FlatLiner

$150.00 for a Swedish made anvil is an awesome deal. Swedish made anvil's are top tier. You can't go wrong with them.

I had the same thought as you. I got a used ranch anvil that had been pretty beat up by cold horse shoeing. I really liked and still do like the way double horn anvils look. I really wanted and still want a double horn, but I used what I had and grew to like it a lot. It is still my main anvil. I found out that there is nothing I could do on a double horn that I couldn't in my beat up Sisco. Someday I will buy my double horn but until then my beat Sisco and beat up Columbian anvils(also an old ranch anvil) serve me just fine.

Not to be rude but I don't know anyone who would trade a double horn black smith anvil for a farrier pattern anvil that has been permanently modified by a previous owner. The reason I say this is here in the USA double horn anvils which are usually a European style anvil are relatively rare compared to London, American, and Farrier pattern anvils which are a lot more common here. I personally would be happy with the deal I got, use it to learn on, and save up my nickles and dimes to buy a double horn in the future.

I am pretty sure that Columbian anvils were made from about 1905 to 1925. After that they distributed a Swedish made version of their anvil for about 2 years.

Bienvenido Francisco Alfonso. Tiene un buen yunque de buen tamaño. Quisiera tener uno igualito. Ojala que alguin puede contestar sus preguntas pronto. Hay various aqui que hablan Español/Castillano. Hay jente de todo el mundo en este sitio.

I like it. I am sure with your experience making anvils you will have no problems fixing or making a work around to fix the pitting.

I am in SLC, Utah. You could ask almost anything for it and it would sell here in Utah. It looks like a decent anvil. I would say you should easily get $5 a lb if not more for it. I have seen lighter and more beat up anvils go for over $1500.00 on KSL classifieds. PM me if you need anything else.

A very interesting video discussion on mass production of armour. I found it very insightful and inspiring.

I also have been waiting anxiously for book IV. Sorry to hear about your health issues Thomas, I hope and wish the best for you.

Awsome score. I am still looking for a 200+ lb anvil for a screaming deal like that. I am in no hurry though, I have found that my 125 lb Sisco and 135 lb Columbian anvils do everything that I need. I just think it would be cool to have a 200+ lb Swedish or Columbian anvil.

Or you just use the Columbian anvil measuremens to get the weight.

Out here in the west that price is a steal.

That is a Columbian anvil. It is a cast tool steel anvil. They are considered a top tier anvil. They are supposed to be the first cast all steel anvil in the US. They were only made for about 20 years.

I have a chain hold fast that I can move between anvils or take off easily if I know I won't be using it. The way my anvil stands are made allows me to have a simple hook on the end of the chain that hooks to the anvil stand and then you just throw the weighted end over the anvil when in use. It also allows for multiple possible positions on the face of the anvil. After your done using it the hooked end simply falls off the anvil stand when the weight is brought back over the anvil. The hold fast can then be kicked under the stand, thrown in a corner, on a work bench or anywhere else that is convenient and out of the way.

Nice anvil, Swedish anvils are among the best made.

Welcome Wehr1850 from Utah, USA. You will find people on here from all corners of the planet. We would love to see pictures of your anvil. I have ancestors that immigrated to Australia and South Africa before they immigrated to the USA.

For $1000 I would take the Brooks over the fisher, but that's my personal preference.

Unfortunately that anvil is a good anvil out here in Utah. Good anvils are slim Pickens out here, a lot were donated to the war effort in WWII and what's left seems to be riden hard on ranches where they where cold shoeing horses. That is what usually does the damage that you are seeing on the edges. If you keep your eye out in KSL or Craig's list a hidden gem will pop up every now and then but you have to have cash on hand and be willing to drop everything in a moments notice to go get it. The one guy selling English anvils brings them in by the pallet load, he has connections in Britain. He sells them on the internet and he doesn't budge on price. I told him once that I refuse to pay more per pound for a used anvil than what I can buy a new one for, he just told me that there are a lot of people out there who are willing to pay just for the name on the anvil. Don't overlook the value of a forklift tine or large block of steel, and be willing to travel into Wyoming and Idaho for an anvil. I picked up a Sisco anvil in Evanston for $100 the gentleman threw in a 45 lb trunkated Columbian anvil for free with it. The Sisco's edges looked similar, I just flap wheeled them to take the sharpness off and now it's my go to anvil. Good luck, if I see anything I'll let you know.

Lol Thomas, some people won't like your comment.

Both my Sisco and Columbian anvils are glued to metal tripod stands using silicone. Both are quiet enough to use without hearing protection. But the forklift tine post anvil that is bolted to a granite base on the other hand is loud as a church bell. I had to wrap that one with a chain to quiet it down and even then it's still louder than the other two.

I love the look of the double horn anvils but I have never used one before. I can see the uses that John Switzer talked about in his video. As much as I would like to buy/own a double horn anvil, I can think of many hardy tools to fit my London pattern anvils that are easily made that can do the same processes and they happen to be more cost effective for me to make than buying a double horned anvil in at the moment.

Arm and hammer made a really good anvil from what I understand. The price seems to be about what it would be going for out here in the mountain west of the USA. If it were me I would be heading out to look at it and I would take a small hammer and a ball bearing to check the hardness and condition of the face of the anvil. From the pictures it seems to be in pretty good condition.

Nicely done and well thought out.

With all due respect, he is from an anvil rich country, we have no idea if the anvil was still usable, or what condition it was in, if it damaged was it salvageable, or is it cheaper to buy another instead of fixing it, from what I could see when he milled down the face it appears to be soft like wrought iron not hardened steel. What one does with his own tools is up to them. Just because we over here in America think that this was sacrilege doesn't necessarily mean it was in their eyes, to each their own.

Let us know how it is when you get it and what it is like to use. I would like hear a review/report from first hand experience about this brand of anvil. There is hardly anything out there written up about them.