bridge anvil

[Valth]

So I've never seen an anvil pop up on my craigslist, and scrolling down I found this
 410# bridge anvil, 410 lb bridge anvil, asking $1200 OBO in Odessa
Never heard of them looks really cool and has a hardy hole and big weight. Does that seem like a reasonable price for sometHing like this? Wish it wasn't so expensive, would love to get ahold of this biggun'.
What do you guys think of this anvil.

[ThomasPowers]

They generally are cast iron,

 

That one has been milled down---they were used for repointing cable tool bits pre rotary drilling and so often have extreme face damage

 

The hardy size is way larger than common hardy tooling

 

I would not pay half of what they are asking.  I think I got mine for US$1 a pound and feel I overpaid. The next one I was associated with went to a friends classroom for free...

 

Do you have a specific use for a large soft anvil?  A 5th generation smith in Stroud OK took one and built a frame for it and flipped it over and used the bottom to flatten/true plows he repointed.

[Valth]

Thanks for the info. I was mainly just curious if anyone would know anything about them. I saw it was in my town, so thought I would ask about it. Glad to find out they are usually soft, and no I don't need such a big one for anything, I would like a bigger one mine is pretty light but not necessarily that big and I sure ain't gonna spend no twelve hundred on that one. My martial arts teacher I just recently found out from him that he has an old post anvil at his shop, hopefully I can go by and see it one day and I can post some pics.