Somebody thinks they have a gold anvil.

[ozyborn]

https://quadcities.craigslist.org/grd/5832103645.html

 

[mnoeltne]

For posterity, when the Craigslist ad gets removed:

 

[uniballer]

Wow!

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[3TV]

Wow, what a trash pile that place is.

 

[Jason280]

$2500....he might be holding on to that one for a while.

 

[SilverDeck]

Priced a little high ($7.14 per lb). Around here quality wrought anvils like that sell more in the $4-$5 per pound range.

 

[zendriver]

Uh,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/anvil-and-p...284376?hash=item2a6f33ae58:g:ssUAAOSwHoFXvIoO

Granted this one has a wood base, but it's a lot easier to haggle down, than it is up.

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

Don't see many up for sale in this area. The price is a little high but if the are willing to haggle somebody might get a nice anvil.

 

[JUNK-MAN]

Wow, what a trash pile that place is.

Looks like my yard!

 

[BDT/NWMN]

Uh,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/anvil-and-p...284376?hash=item2a6f33ae58:g:ssUAAOSwHoFXvIoO

Granted this one has a wood base, but it's a lot easier to haggle down, than it is up.

My lesson for today:
440 pound anvil with a matched 1050 pound base.. I don't recall ever seeing a solid base like that. Wonder how common they were?

 

[PureLeaf]

Because Ryan won't let user's control their own posts for editing, deleting, etc

 

[Empty Pockets]

I tried using a gold anvil once, but it didn't stand up to hard use. Not sure what I did wrong

 

[WhiskeyRanger]

I tried using a gold anvil once, but it didn't stand up to hard use. Not sure what I did wrong

You probably bought a cheap one. Don't be so stingy next time. Buy once, cry once.

 

[Ironhorse74]

Anvil prices in the Pacific Northwest are nuts also.


https://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tls/5809025767.html


Https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/tls/5832155327.html

 

[JettaGetUpandGo]

I tried using a gold anvil once, but it didn't stand up to hard use. Not sure what I did wrong

It needs to be solid gold, not just gold plated.

 

[exmaxima1]

Uh,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/anvil-and-p...284376?hash=item2a6f33ae58:g:ssUAAOSwHoFXvIoO

Granted this one has a wood base, but it's a lot easier to haggle down, than it is up.

That one appears to have a 1050 lb iron base, so total weight of anvil (440 lbs) and base is about 1500 lbs!

 

[zendriver]

That one appears to have a 1050 lb iron base, so total weight of anvil (440 lbs) and base is about 1500 lbs!

My point was, considering the ridiculous prices, people gladly pay for anvils, maybe that high cl asking price is not that far off base and that may be all old anvils are indeed "made of gold"


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[HoosierBuddy]

I'm curious why the only anvils are old anvils. Have we lost the ability to cast them?

Or...are there modern equivalents that are even MORE pricey?

Phil

 

[gte718p]

I'm curious why the only anvils are old anvils. Have we lost the ability to cast them?

Or...are there modern equivalents that are even MORE pricey?

Phil

It is more the desire. They do still make them but 99% of what is made now is ****. It is a very very specialized market. No one wants to spend millions of dollars to tool up a foundry to make thousands of dollars.

The good ones still being made are basically hand made in small artisan foundries. Expensive is an understatement.

 

[Canoe50]

Priced a little high ($7.14 per lb). Around here quality wrought anvils like that sell more in the $4-$5 per pound range.

That's assuming his guess of the weight is accurate. (or close)
I've often found that isn't the case when people are guessing.

 

[Hephaestus29]

Not sure if anyone noticed but I
believe I saw a crack in the second
picture. On the left side in the center
where it transitions into the base.

 

[Roberts210]

I'm curious why the only anvils are old anvils. Have we lost the ability to cast them?
Phil

The EPA and Guv'mint regulations have made it just about impossible to do casting iron, smelting or forging on a large scale. For instance there are no farm tractors made in the U.S. anymore because of the need for extensive cast iron in a farm tractor.

