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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Balog on June 25, 2013, 10:48:06 PM
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Aside from cruising farm estate sales that is. My boss is getting into knife making and asked me to help him find an anvil as I have a bit of a reputation for finding obscure items. Anyone have any suggestions? 100-150lb, with horn and hardy hole.
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http://www.anvilfire.com/FAQs/finding-anvils.php
Google gave me that site. Has some advice, and some retailers.
Craigslist has several in my area as well.
MSC, harbor freight, and Grainger sell new ones.
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Strange suggestion but hage you tried Amazon?
Brad
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Forge his own. =D
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ACME, of course!
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Anvils are easy to find. He does have several c-notes, right?
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ACME, of course!
Only dropped once!
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ACME, of course!
Only dropped once!
The coyote guts are gratis.
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just get a hack saw and visit the rail way..... No wait, that would be bad.
Seriously, a old farming hardware store (like an old ACE hardware) should have one. I have seen them at Harbor Freight, but you get what you pay for with them. Horn will probably break off.
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In some parts of the Deep South, they've been known to fall out of the sky...
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I troll CL regularly. I have 2, not coming off of either. Should be able to find someone online selling railroad track anvils for about $70, cheap way to find out if it's for him.
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Have any big flea markets nearby? Look for the guy who is cleaning out his barn after 40 years of collecting *expletive deleted*it.
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Farrier supply place.
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Do your research first.
There are a lot of things that look like anvils that are garbage, there are also a lot of things that don't look like anvils at all that make good anvils.
Craigslist and ebay are good places to look, though the shipping charges on ebay will be a killer.
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Anvils are easy to find. He does have several c-notes, right?
He's currently looking at a new option that's around $650 and was hoping I could point him to something that's either better or the same quality but cheaper.
I should also point out that he's actually a decent knifemaker, but he's always done the work at his uncle's forge and he's just looking to set his own place up.
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While if you seriously scour you can find one for a reasonable price the major problem is everybody who isnt living under a rock has realized anvils command higher prices.
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Drop forged 275 pound 2-horn steel anvil with milled and hardened striking surfaces. A tad bit pricey, though...
http://www.amazon.com/Ridgid-69642-Anvil-horn-12/dp/B0015B5A6W/ref=sr_1_7?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1372261828&sr=1-7&keywords=anvil
Brad
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ACME, of course!
The Rigid Pedding-Haus #5 drop forged steel anvil. Two horns and 77 pounds. Ships from, and sold by,... ACME Tools!
http://www.amazon.com/Ridgid-69622-5-Forged-Anvil/dp/B0015BC3GC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hi_5
Brad
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The Rigid Pedding-Haus #5 drop forged steel anvil. Two horns and 77 pounds. Ships from, and sold by,... ACME Tools!
That should be a really well made anvil, though its on the light side. I'm pretty sure those are made in Austria.
For $600+ one should be able to find a used Swedish or Austrian anvil that weighs twice that much, or a 200-300lb very old English anvil.
Here's one recently on ebay.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/blacksmith-anvil-N-O-H-A-B-SWEDEN-Very-Rare-and-desireable-Sodefors-Kohlswa-/321125335755?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=true&si=VfI3L3LArbltbPj%252BKRRMmcvd%252B0E%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
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Nimba Anvils. Steel, and made in the USA, but cast and not forged.
http://www.nimbaanvils.com/index.php
Brad
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The nice thing about Nimba is they're local, so he could just pick it up and save on shipping.
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The nice thing about Nimba is they're local, so he could just pick it up and save on shipping.
If he's strong enough :P
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The nice thing about Nimba is they're local, so he could just pick it up and save on shipping.
Nimba Titan is probably the best bet for a new steel anvil. Rest tend to be cast iron. I'm looking for one myself, just can't pony the cash for an anvil yet when I have a bunch of other tools to buy first. Probably just go with a section of rail for a while.
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The Rigid Pedding-Haus #5 drop forged steel anvil. Two horns and 77 pounds. Ships from, and sold by,... ACME Tools!
http://www.amazon.com/Ridgid-69622-5-Forged-Anvil/dp/B0015BC3GC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hi_5
Brad
That really needs awesome reviews.