DaveF

I also have 157# Peter Wright. I thought PW rang loud but Side by side the Kohlswa is much more ear piercing.

Picked this up this past weekend. Rings loud enough to hurt my ears and rebound is at least 95%. 128lbs. edges are a little gnarled but I don't think they were ever dressed. top is nice and flat. paid $100.00. I was the lucky first caller to the craigslist ad lol. Is the any way to determine its age? The number on the bottom mean anything?

About three weeks ago I decided " Hey I can do this" and now I'm kinda hooked. I quickly built a little forge out of an old small weber grill,scrape pipe and a hair dryer. This lasted about a couple hours and I was off to the store and bought the stuff to build a larger rotor style forge.This works well but I have come across a couple other forges.One is a smaller rivet style forge in excellent shape. Hand crank blower is smooth to turn and is a Canedy otto blower. The second forge is a buffalo forge 02 or 02D from the old pictures I've found( I could be very wrong on the model # though). This forge is also in excellent shape. just kinda wondering which would be the better forge to use. The little rivet style forge and blower I can get for $140 The big buffalo I can get for $200 from the same guy that I bought my 157lbs PW,post leg vise and a couple hand crank blowers from. As I'm typing this I'm thinking the best idea might be to just buy both of them.