ausfire Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Probably the roughest excuse for an anvil I have seen. Appeared on an on-line selling site for $40. Listed as 'home-made anvil'. When is an anvil not an anvil?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4elements Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 hollow? 1/4" thickness? no substantial mass anywhere? That's an insult to anvils everywhere when that honorable name is used for the likes of that. Even cast iron is less rediculous, at least in that it has mass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Well, I'm not a conservative on the anvil subject, but I can't consider this piece of art as an anvil. No fat at all under the face. Definately not understand the square pipe part. Maybe a rough dog sculpture... But it still needs ears and the tail is kind of misplaced. As far as the question you asked: when there is no ability for rebound I think the anvil concept is lost. Bests: Gergely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 In an anvil poor country like Australia everything goes. A light piece of rail is considered a commodity worth selling on ebay. Then again if someone wants to beat up a bit of 1"x1/4" flat bar into something resembling a knife, who are we to object the abject object that is the object of this objection? After all the buyer can fill the hollow parts with concrete and add some mass this way ... right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Gentlemen, It IS an anvil named "FIDO". SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadowgrove Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Try to do a rebound test on that, betcha it would balance the bearing ball on its nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 I think it is a steel drum...and should produce enough volume that it would easily cut through the sound of the rest of the marching band. If the top part happens to be solid then maybe it is an anvil that needs to have a bunch of plate steel removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Fido The Door Stop for the barn. Doubles as a boot scraper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 It's an anvil, but it's a total dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Wouldn't give a quid for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 You guys don't say quid ... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 However, on the same site, this ad appeared. At least these are real anvils. The seller wants $10 per pound. Quite a few bucks there at that rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 On 12/17/2017 at 1:10 AM, Gergely said: Maybe a rough dog sculpture... But it still needs ears and the tail is kind of misplaced. That is what I thought when I saw it, looks like a dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadowgrove Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Am I the only one who's seeing a seal? Looks at those legs, or flippers more so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Omnivorous reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 3 hours ago, Meadowgrove said: Am I the only one who's seeing a seal? Looks at those legs, or flippers more so! Now I do see the seal. Better watch out with all the white sharks out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Yeah a seal. It just needs a ball balanced on it's nose. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtnstream Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Is anvil snobbery an affliction or inalienable right? Someone did a fairly decent job welding this up (look closely at the welds), probably for a very specific purpose. Anvil?...maybe....absolutely if hammer was taken to hot steel successfully. Worth $40.00, now that is very debatable....not even worth $1.00 to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMike Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 maybe it's a grinder frame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Yes - it's a seal, but as an Anvil, it is a Bust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Hammer Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 I'm thinking it's the lifetime warranty version of the reindeer law ornaments you see this time of year. Guaranteed not to blow over in a bad snow storm or your money back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 As an anvil or a sculpture, it wouldn't get my seal of approval. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 The seller is just fishing around trying to flipper it for a quick bark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Could have been a pig in a poke, but I see we have let the cat out of the bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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