265# trenton

[Lurchwv@BJS]

I Have a 265lb Trenton I'm selling. Is $250 too much?

[Bill Roy]

That really depends on the condition of the anvil. Is it broken, or chipped all to xxxx, or is it like new?
Before the recession, $3.00/lb. seemed to be the going rate, but lately $2.00/lb. is more the norm. Post a photo (close up of the face.)

[keykeeper]

No, if the condition is good. Are the edges chipped bad? Is there parts of the face missing? Pics would be helpful.

Price varies greatly due in part to condition, maker, size, etc.

PM me if you don't sell it locally. I may be interested in it.

[Sam Salvati]

No. iN good condition.

[monstermetal]

Condition is everything.... If its wallered, broke, chipped, cut without a clean edge on it... yes.. $250 is probably to much... If it is still dunked in storage grease with a paper protecting the top and never had a hot chunk of iron on it in brand new unused condition... well Id pay you a $1000 and know I could sell it at a profit.... For a "average" anvil I would say your on the cheap end of things

[Bob S]

Judging by the Kanca anvil (new) on another thread that sells for $1100 for a 165 lb anvil I would say that $250 for a 265 lb Trenton would be a raging BUY! Unless it's totally whipped and beyond repair.

Bob

[Brasilikilt]

I paid $400 for this 180 lb Trenton and had to drive half a day to go get it.

I live in Oregon, and good used anvils are a bit hard to come by, so I consider myself lucky to have found it.

[BlackSmithBear]

I Have a 265lb Trenton I'm selling. Is $250 too much?

Depends on where you are..(might want to add your location). Seems like a good price to me.
I have a 120 # Trenton, and wouldn't mind having a larger one...Northern NH here.
Bear
BSB Forge Milan NH

[Frank Turley]

I have two 250# Trentons for students' anvils. The one I purchased 40 years ago, and I paid $200 for it. It was my first BIG shop anvil, and I really had to scrounge to pay for it. The other was found in a junkyard three years ago, and I paid $250. This second anvil had been used as a welder's cutting and chiseling table, and had some hellacious torch cuts and marks on the face. It took two days of careful welding and disc sanding to make it decent again. I think that $250 for a 265# Trenton is a good deal.

I like the Trentons especially because most of them have a deep step which can be used as a quick vee block. They also have well shaped, lengthy horns.

http://www.turleyforge.com

[ThomasPowers]

Frank,
I picked up a 400+ pound Trenton in OH that had been at a copper mine in AZ and seriously abused, (air arch gouging, crush damage, etc). I traded a 125#PW, postvise screw and screwbox and $100 so I had $230 in it---fellow was tired of moving it but still wanted to have an anvil.

After moving it to NM I had it gussied up at a SWABA anvil repair session---it's my backup to the 515# Fisher and will be the main anvil in the armour shop when the forge moves to the new extension. (armouring is noisy anyway and so a "louder anvil" won't change anything.)

Funny it was made in Columbus OH, used/abused in AZ, moved back to Columbus, Moved to NM and is hopefully gonna stay here!