Vent: Blew $80 on a cheap anvil from a flea market in Ohio

I figured any chunk of steel would work for flattening hot metal, but this thing rang like a bell and dented after three strikes. Turns out it was cast iron with a thin steel face, not a real anvil at all. Anyone else get burned by a fake anvil before you knew what to look for?

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graceblack4d ago

Honestly that sucks but I've been there too. Bought a 'vintage' sledgehammer head at a yard sale once that turned out to be hollow and filled with lead shot, sounded dead as a doornail on the first swing. Took me way too long to learn that if it looks too cheap to be true, it probably is.

kaid593d ago

Fake lead shot junk, @graceblack, total scam artists out there.

murphy.linda3d ago

Oh come on, people get ripped off all the time, is it really that big of a deal? @graceblack, a hollow sledgehammer head filled with lead shot sounds annoying but it's not like you lost your life savings over it. Sometimes you just gotta laugh it off and move on instead of crying scam.