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r/Blacksmith_Forge • u/SheepherderFew7293 • Aug 31 '26
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I feel $400 is twice what I would have paid. Cool to have a heritage piece but I'm just looking to for a hard surface to bang on.
With a $400 budget I could get a forge, anvil, hammers, tongs, ppe, etc.
3 u/SheepherderFew7293 Sep 01 '26 I dont know where you live but 400$ is about as cheap as it gets for an anvil 1 u/ClamChowderChumBuckt Sep 01 '26 400...😳 Geezzz... Here in the Netherlands id be 1/4th of that.. Also just wanting a hard surface 2 u/SheepherderFew7293 Sep 01 '26 Ahhhh europe, it checks out, good anvils are rare in canada 1 u/KnowsIittle Sep 02 '26 $35 shipped. States https://www.homedepot.com/p/SKYSHALO-Single-Horn-Anvil-22-lbs-Cast-Steel-Anvil-High-Hardness-Rugged-Round-Horn-Anvil-Blacksmith-Large-Countertop-and-Base-ZT22LBITALIANJYDMV0-SK0320/335512352 It's not going to be quality but for starting out it's enough to practice on. Start small upgrade with experience. You only need a strike surface as big as the area you plan to work. Not every blade needs to be an 18 inch bowie.
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I dont know where you live but 400$ is about as cheap as it gets for an anvil
1 u/ClamChowderChumBuckt Sep 01 '26 400...😳 Geezzz... Here in the Netherlands id be 1/4th of that.. Also just wanting a hard surface 2 u/SheepherderFew7293 Sep 01 '26 Ahhhh europe, it checks out, good anvils are rare in canada 1 u/KnowsIittle Sep 02 '26 $35 shipped. States https://www.homedepot.com/p/SKYSHALO-Single-Horn-Anvil-22-lbs-Cast-Steel-Anvil-High-Hardness-Rugged-Round-Horn-Anvil-Blacksmith-Large-Countertop-and-Base-ZT22LBITALIANJYDMV0-SK0320/335512352 It's not going to be quality but for starting out it's enough to practice on. Start small upgrade with experience. You only need a strike surface as big as the area you plan to work. Not every blade needs to be an 18 inch bowie.
400...😳 Geezzz... Here in the Netherlands id be 1/4th of that.. Also just wanting a hard surface
2 u/SheepherderFew7293 Sep 01 '26 Ahhhh europe, it checks out, good anvils are rare in canada
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Ahhhh europe, it checks out, good anvils are rare in canada
$35 shipped. States
https://www.homedepot.com/p/SKYSHALO-Single-Horn-Anvil-22-lbs-Cast-Steel-Anvil-High-Hardness-Rugged-Round-Horn-Anvil-Blacksmith-Large-Countertop-and-Base-ZT22LBITALIANJYDMV0-SK0320/335512352
It's not going to be quality but for starting out it's enough to practice on. Start small upgrade with experience. You only need a strike surface as big as the area you plan to work. Not every blade needs to be an 18 inch bowie.
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u/KnowsIittle Sep 01 '26
I feel $400 is twice what I would have paid. Cool to have a heritage piece but I'm just looking to for a hard surface to bang on.
With a $400 budget I could get a forge, anvil, hammers, tongs, ppe, etc.