January 18, 20215 yr Hello, I did blacksmithing and welding in high school and have decided to pick them back up in my retirement. I’m currently looking for an anvil and the other needed tools, if anyone has a line on any please let me know. I have to make a drive to Wisconsin this spring, 2021, so if anyone between there and Southern Idaho has something to sell let me know and I’ll make a stop to check it out. I’m also a fly fisherman on the river several days a week, if you are too and find yourself coming this way let me know. It might take a week or two to respond as I spend long stretches in the backcountry out of cell range. If there’s anyone within a days drive and would like to give a few blacksmithing lessons let me know.
January 18, 20215 yr Look up the TPAAAT thread on the site. Apply it early and often. Many times you will find what you seek close to home.
January 18, 20215 yr Author Actually that's what I did but didn't know about TPAAAT, lol. I posted on Craigslist in the Wanted to Buy Area for Southern Idaho, Eastern Idaho, Boise, Salt Lake and Eastern Oregon area. I've had two responses back that I'm looking into.
January 18, 20215 yr Welcome aboard. Don't let finding an "anvil" slow you down. Look up the improvised anvil thread to get some ideas to get you started till you find what you are looking for. If you still need one afterwards.
January 18, 20215 yr Welcome from the Ozark mountains. Teach a man to fish and he will play with his fly all day long. That from my wife who is also a fly fisher & tyer.
January 18, 20215 yr I have heard it as "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will blow the kids' lunch money on tackle and buzz baits." "By hammer and hand all arts do stand."
January 19, 20215 yr Part of the TPAAAT is to find anvils that sell cheaper rather than finding the ones that are more expensive---which are what you generally get going on-line. Don't forget that the London Pattern anvil has only been around for a couple of hundred years while other types have been around for 3000 years; so don't get hung up on it, To get started the improvised anvil thread has a lot of good suggestions: https://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/52308-a-collection-of-improvised-anvils/
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