May 13, 20206 yr Well i would say i had some very humble beginnings. I started this hobby with a piece of small cross section railroad track. I cut a length and stood it on end for a post style anvil and cut another 12 inch section for a flat anvil. They worked but there was nothing ideal aboit the setup. I got out of the hobby for a while and recently got interested again. Im my neck of the woods anvils dont come available to purchase very often. I kept my eyes on the regular free classifieds (marketplace and craigslist) and after a year an anvil came available that was in decent shape and I jumped on it... It is a 310lb Sichelschmidt und Schlasse anvil. In what i would consider very great shape. There is no comparison when trying to compare it to my old railroad iron. I am pretty excited to build a new forge and test drive it. I borrowed my forge to a friend and his dad backed over it with his tractor. He offered to build me a new one but i had him buy me the components to replace mine so I could build what I wanted. i do have a little plumming torch forge I made from and old 1lb propane bottle so I was able to make my make a hummingbird feeder holder upper. Did I mention this anvil is leaps and bounds above anything I have hammered on before! I will post some pictures once i can figure out how. When I try it says upload failed!
May 13, 20206 yr S and S anvils are very good german anvils. The ones I have seen have all been forged. I have a 462# forged S&S You have acquired an excellent anvil congratulations
May 14, 20206 yr 40 minutes ago, yotebuster1200 said: When I try it says upload failed! You have to resize the pictures by 50% to eliminate the upload failed error.
May 14, 20206 yr Author On 5/13/2020 at 7:57 PM, Old Crew said: S and S anvils are very good german anvils. The ones I have seen have all been forged. Well, maybe it is forged. To be honest I just read that were cast steel. I honestly thought it looked forged to me. I dont know how I did considering how rare anvils are around here but I paid 1100 for it. Not a steal but probably not to bad.
May 16, 20206 yr Oooh, look at the size of the sweet spot on that baby! Primo for heavy hitting and in excellent condition. Sweet score! Frosty The Lucky.
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