Off Topic Proof that anvil prices have gone insane

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So i was doing my weekly trolling of craiglist when i came upon this.

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/tls/6173931790.html

That is a dinged up 126 pound Budden for 1200!!! WHAT

I bought my first anvil 4 years ago, got a brand new 125 JHM for 550. I lucked out and got a 275 wright for 500 recently. But this is just proof that anvil prices especially on the west coast are ABSURD

anyone else been seeing this lately?
 
I don't even really look for used anvils any more. Found one at a used tool store. Wanted $450 for it, I asked the weight and he said easy 100-125lbs. I reach down and pick it up with ease, nope not that heavy I said. Oh yes it is he said, I picked it up with two fingers in the hardy hole it's not 100lbs and not worth $450 lol
 
I see vaguely anvil shaped objects going in the high 500s. There's a guy in the outskirts of LA spelling ground RR track for 250 for 13 inches.

Went to an estate sale and the women had a nice little Swedish steel anvil about 120 pounds. As I was getting ready to make an offer she informed me that her research on eBay told her it was worth 1500. Since it was in her words "solid metal"

You do you lady. You do you
 
Yup. Just saw a dinged up 150# Vulcan for $850! Really? Nearly $6/lb? For a Vulcan?! I think some of these sellers are hitting their heads on the anvils before listing the price.
 
There was a guy/collector snatching up every good anvil around here and reselling them for crazy prices.
 
I have been looking for a while for a used one and just decided to save up and get a new one.
 
This is making me feel very lucky. I picked the same anvil as in the link last year. Almost in identical shape as that one. I payed $90 with some hardy tools.
 
....just because someone on Ebay slaps a price on it.....

I paid 450 for my first anvil, a 150lb Trenton that needed cleanup on the edges, then 750 for my shop anvil, a 240 Trenton with a dead flat face and decent edges...used the bejeezus out of both, and never looked back.
I've said it many times- if what you want is a reasonable deal on an anvil, go to blacksmiths' gatherings, it's that simple.
 
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elementfe said:
Check out new Peddinghaus, or if you can get to a farrier's supply, they'll have new anvils. That'll give you something to compare it to.
Also....just because someone on Ebay slaps a price on it.....
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I tried to tell her.

It it seems it is is that before, people knew what their anvil was "smiths, farriers, toll makers" and charger a decent 3-5 a pound amd people who had no idea what it was for and you could get a great deal. Now it seems someone googled "is my anvil valuable" And they get convinced their anvil is made of solid gold coated with solid gold and wrapped in the declaration of independence, and the tool guys figured "hey why not sell it for 8 a pound!"
 
One guy here drives an anvil as an additional weight on the agricultural tools which are mounted behind the tractor .....I offer him double the weight of the anvil in steel but he does not accept :D Anvil is perfectly preserved and about 90-100 kg weight :(
 
Natlek said:
One guy here drives an anvil as an additional weight on the agricultural tools which are mounted behind the tractor .....I offer him double the weight of the anvil in steel but he does not accept :D Anvil is perfectly preserved and about 90-100 kg weight :(
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Offer him a knife! Tell him theres another in it for him once you have the anvil!
 
$6 to $7 per pound here in Michigan on Craigslist. I haven't tried auctions yet, I don't know if they'd be any better or not. I may end up buying new, maybe Nimba.
 
When did anvils become douchetastic collectibles/home and garden decor items? You can get a brand new 165 lbs Peddinghaus for like $1100. :rolleyes:
 
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I have mostly given up searching for one. If I come across one for a good price then ok but if you factor in your time searching then new is cheeper. Plus you get somthing that's "turnkey" so to speak. My choice is between a rhino anvil and a nimba.

Rhino 245lb $1250
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Nimba 260lb $1805
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Both are made here in washingtion so I could just drive and pick one up. The price of the rhino is attractive but the scuttlebutt is there steel is from China. I like the shape of the nimba but thy are a tad more pricy. But thy are open on what steel thy use vs the secret steel rhino uses.
 
jdm61 said:
Yeah, don't get me started on that whole rustic, DIY thing as it relates to overpriced badly done kitchen knives and such. :rolleyes:
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My "real" job is working in a wood shop. Rustic means lazy.

Did you not bother to plane your wood after you cut it with a rough bandsaw?
Do you not know how to use a hand saw and mangle wood at every cut?
Is it to much work to use sand paper?
Is good finshing too time consuming?

Dont put any effort in, call it vintage rustic work and sell it for 3 times the cost!

And kitchen knives finished to a coarse 100 grit and the handle isnt sanded. Its rustic!
 
JTknives said:
I have mostly given up searching for one. If I come across one for a good price then ok but if you factor in your time searching then new is cheeper. Plus you get somthing that's "turnkey" so to speak. My choice is between a rhino anvil and a nimba.

Rhino 245lb $1250
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Nimba 260lb $1805
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Both are made here in washingtion so I could just drive and pick one up. The price of the rhino is attractive but the scuttlebutt is there steel is from China. I like the shape of the nimba but thy are a tad more pricy. But thy are open on what steel thy use vs the secret steel rhino uses.
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You should lsit some more bandsaw blade and get one!
 
If I saved up $1800 it would be hard not to save up to $2575 for there 450lb anvil
 
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