BorisK

Looks solid! Whereabouts in western mass are ya? I live in Granby.

Figured I'd share this with y'all, they sell tong blanks for you to finish, and they're only $xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sorry if I shouldn't have posted this here I wasn't sure where it would be more relevant. Please contact GLENN, for information on where to pay for your advertising. After fees are paid maybe you can post is to the tong section of the tools dept. Until then I suggest you read the Terms of Service fro membership at IforgeIron and read the forum a bit

Notownkid, I'm taking classes at that shop. They had mentioned the event which I'm not able to make it to. but I could talk to my instructor about repair.

I wouldn't be surprised Lou. I'm in western MA

More photos. I cleaned the body with a wire brush halfway through taking pics. Found some markings on it! I can see that there were two words but I can only really make out the last 3 letters of the second word which look like EED or LED. EDIT: Hmm, Im not sure why those are upside down or how to fix that...Sorry!

I'll post more photos after work. I feel like she looks a little worse in the picture than in real life.

I feel like I overpaid, it was $200 and the guy was very firm about the price. I couldn't find anything else for less than $400 so I just decided to go for it. Your opinion would be appreciated

I don't know the exact weight. It is (by my educated guess) around 140 lbs. Ideally a 2 man job to move it, although I can move it on my own. I'll get some more photos tomorrow, but I have examined it closely and could not notice any markings on any part of the anvil. My other question is, would YOU consider this a usable anvil? or does it look like a project before being usable?

Hey everyone, this is my first post and I am new to the forum. I've recently begun taking some blacksmithing classes and I got hooked right away. So, naturally, I've been scouring craigslist for anvils and happened to find one in "decent" shape (to my knowledge) for a good price so I jumped on it and picked it up the next day. Its old and used and looks like it could use some love. Basically I'm looking to find out if anyone might know what the make is because I cant see any markings under the rust, and also if there are any steps i should take towards restoring it. I have read into how to restore anvils and what ive gathered is that i could wire brush and oil the body of it but to leave alone the face and it will clean up with use. Just looking for some input. As you can see there is a chunk of the working face missing... but i figured that there was enough space there to still justify getting it. The face that is intact is nice and flat with decent edges. Thanks!