 

[Fordriver6]

This one must be platinum then. $15 per pound at 300 pounds. I also posted this in another thread.

http://lynchburg.craigslist.org/tls/5790186858.html

 

[exmaxima1]

It is more the desire. They do still make them but 99% of what is made now is ****. It is a very very specialized market. No one wants to spend millions of dollars to tool up a foundry to make thousands of dollars.

The good ones still being made are basically hand made in small artisan foundries. Expensive is an understatement.

I watch "Forged in Fire", and they have all new anvils for the show. I looked them up and was surprised to see new anvils cost less than old ones, and the steel used in them seems better than vintage ones as well.

For example, you can buy a brand new 200 lb anvil for about $1100, which seems pretty fair to me:

http://www.centaurforge.com/Emerson-200-lb-Traditional-Anvil/productinfo/EMERSON200/

 

[Hephaestus29]

This one must be platinum then. $15 per pound at 300 pounds. I also posted this in another thread.

http://lynchburg.craigslist.org/tls/5790186858.html

never saw one like that before.

 

[leg17]

Best price per pound found in 90-140 lb range approx.
As the weight goes up, (or down), the price per pound goes up.
$8 a pound for a professional might not be ridiculous after all.

 

[scooternut]

A claimed to be 300+ lb Peter Wright didn't last 2 days on Pittsburgh CL last week at $1200 asking. Looked decent shape, but admittedly in a house fire and it looked to be a bit arched on the face.

 

[Whitworth]

http://www.nimbaanvils.com/gladiator.php

 

[WQ59B]

Uh,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/anvil-and-p...284376?hash=item2a6f33ae58:g:ssUAAOSwHoFXvIoO

Guy is deceptively strong to have tipped a 440-ln object up like that.

 

[zendriver]

The EPA and Guv'mint regulations have made it just about impossible to do casting iron, smelting or forging on a large scale. For instance there are no farm tractors made in the U.S. anymore because of the need for extensive cast iron in a farm tractor.

Huh?

There are still "large scale" casting and forging plants all over the US, not as many as in the past, for sure.

http://m.forgingmagazine.com/feature/2009-census-north-american-forging-operations

It is true that there's little "smelting" going on, but that's because of business economics, not the EPA. Most "new" steel/copper, and all of new lead, is made from recycled scrap, not ore.

It's hard to fathom that a 50,000 pound John Deere 9370R farm tractor is imported from India.

It is true that no more 400 pound anvils are being made, but really there's not much call for hand made horseshoes or square nails, anymore.






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[Farrier]

It's becoming the norm. And the sad part is that most of these will get used by some ding dong that beats the snot out of it on cold steel. Glad I bought my anvils 20 years ago!

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=anvil&_sop=16

 

[Roberts210]

Here's a 440 pound Mousehole, on a stand, for $3200.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/tld/5811309723.html

And just in case you want to carry your anvil to the job:

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/msg/5782327902.html

 

[bluebolt]

I watch "Forged in Fire", and they have all new anvils for the show. I looked them up and was surprised to see new anvils cost less than old ones, and the steel used in them seems better than vintage ones as well.

For example, you can buy a brand new 200 lb anvil for about $1100, which seems pretty fair to me:

http://www.centaurforge.com/Emerson-200-lb-Traditional-Anvil/productinfo/EMERSON200/

Emerson is only a few miles from me. I remember seeing a truck for heat treatment company loaded down with Emerson anvils a few years back.

 

[bluebolt]

That price may not be as crazy as some of you think. A few months ago while buying vises I watched a guy buy a no name large anvil for $3200, other bidders were on the phone. No name or markings on it and the weight was unknown but by measuring it would be in the 450-500 pound range.

 

[zendriver]

It's becoming the norm. And the sad part is that most of these will get used by some ding dong that beats the snot out of it on cold steel. Glad I bought my anvils 20 years ago!

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=anvil&_sop=16

I figured they are just being gobbled up at any price by "investors", who will just basically just trip over them, till the day they die.

LOL, who would want to pay $2500 for one then beat something against it with a hammer?


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[leg17]

You need to get out more.