February 6, 20188 yr An antique picker I know sent me some pictures today of a champion forge and hand crank blower that he is looking to sell. He had it in his shop when I purchased my anvil from him not long ago. Everything appeared to be in good shape. There were no cracks in the fire pot and the blower did work though there was a little play in the bearing of the crank. Anybody know what these are going for these days?
February 6, 20188 yr Author Let me add that I have seen numerous comparable blowers sell in my area recently for around the $200 mark. My question is more so about the combo with the rivet forge as I haven't seen many good comps sell recently. And we all know what prices have been doing with anything blacksmithing related.
February 7, 20188 yr Seeing he is looking to unload it and most likely paid very little for it,, go with 100.00 bucks to start , then use 25.00 dollar increments
February 7, 20188 yr I had one of those given to me. Around here rivet forges were $100 in good shape.
February 7, 20188 yr I once paid US$50K for one in much worse condition; of course they threw in a 2 story structural brick house with 5 bedrooms on a double lot to sweeten the deal...
February 7, 20188 yr Unless you are interested in the antique value for a reason other than blacksmithing, rivet forge are of limited use for general blacksmithing and good enough for small stuff. i agree that $100 would be a fair price, but you guys get much lower prices than I can.
February 8, 20188 yr 11 hours ago, Reeltree said: go with 100.00 bucks to start , then use 25.00 dollar increments Yep... and put a top cap of $200, especially if the blower is a little dicey.
March 3, 20188 yr I paid 150.00 for mine with a 22 inch pan. I had to fabricate a new fan on blower and repair 3 teeth on blower gear! I was glad to get it and enjoy using it! They are getting harder and more pricey buy the day!
March 5, 20188 yr Paid $90 for mine. Its a three leg steel model, same blower. Blower was very sticky, I disassembled as much as I could. It was very dirty but in great shape. Couple hour soak in simple green and it works a champ-ion. I love it and it performs much better than my wash tub charcoal forge. After using it several times, I have found that it does have some limitations and am now looking to build a propane forge - good luck
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