$325 Trenton blacksmith anvil 135 pounds

 

Found this one today, it looks a bit worn and a bit overpriced...Thoughts opinions?

 

The price isn't great, but not bad either.  The ringing he said was "muffled" because of the stand.  That would concern me.  If interested take a ball pein and hammer to test it out.  I don't think a stand should effect the ring at all.

What JMC said.......Check it out,carefully. Some moron used it as a welding table but didn't do much harm, that will sand away with little effort.

I'd consider that stand to be worthless and that bad chip all the way through the face plate is NOT normal wear and tear!

 

Offer US$2 a pound and see if they bite.

I don't value the stand at much unless it just happens to be the perfect height for you...... and even then it's looking pretty wimpy. 

 

The anvil looks like it's in decent condition.  I don't see any major chipping, or a chip all the way through the face plate.  

 

Price-wise, it's not bad.  Not great, but still in the ball park of a reasonable deal.  Test the anvil with a ball peen hammer, listen for a ring that doesn't change no matter where you tap.  If it goes from ring to thud, you know you've got face plate delamination.

The original link to the for sale site has been removed.  That site had a lot more pictures including the one with the chip all the way through the face plate.

Sorry about that, I guess I am not supposed to post sale links like that... since read that.

A good anvil stand will kill all anvil ring.

That anvil stand on grass, could quite possibly be the cause of muffled ring. Set it on something solid, and try it out.

Yup it's a site rule for this site; but a whole bunch of us have made that error over time so don't worry about it!  (like no direct links to anvilfire.com due top a request to not do so from the owner of that site...)

 

It's a good brand anvil and there is still a lot of use life in it.  I just think it's rather high priced for the condition.  I might think differently if I was *needing* an anvil...

Diminished ring is the main reason I like my steel stands. Mild steel has a different resonant frequency than the anvil, being in contact they self cancel. You will get a hearty clang/k if you hit the anvil with a hammer but no piercing ear damaging ring. Owning a Soderfors is a good way to get a person away from the anvil tapping thing, she's so loud it hurts your ears and tends to damage the hammer. Standing on soft earth and grass will cancel resonance post haste as well so I'd surprised if that anvil has much ring as she sits.

 

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