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Bought my first anvil today

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My "new to me" anvil

Hay Budden 1913

I'm pretty sure I paid too much for it, but I just fell in love. I've been looking for an anvil for a couple years now. (seriously about 3 months)   I just got sick of using an old rail road splice plate.  I paid 775 for the anvil. And I got a post vice that is in great condition for 75.

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The original image size for EACH photo was 3.5 x 6 FEET (1 meter x 2 meters) and 45 megs. Images were reduced in size and inserted into directly into the post.

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Good for you! Now get to making nice things to sell and it will pay for itself.

Nice find... if you put your location in your profile we may be able to tell you if the price was right for your area and you might be surprised how many IFI members are close to you.

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I live in La Plata, MD.  about an hour south of DC.  I got the anvil however in small town in central VA.  I drove 3 hours to get it. Gordonsville, VA to be exact.

Can't help with the price of anvils in your area. In mine it would be a little high but not out of the question seeing it's condition. I can say the post vise was a bargain, around here they go for north of $200 if you can find one.

Not sure how heavy it is but looks to be in great shape, post vise sounds like a great deal. Took me a while to find my first anvil too.

 

On 8/4/2017 at 10:30 PM, Nhvalentine said:

I live in La Plata, MD.  about an hour south of DC.  I got the anvil however in small town in central VA.  I drove 3 hours to get it. Gordonsville, VA to be exact.

I lived in Waldorf until 2006 and used to hit golf balls at the range in La Plata on 301 :-)  Welcome, and nice find on the anvil.  Any idea what it weighs?

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It's marked at 156 but the scale says 153 exactly. 

Many old weights are a bit off when they get on a modern calibrated scale

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