Glenn Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 How many anvils does it take to make a harem of anvils? Is there a minimum number? Is there an optimum number? Can you have too many? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Ridge Forge Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 The Oxford dictionary describe it as a group. The group consists of two or more so there’s your answer . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oricalcum Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I have plenty of things that could work as an anvil, does that count towards the harem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Yep, if it isn’t an ASO, and you use it as an anvil it’s part of the harem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Part of my Harem @Fisher & Norris Factory Museum.......Never TOO many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 Never too many or always room for one more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 As we used to say in the furniture business, there’s no such thing as too many books, just not enough bookshelves! (And anvils don’t come in harems. They come in taverns, because that’s where you go to get hammered!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Olson Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Hey njanvilman. Thats to many for a harem. You have 2 to many:-) Is that a firetruck in the background Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 It's obvious that Josh is one of those rare individuals that has a "Solomon" of anvils and I disagree with "tavern" as the the transitive nature seems backwards to me in that usage. My wife says I have a Harem of anvils and I will not contradict her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Kevin Olson said: Hey njanvilman. Thats to many for a harem. You have 2 to many:-) Is that a firetruck in the background 1963 B Mack pumper. Also have a 1968 Dodge Power Wagon Flat Fender Fire Truck. 9000 original miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Olson Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Thats cool njanvilman. I have kinda of a scrap yard i visit once in a while that has a firetruck inside for sale. Dont know what it is but its cool. My grandad had a powerwagon for use in his logging operation 40 years ago and my nephew turned into a hot rod. Very cool remembrance of grandad! He loved his loud exhaust stacks on his crew cab work truck! Sorry to get off topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BartW Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Having asked a similar question before, the answer is you cannot have enough (except when running out of room to put them) , there is an optimal based on your work. I got too much so I end up giving them away to "sponsor" beginning Blacksmiths and bladesmiths. Greetz, Bart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Considering that harem refers to the women's quarters and not really a collective noun and only by extension, the same as hive is not a collective noun for bees ... yet swarm is .... mm perhaps the women in a harem would like to swarm rather than fester ... never mind ... harem seems like an inappropriate noun for a group of anvils. Maybe we should ask what is an appropriate collective noun for anvils? A bunch? An array? A stash? A tumult? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 An insufficiency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eventlessbox Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Array has a nice ring. Pun intended. Too many is when you've bought them all in a 100 mile radius and none of the new Smith's can find any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Years of dedication , research and a bunch of cash so others can learn and appreciate the Fisher anvil brand. It’s no wonder magnetic north is changing. Probably pointing towards NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Anvils in the Fisher & Norris Museum has come from most states East of the Mississippi, and a few from beyond that. EBAY can be your friend. The US Interstate Highway System is boring but efficient. UPS and USPS ship all over. I have rejected more pieces 3x over that I have. This started over 25 years ago. And in a few years, they will all be dispersed. A lot of smiths will be thrilled to get some of the pieces in the Museum. Some of the Fisher's are NOS, they have NEVER been struck. The person who buys them will be the first to ever use it. Just think if you could buy an Zero mile 1932 Pierce Arrow car today. Auction in Ohio yesterday had 50+ Anvils. EBAY has 50+ listed at any time. Work hard for a long time, save your money, and you too can have whatever you desire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabumi Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 You could have a school of anvils for students. There are a few other animal group names that could work as well. A Sounder, a smack, a pride, a labor, a drift, a mob. You could even have a cast of ASOs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I'm approaching a Congress of anvils, most of them do nothing but sit there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Well there's gotta be a LOT of hot air involved to get them doing anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HojPoj Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 So would a Congress be applicable to a collection of bellows/blowers, Thomas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Somehow a NARB comes to mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Probably should come back to what a congress is as in Baboons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 They ring nicely. How about a phrase a chord a chorus or even a symphony of anvils? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timk Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 In the njanvilman pics above, in the middle picture I'm trying to figure out how anvils stacked 5 high appear to be on a 2 inch board with no bend? what am i missing? I've stared w envy at those pictures for a long while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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