I asked how big is too big.... I went big.

[Black Frog]

Is that a Honda Valkyrie I spy on the right hand side?

Rune, with some mods, and lot of chroming done to it:

[kevan]

...a man with a Rune and a 500 pound anvil, and I thought that I was blessed with a GoldWing and a 400 pound Peter Wright. I suppose there are those who have and then there are those who really have.:)

[Black Frog]

Now that I think about it, I suppose it is a rather unique combination to own both, since both are rather limited in number.
Helps a lot not being married and no kids.... I use my side job as my Fun Money Fund to buy the fun things.

Not being married, there isn't someone holding the "veto power" on my purchasing decisions!

[Big Lake Forge]

some people are just lucky

[Black Frog]

some people are just lucky

Getting the anvil, or not being married? ;)

[lloe01]

Hah! That makes at least two of us that enjoy both blacksmithing and Honda Runes.

[ThomasPowers]

Depends on what you like/want/need! The trick is to be happy with what you got.

I worked with a lady once that was always complaining about her money situation. I finally had to point out that we were hired in at the same time with the same degree and so should have equivalent salaries and that I was supporting 5 people on the same salary she had just herself to support and I could just not emphasize with her money troubles...

I think I have a lot more fun doing smithing on the cheap that I would have with lots of money---but I'm willing to try the experiment!

[Judson Yaggy]

Warning- Off topic and could get political, so this is all I'll say about it.

It's very well documented that women in America with similar degrees/qualifications/work experience to their male counterparts make 60% of male salaries.

If she was a spendthrift and bad with budgets then it would be her own xxxx fault, but hard saying not knowing.

[anvil]

I once worked with a young lady for a number of years. We were working on a project with many drawn out scroll ends. One day she looked me in the eye, and with that very special twinkle that they seem to be a master of, told me that it isn't how long you make it, but how you make it long that really matters. My response, after catching my breath and picking myself up off the shop floor was that she seemed to have grasped some blacksmithing principals that many aspiring smiths never got. It may apply here as well. Anvils can be too small at times, but rarely too big. Good luck with your great score, but please always keep in mind the words of my young helper ;

[woodsmith]

as far as I know, no manufcturer, and no wise man ever painted an anvil,
that one is great, not only huge, but high quailty made, and still in good condition

Woodsmith

[ThomasPowers]

Well Judson I was working for a major multinational that had seen a number of legal cases over such things and the ladies tended to get more money than the men---really torqued off the male half of a married couple from India when his wife got paid more and put on a fast track to be a supervisor. YMMV

[Black Frog]

Anyone ever see an A&H this size or larger?

I'm still sort of surprised that Postman mentions in his AIA book that he didn't think any A&H's over 500# were made....

[Timothy Miller]

My friend in up state NY has a 500 lb Arm and hammer anvil. He was told it was the last 500 Lb anvil made at the factory. Its in reasonably good shape and it looks a lot like yours.