The delivery guy just brought me a package. I wonder what's in it? :D

Was it labled "Fragile, Handle with care" :P

Or was it labled, "Caution! Do not drop! (on anything you like). " :blink:

Was it labled "Fragile, Handle with care" :P

Naturally. I was shocked to notice that they had not put any shock sensors on it. :P

Weird package! Could be anything in a package like that!

^{Send it back, they scratched the paint. Or send it my way :D}

"Danger Coyote!"

hehe @ Thomas!!

Is it from the ACME Corporation? :)

Does it quack?..like a duck?

It's gotta be a cow it has two horns! When's the BBQ?
Frosty The Lucky

I opened the package yesterday, there were no animals in it. There was a Ernst Refflinghaus No 58 150 kg anvil, the one I've been lusting for for ages. What a surprise! :)

I didn't have much time to forge yesterday, just enough to make a quick hot cut hardy and to finish the axe I started making last weekend. The anvil definitely feels a lot more solid than my old one (85 kg). Now I just need to mount it properly on the stump and to put some rubber mat in between them to deaden the ringing.

Dont put a mat under it in my opinion it makes it bounce too much. Squirt a heavy bead of silicone under it and then find a large magnet to stick to the side of it and when it builds up a pile of scale it will take the ring out of it. It is a real beauty by the way. I have a Checkoslovakian(sp) 110kg and I mounted it on a 3 legged stand when I furst got it and put a mat under it and seemed like I was chasing it all the time. I took the mat out and put the silicone under it per a sugestion from Tom Clark and it works a lot better.

That is nice, you should post a video of it singing to make us all happier.

How long did it take to get? I remember reading that ordering one with a side shelf can add to the wait time.

MOBlacksmith, I've seen an anvil that was bolted to a concrete block with thin rubber mat in between. I didn't ring at all. I didn't forge on it so I can't say anything about the bounce. I guess, I'll try the silicon, especially as I should have a tube of silicon lying around somewhere. Thanks for the hint.

Daniel, the No 58 is more or less a standard model for Refflinghaus. They seem to have it in stock most of the time. It took a week and a half from the order to get it.