I was wondering what everybody thought of this Anvil this is the 22 pound I am looking at 110 pound for $329 it is Cast steel C45 Rockwell 54 hardness 

I'm no expert on anvils but I may be an expert on looking for one as I've been watching CL for a couple years now. I have a nice Swedish anvil that I got for $150 but only 65 lbs, my 112 lb Mousehole is very, very rough and I'd like to replace it with a nicer one someday but if nothing comes up I am thinking about the NC Tool Cavalry anvil. It sells for $440 and from what I have read seems like very good quality. Powerfist on the other hand has some sketchy reviews and QC seems poor with inconsistency from anvil to anvil . A Google search brings up a thread about them here on IFI, the consensus seems they are cast iron and they don't seem too knowledgeable on their website. I would rather buy something made here from a company that has been around and knows what they are doing, NC tool anvils are made  in North Carolina.

 

 

That unit looks a lot like one offered by Changzhou Paipu Technology Co., Ltd in Jiansu Mainland China.

Very cheap and not necessarily bad. Unless they spent a lot on quality control, it is the luck of the draw. 

 

Instead of showing a video can you tell us what the rebound was?  I can't read the scale and don't want to spend the time trying to blow it up and slow it down.

I'd pass, a broken truck axle or forklift tine is a FAR BETTER choice. The shape is more cosmetic than useful where anvils are concerned.

Frosty The Lucky.

Good luck trying to punch cleanly over that pritchell hole.

The first rebound is 90%, It looks like a mini Nimba

On 1/24/2018 at 8:20 PM, bigb said:

I'm no expert on anvils but I may be an expert on looking for one as I've been watching CL for a couple years now. I have a nice Swedish anvil that I got for $150 but only 65 lbs, my 112 lb Mousehole is very, very rough and I'd like to replace it with a nicer one someday but if nothing comes up I am thinking about the NC Tool Cavalry anvil. It sells for $440 and from what I have read seems like very good quality. Powerfist on the other hand has some sketchy reviews and QC seems poor with inconsistency from anvil to anvil . A Google search brings up a thread about them here on IFI, the consensus seems they are cast iron and they don't seem too knowledgeable on their website. I would rather buy something made here from a company that has been around and knows what they are doing, NC tool anvils are made  in North Carolina.

 

 

 

There are plenty of decent American made anvils out there. NC is a poor excuse for a Horseshoers anvil and just barely out of the ASO class.

Rather than be redundant I'll refer you to this thread:

 

George

I just bought an Arm & Hammer, see my new thread and tell me what you think of it.

Maybe they case hardened the surface - don't know much about the case hardening process but there is a lot of that going on these days.  My springshop guy tells me that most all U bolts are case hardened these days so when I pick through his scrap bin I stay away from them and go for the nice leaf springs & coil springs.