Found out my anvil is actually a cast iron fake

Was rearranging my garage last weekend and decided to look up the brand stamp on my anvil I bought 3 years ago off FB Marketplace. Turns out it's a cast iron ASO, not a real forged anvil. Found a forum post that showed exactly how to check using a file test and the ring test - my anvil went thud instead of ringing. I paid $150 for this thing thinking I got a steal. Has anyone else accidentally bought a fake anvil and found out way too late?

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spencer6641mo ago

Ah man that stinks. I felt that 'went thud' part.

the_robin1mo ago

Is that what they call a "thud" in the technical manuals? Sounds like the engine just gave up and went for a nap, maybe it was tired of all that RPM nonsense. Probably cheaper to swap the whole car than fix whatever that sound was anyway, right? Hope you at least got a good story out of it before it died completely.

markm271mo ago

Oh man, that's rough. My buddy Dave had an old Civic that did the exact same thing on the highway once. @spencer664, I swear it went "thud" so loud I thought he hit a deer, but nope, just the engine deciding it was done with life. Ended up being a rod that punched straight through the block, left a hole you could stick your finger in. The junkyard gave him $200 for the whole car, and he still talks about that sound like it was a funeral.