The difference between a 20 year old anvil and a new one is unreal

Picked up a beat up Fisher anvil from a guy in Ohio last month for $150. Cleaned off the rust and it's got a rebound like a basketball - the old steel is just way denser than the cast iron junk I was using. Had a Harbor Freight special before that rang like a bell and dinted after every hit. Anyone else find that old anvils just work better even with the wear marks?

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grantl941mo ago

Read somewhere that old anvils were forged from wrought iron and had a steel face plate welded on, way denser than modern cast stuff. Bet yours is gonna last another hundred years easy.

colemartinez1mo ago

Way denser than modern cast stuff" - that's what I always heard too. My grandpa had an old anvil he'd drag out every time he needed to straighten a bent trailer hitch, thing weighed a ton and barely had a scratch on it after fifty years of abuse.

king.lisa1mo agoMost Upvoted

Friend of mine had one fall off his truck bed onto concrete, barely chipped it.