Somewhere in Switzerland or at least Europe the roads are lined with anvils. Please put me out of my misery does anyone know where this might be. Ta

Somewhere in Switzerland or at least Europe the roads are lined with anvils. Please put me out of my misery does anyone know where this might be. Ta

Actually, it is only the one road, and it leads to a house made of sweeties. Apparently the old woman who lives there is not particularly friendly. You have been warned.

Is this a joke, or is there a place where there are a lot of anvils laying around over in Europe? Or is a blacksmithing fairytale?

Well, in the old communist countries. ., the ones with a lot of rural areas. . .It would be relatively easy to get quite a few very very old and very used anvils.

If you;re lucky ..you could also find some very heavy industrial cast steel anvils. . if you know where to look ( i don;t .. but i think i know some people who know some people ..)

the majority of anvils are under 70 kilos ( ~ 150 pounds ) and are very used. .and have a saddle shape going on, the predominant styles are the austrian type, stake anvils and czech and german copies.

And what is the name of the town Dan?

Er, it's not in a town. It's in a forest... also made of sweeties.

Candyland?

There IS a town somewhere in Europe with a museum of blacksmithing and a big pyramid of anvils as I recall, maybe even some lining a road. Don't remember which country and a websearch has brought me nothing. I HAVE seen pictures but searching through my piles of newsletters ( I used to be an editor, have hundreds of newsletters from all over the US and Canada) would just be crazy :D

In reality, I know a man who has, as I remember, twelve anvils lining his drive. Yes, they were for sale, but at the time, no, the back of the Polo was not a suitable place for transporting them, and these days I can't make the drive (around 4 hrs).

There IS a town somewhere in Europe with a museum of blacksmithing and a big pyramid of anvils as I recall, maybe even some lining a road.

I'm sure someone's memory will be jogged.

Dan, are you willing to reveal the location? MY parents live to the NW of London..

If there was such a place it would be in the central or eastern Europe. .. Czech Republic, rural Romania, Moldavia, Russia ( rural areas ) etc

Dan, are you willing to reveal the location? MY parents live to the NW of London..

Sadly not, as it is a private home. I'm sure you understand.

I agree With mende,
poland would be a good place to look or Czech rep. they have a verry good blacksmithing tradition, my old blacksmithing teacher used to go there to by custom cast iron fire pots

Sadly not, as it is a private home. I'm sure you understand.

I understand completely :)