CrookedPath Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I havent seen the thing in person. The guy wants $440 for a 220lb. I've never heard of a Buffalo, but what do I know. It looks alot like an ASO I bought with made in china on the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 That anvil is not worth US$100! It is a cast iron ASO and will be quickly damaged doing standard blacksmithing tasks that a proper anvil should withstand for a century or two. Seller is clueless or trying to scam someone by pricing it at real anvil price! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrookedPath Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 I thought so, thanks for the confirmartion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I wonder if that is the one I once owned---had my only anvil stolen a couple of days before a day long demo at a museum and had to run out and buy *anything* and a 220# Buffalo ASO was all I could find---around 1982....Used it the *1* time and it would dent *under* hot spring steel being worked. Never used it again. Sold it at a loss to a fellow who promised NEVER to try to use it as an anvil or sell it on to someone as an anvil...That incident is probably why I now have back ups for my backups for most of my smithing tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I've always wondered, why do they do the oddball shapes on the ASOs? They're thicker, clunkier, and have that short, chunky horn. Surely they can do a better casting than that with only a smidgen of effort. Even aside from legit anvils with cast iron bodies under a steel plate, all the cast steel knockoff copies coming out of Mexico would prove that I would think....Couldn't they at least make one that looks like a real anvil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 They are designed by people that don't really know anvils; I've several cartoon anvils that might have served as models for the "I gotta come up with an anvil design". Probably not a lot of UK anvils to work from in China. The mexican ones are merely being cast from original "real" anvils and not designed from scratch. It is interesting to look at modern anvils designed by SMITHS like the Nimba or Rathole ones. You can tell what features they wanted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 It might have some value if you could find someone with a real anvil being used as yard art and work out a trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 It might have some value if you could find someone with a real anvil being used as yard art and work out a trade. That might be easier said than done as that's one fugly anvil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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