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  1. Well I went to pull up a photo of the other side of it and discovered it was marked sold within the last few hours. Id say that's unlucky but from the feedback I feel like I didn't miss out on much. I hope that it's not dead weight and that whoever bought it has a working anvil that will be around another 200+ years but from this thread I find that doubtful. Thanks for all the input, I'll keep my eyes peeled for another. If anyone has a lead on something 100 pounds or more in South Michigan or neighboring states please pass it along. I'm trying to stay at or under $4/lbs.
  2. Lots of replies overnight, thanks everyone! Sounds like a pretty strong consensus that the milling may have done more harm then good to its usefulness and it's value. Question still stands tho, is it worth going and taking a look at? It's about an hours drive. If it's from the 1700s that would be kind of cool since I've never owned anything aside from coins that old but I'm not hung up on that. It's weight, having a hardy hole, a horn and it's price is what I like but if there's no good working steel left then none of that matters much.
  3. Any particular reason you would pass on it at that price? What do you think it's worth? I think I should note there's an anvil hoarder in my part of the world who controls the market completely. Stuff competely mutliated is at $4-5/lbs anything serviceable is pushing is in the $7-8 lbs range for him.
  4. Hey all, I found this anvil for sale and I want to hear thoughts from more experienced smiths before I make any moves on it. It's 105 pounds and has no markings on it to identity it and the face has been milled and polished (kind of taboo it seems on something this old, right?). The seller advertises it as a late 1700s colonial style anvil and is asking $350. Is this description accurate and price good? I've never owned an actual anvil before, I've been using RR track. That said, how will the flat horn impact or limit what I can work/make, if at all? I pretty new but I do more blacksmithing then bladesmithing if that matters much. Also is there anything else I should look at if I decide to go after this one? Besides the standard damage survey, check rebound, sound and face sway of course. Thanks and reagrds! (If the owner is on here and sees this, please take no offense to this post, none is intended. I mean zero disrecpect or doubt in what you have listed. I wish to become better educated on the subject so I can better make choices.)
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