Any Anvil collectors here ?

[kenmac]

I've NEVER been able to find any used swage blocks .

Common consensus is they are like anvils. You don't find THEM, they find YOU.

Terry

You're An anvil collector I see ! I have never seen one like the square piece that I know of. All I have ever seen are the traditional types.
There is a guy that has written a book about the mousehole forge that built the anvil I have MouseHole Forge by Richard Postman. I'm going to order it.

 

[wmonroe]

I don't have an anvil yet but I keep my eyes peeled.

 

[Big Barn]

homemade anvil.. Pretty cool. How did you make the hardy (hardie) hole in that ?

I torched out a 1 5/8" square hole so that I could drop and weld in a short length of 1 1/14" square receiver tubing.



I've standardized all my hardies and accessories to having 1 1/4" square shanks.



Terry

 

[dragoneggs]

My guess is that it much much harder to find an old, made in USA anvil around the PNW vs. NE due to historical reasons.

 

[oosik]

I gave up - long ago - looking for an old anvil here in the PNW. I welded a two foot chunk of railroad track on my steel top welding table. I don't know if it "rings" but it certainly works well when I need to mash things. And no, I don't have a pic of it.

 

[Shaneard]

Here's ours. I can't remember the name on it. I cleaned it a couple years ago and rattle canned it black after making the stand for it. The stand has a square peg welded on it the anvil sits on, that's the only thing holding it in place.

 

[kenmac]

I don't know if it "rings" but it certainly works well when I need to mash things.

If your luck is like mine. I usually mash my fingers more than anything else !:laughing:

 

[Shaneard]

I took some scrap today and they had this Hardee trailer sitting at the scrap pile. I ask if someone brought it for scrap, they said yes. I ask what could I buy it for? They said it has to go through the shredder, we don't sell things otherwise. It was a decent trailer, I sold one just like it years ago for $2,200.00. I felt sick to my stomach thinking about it going through the shredder. They just unhooked it, still had air in the tires, safety chains hanging etc.

 

[Big Barn]

How To Find An Anvil - YouTube

Terry

 

[kenmac]

I took some scrap today and they had this Hardee trailer sitting at the scrap pile. I ask if someone brought it for scrap, they said yes. I ask what could I buy it for? They said it has to go through the shredder, we don't sell things otherwise. It was a decent trailer, I sold one just like it years ago for $2,200.00. I felt sick to my stomach thinking about it going through the shredder. They just unhooked it, still had air in the tires, safety chains hanging etc.

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Do they require titles for trailers in your state ? May have something to do with it.. Other than that. I have no idea why they couldn't have sold it to you for scrap price