pnut Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 I can't understand why it's not just a tapered horn. Have you used the step part, the flat part on the side of the horn for anything? I'm pretty sure the horn on most anvils are softer than the face. Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Looks to me like the smith did a lot of eyes and so "tweaked" his horn to support what he did the most of. He used it as a tool rather than an idol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerHeart Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Yeah Thomas that's why I don't let not knowing what it is keep me from using it daily. The quality and story behind the anvil is more important than the make of the anvil. And pnut the whole anvil is softer steel but tougher than cast. My arm and Hammer has a clip welded into the side and a cut all the way through the top plate and I use those "tweaks" that the last owner made for alot of my work today. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 "Tougher than cast": iron or steel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerHeart Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Cast iron, My apologies. The step horn anvil is harder than cast iron but softer than a tool steel face anvil. But its fine, it's a really handy anvil and does what I need it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 We know what you meant; but a lot of new folks get confused; especially as there are places trying to sell cast iron ASOs as "professional grade anvils"; so it's best to always put in the specific material cast is applied to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerHeart Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 I had a hard time with understanding the difference between cast iron vs cast steel when I was very first looking into buying an anvil. So it's understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Doesn't help that the folks at POS may not know. I had a person at HarborFreight tell me that their 55# Cast Iron ASO was made from steel---when it said cast iron right on it! When I argued the point I was told that they didn't have to know the details of stuff they sold. "So misrepresenting it is OK?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: Doesn't help that the folks at POS may not know. I had a person at HarborFreight tell me that their 55# Cast Iron ASO was made from steel The sales associates at many retail stores are the least reliable source of information about the products being sold. Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 3 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: ... "So misrepresenting it is OK?" No misrepresentation is fraud. And their employer, the company. is responsible for their employees bull... SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerHeart Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 I know this is off topic but I have been keeping tarantulas for 4 years now and it's the same thing happening. They will have a 250$ female listed, and some sellers will send you a 40$ mature male at the end of his lifecycle just because there's little to no differences between the two. A mature male might have a year or two left in him when a female has 15 years. You can ventral sex the tarantula but you have to be there. There's many Online sellers who are just plain out crooks. Cast iron ( mature male at the end of lifecycle) Cast steel (the expensive female you were wanting in the first place) And Thomas Iv also seen the "tough durable hardened cast iron is suitable for your every need, the best cast steel anvil ever made!" Sells that's been happing. It's a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Are these a special kind of tarantula?! Man, I need to start catching them when I see them. That is fascinating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerHeart Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 It depends on what species and the sex. A theraphosa stirmi (Goliath birdeater) male is around 90$ I got my female for 250$ the P. Metallica female can run you 400+ in some states. And then you have Aphonopelma chalcodes (Arizona blond) an adult female is about 40 bucks : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Thanks for the information. I had no idea. I never heard of the Goliath Birdeater until I saw it on Kings of Pain. Very interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerHeart Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Funny thing about that is that that tarantula isn't actually a Goliath birdeater. It's a lasiodora parahybana (salmon pink birdeater) it's still a birdeater but not the true.That term is more like saying a London pattern anvil. A Goliath birdeater is any big spider to most people that's why we don't use common names for them : ) for example you have the theraphosa stirmi and theraphosa Blondi, theraphosa Apophysis. All birdeaters haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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