it!  ;<)

On the basis of Mother Teresa or Mahatma Ghandi or even the IRS (!) I don't need much.

But I would get some use out of an anvil if I had one and it would tempt me into playing with metal more.  I just don't want to spend more than I could get out of it again.  Or, more to the point, if this is a bargain I don't want to pass it up. 

For months I've been looking at an anvil for sale.  I don't especially need an anvil, I'm not a blacksmith or blacksmith wannabe, but I have a shop and like to work on a variety of equipment.

It is a Vulcan, about 100 pounds.  I see Vulcans don't rate as being very desirable in the comments here.  I wonder if there is a price point that makes one desirable for general shop use?

They are down to $125 for this anvil, from $250 a year ago.  they describe it as a horse-shoers anvil.  At least that is what it has been in its working life.

It has no significant chips, the holes are a little worn at the edges, the top has shallow dents - not sharpsided, just something I can feel with my fingertips.

Does $125 for a 100 poung vulcan make this something I might want to have or should I resist?

TIA