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On 8/3/2018 at 5:20 PM, Timber Ridge Forge said:

Good point I can’t think of anything a blacksmith really needs an anvil that weights over 500lbs for. I have a 350lbs Hay Budden and even with its damage it’s got more then enough surface to work with. The only people that want something bigger are collectors. 

Incorrect.  Railroad shops use bigger anvils, and steel mill blacksmith shops.  Collectors? No sir!

In case folks haven't heard, Larry Passed away today

the coyote  tried to drop the 450 pound columbian on me and missed

including the vigorish and taxes, slightly over 9k.  A bargain!

one of the reasons I forge such pretty fig leaves is that Adam and Eve modelled them for me.  I use a big rock as an anvil and a small one as my hammer...

OLD insane asylums invariably had blacksmith shops, because "rehabilitation" for folks with mental problems usually included farm work..

columbians used letter keys to denote weight......I forgot where I read that.....the c stands for columbian, and the other letters in the triangle are codes for weight

I ordered that pamphlet catalog of theirs in 1978.  Cannot find it for the life of me.

I use a toaster oven to keep my 7018 dry.  I did not know these rod ovens were so expensive!

very cool purchase!

buy both of them.  The last anvil standing is the winner.  Sell the loser.

poor hay budden...

another big one!

You hit the jackpot!  It is a Kohlswa made out of solid tool steel from sweden.  One of the best anvils in the world.  Worth big !money

On January 12, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Anachronist58 said:

I could lift it, but I won't.

 

The last time I put an anvil up on forum, "Fred" got it. Never Again! It's in my truck, Chuck.

As a quality metric, I consider my new Partner to be in mint condition. Utter Perfection.

My grandfather's 1929, 143# Soderfors is still working outside of Hedley, Texas so this anvil carries a deep significance for me.

Just an anvil, right?

Robert Taylor

you needed a chain hoist to lift that light anvil?

what a beautiful anvil!  Put that beast of burden to work!

William Moran

talk to the auctioneer after the auction.  Sometimes, if you talk nicely to the auctioneer, he/she will give you the opportunity to buy an anvil before they advet rtise the auction at a reasonable price.  This is how it works.  The auctioneer talks to the farmer, and tells him that he has a private client for an anvil.  He buys the anvil from the farmer, then sells it to you at a reasonable profit, removing the stress of bidding.  I have about five auctioneers who hook me up like that

she looks like a peter wright....

a good brazer or welder can fill in the crack after you drill and strap it

looks like a 50 or 75 pounder

$250

I removed the brake on my hammer, it simply stops when I take my foot off the pedal

looks like a hay budden.......you can work around the torch nicks.....nice anvil