auction outing

[macgreggor]

Hey Bear,

Someone had at some time beat HELL our of the edges of the anvil with a LARGE hammer. In all my reading, one doesn't hit the ANVIL, just the metal to be formed. Mashed the square edges, broke the radiused edges, dcarred the face. Needless to say, I kept my hands firmly in my pocket. Gotta keep hunting and hopeing.

It looks like new anvils are going for about $5/pound. Knida out of my range to find out if I like the art.

macG

[auld argonian]

...and did the anvil say "ACME" across the side and was there a squashed coyote stuck to the bottom of it?

best

AA

[macgreggor]

auld argonian,

LOL!!!!!The anvil probably would have been in better shape if it had landed on a coyote!

macG

[Southern Breeze]

Sounds like you had a good day.Finding a good, used anvil can at times seem like an endless quest. A short piece of railroad iron can be used in a pinch.If your not already familiar with it check out anvilfire.com.It's one of the best blacksmithing sites I know of.
http://www.anvilfire.com/

[macgreggor]

Southern Breeze,
Thanks for the link! There seems to be a lot of information out there and I get the feeling that this is another on of those "learn something new every day" sort of projects.

macG