04-21-2017, 06:55 PM
Probably my greatest motivation to invest so much in an anvil came from trying to find a good one that wasn't beat up. I just didn't have time to find a used one like I wanted, and a used one wasn't that much cheaper.
I know that I primarily wanted a forged anvil, and there just aren't many. I'm not even sure they're still making them, as I'm pretty sure Peddinghaus was the last manufacturer. I don't know how many hundreds of years old they were when I bought mine, but the Peddinghaus brand anvil has been bought out twice since then.
As far as weight goes, 75lbs is bare minimum. 125lbs is common. 125 kilos (275lbs) is, surprisingly, not too much.
I know that I primarily wanted a forged anvil, and there just aren't many. I'm not even sure they're still making them, as I'm pretty sure Peddinghaus was the last manufacturer. I don't know how many hundreds of years old they were when I bought mine, but the Peddinghaus brand anvil has been bought out twice since then.
As far as weight goes, 75lbs is bare minimum. 125lbs is common. 125 kilos (275lbs) is, surprisingly, not too much.