moneylessrec

Exactly what I was going to do, but I wanted to make sure there wasn't something you guys could see that I wasn't seeing. Thanks!

I've got someone offering me this anvil and a handful of tools for $400. Its going to be roughly an hour and a half one way to look at it. He's said that it's a wilkerson around 140#. Do I make the drive?

Thanks! If you know of any anvils east of ya, let me know! Hayden is only a couple hours from home.

Thank you so much! Some of these are things I know, but some of them are things I never would have thought! Also, thank you for taking the time to reply here, I know it's aggravating to have to keep repeating yourself. Happy forging!

If I can find interested parties locally wanting to give it a shot as well, that would be an awesome idea! You don't have a link handy to your anvil acquisition strategy do ya? I was looking, but I seem to only find people talking about the finds they made with it.

I did read the new guy thread! Thanks for pointing me towards it! Irondragon, I haven't looked into it yet, but I will now, thank you! Upon looking, it seems the closest AFC affiliate forge is well over an hour from me, so I'll probably be looking for a similar local group rather than a statewide, even though I'm sure AFC is very awesome.

I'll probably not be posting very much at all, since I have very little experience, and all the beginner questions seem to have been answered already. I'm sure I'll get in binds as soon as my forge is running, though. About me: I've worked metal in other people's forge, but I'm only now starting to build my own. I have quite a bit of diverse knowledge, though, so I'm building all of it myself that I can, using tools from other hobbies where safe, but I will have to buy a few things. I enjoy making blades and such, but I really want to venture into handmade housewares and hardware, so I am looking for a London pattern anvil. Hopefully something will happen across my path. If you know of any in my area or could be shipped reasonably, please don't hesitate to reach out. Also, if you're in my area and wouldn't mind a 20-something happening into your shop, I could use more instruction and socialization. I'm in Weaver, very close to Anniston.