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269538 Michael Suwczinsky <nicknaylo@g...> 2019‑12‑18 Re: Anvil
More than the old Volvo I think!

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 11:52 AM Mike Rock  wrote:

> So, what does that make my almost new condition #475 Peter Wright worth?
> Not for sale!
>
> God bless
>
> On 12/18/2019 12:55 AM, Michael Suwczinsky wrote:
> > I picked up this anvil about 6 weeks ago, 15 miles away. 161 pound Peter
> > Wright, which goes nicely with the 104 pound PW, found on ‘05.
> > https://flic.kr/p/2hJtcBG
> > The lovely wife believed me when I said it was a good price, especially
> on
> > the West coast. I don’t think anvils are all that scarce, just cheap
> ones.
> > Sunday afternoon, about to take the dogs to the park and the phone is
> close
> > to dead. So I plop down on couch next to said LW, plug in for a few
> minutes
> > so as to listen to a podcast (Mortise & Tenon#15) at the dog park.
> > On another forum a guy posts a CL link he’s too far to get to,  decent
> > anvil, great price . I text to the seller, jump in the car with the dogs
> > watching me pull away (what about us?). The post had been up less than an
> > hour when the seller helped me lift it into the back of the Volvo. If I
> > hadn’t paused to charge the phone it would have been gone! Just like
> that!
> >
> > That Volvo (‘87, counts as an old tool!) had been giving the GIT trouble
> > all week, stalling and hesitating. ‘ You took that car 30 miles on the
> > freeway no problem?’  The Volvo emblem is an ancient symbol for iron!
> > Dumped from the tailgate into the wheel barrow, then onto the grass
> where I
> > could get a hand truck under it and then onto the patio, I mean smithy.
> >
> > She’s a beauty! Slightly better edges than the 104. Nice rebound, fits
> all
> > my 7/8 hardy tools! And at $2.17 per pound, a deal if not a steal!
> >
> > Michael-frightening the neighbors pretty much every weekend lately
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 8:37 PM Adam R. Maxwell  wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>> On Dec 17, 2019, at 06:14 , gary may via OldTools <
> >> oldtools@s...> wrote:
> >>> but anvils are less common on the West Coast. gluck widdat. gam
> >> I watch anvil prices on craigslist for laughs at this point
> >>
> >> 150 lb. $800
> >> 83 lb.  $450
> >> 70 lb.  $400
> >>
> >> https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/tls/d/graham-anvils/7039834972.html
> >>
> >> A friend gave me a couple pieces of forklift tine that I'm currently
> >> using as an anvil; lots of mass, and fine for my purposes (which is
> >> basically bashing an occasional rivet lately).
> >>
> >> Adam
> >> still making shavings in Benton City
> >>
>
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Michael

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