Hi all. This is my first post so let me say hi and thanks for any feedback. I'm starting to collect things to have at it with forging some knives. 

I have the chance to trade a Wilton bullet vise for this anvil and would like to know anyone's thoughts. The pic of the anvil and vise are attached. 

Thanks again. 

The anvil is a 100 lb Fisher. They are decent anvils. That one also appears to be in pretty good shape. You would probably be better off selling the vise and buying an anvil though. To me your vise is worth more.

A 9450 is only a 4.5" vise. 

The anvil cleaned up is around $300 today. But the face does look a little rough, you would have to take a closer look at it.

I had some offers up to $300 for the vise. Around my area the anvils are fetching $5 lb.  I going to have to think. Wish it would been a homerun for the trade.  

Thanks for input. 

A $300 vise for a $500 anvil sounds good to me, IF the anvil is really worth $500. So the question is, is the anvil worth the $300 vise to YOU?

That's a good point. Not sure what the anvil is actually worth but I do have a bunch of vises that just sit on the floor and look pretty. I don't have an anvil.  My other option is to be patient and wait for one in better condition.  I hate not know about somthing.  Killin me. 

I once traded a cadet vise in rougher condition for a 165# anvil by Hey Budden, IIRC, in nicer condition.  Can you get any other blacksmithing tools added to it as boot?

No other tools.  I'm gettin the vibe I should pass on the trade and hold out. Or find a barn find for good price. 

Is trade the only option? What's the asking price for the anvil?

I'm gonna talk to the guy tommorrow. Basically gonna say I will have to pass on the trade since the anvil is a bit rougher than I'm looking for and the cost to get it where I want makes trading for it to costly.  I will ask what cash he wants for it. 

Any  suggestions on what is reasonableness max price to pay.   

Supply and demand in your area. If you say $5 a pound, then pay $3 a pound and you are good. 

You can sell you vice for $300 and you are still some $100 in front ... I can't believe I am saying this ... just buy the anvil and keep the vice and keep on looking for more anvils. Stop when you have 23 anvils

So I did the trade but modified a bit. Traded the Wilton to him for the anvil + $50 + old Parker vise.  I will do a refurb on the Parker and use it to get some smith tools. The face is 12" and anvil 21" overall length. It sits 10.5 " high. 100lbs.  I hit the anvil with a wire brush and rubbed some oil on it.  I just did a quick clean.  Here are some pics.  The face surface was in better condition than I thought. It was years of dirt on top. It does have chips on edges of plate but still enough edge to work with.  

Thanks everyone for your input. I was able to get more out of the deal.  

It is appreciated the community coming through. 

Glad to hear it worked out so well. Can we get a pic of the Parker?

That's a good looker congrats on the acquisition.

Nice 100 lb FISHER.

For more information and photos on Fisher anvils, go to "Fisher & Norris Factory Museum Page" on FB.

Thanks. Have the Parker at my buddy's house in our electrolysis tank. I will update some pics later. So after some more searching I found out that people trying to sell anvils at $5 a pound. but they are not always selling.  

It was hard to give up the vise but after a little time I am glad I did. 

You did a nice job on the cleanup, looks entirely different!